The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was produced by one of famous artist Julian Schnabel in 2007. Adapted from a same title autobiography by Jean-Dominique Bauby. This film nominated four Oscars and another forty-one wins and thirty-three nominations.
The film about famous ELLE editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a strok that is called 'locked in syndrome' and his whole body is paralysed except only his left eye. Before it happened he was succeed with his job, has children and has soul mate. He was living extremely “good life”. However, he had lived on the bed ever since he had stroke. Moreover he had to communicate with only blinking. As he despair of the future, a speech therapist Anliet had taught method of communicating with people. Then he started to write his memoir. He gets rid of a adversity with infinite imagination, memories, and love in life. The autobiography was published in French on March 6th and bauby died few days later.
Visually, the film is amazingly beautiful and almost like art. There are a various of impressible effects and realistic expressions that is focused on Jean-Do's view. In a scene that Jean-Do's right eye is sew up from his point of view, it is quite hash but it effect to viewer's impression when they see the changes of his affections. The effect makes veiwer involved emotionally. In some scenes fantastical description affects to entire atmosphere of the film. These affects explain Jean-Do's affections and the scenery from his observing point.
