Comments on: F.I.L.M. of the Week (March 19, 2010)

By: Libertarian

Libertarian — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:32:22 +0000

Marshdog, you know that I actually accept this movie as god.

By: Aiden R

Aiden R — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:06:46 +0000

Great review, man. This was my favorite movie of ’07 and the 2nd best movie of the decade after Memento. Actually like the movie more than the book, but the story is still unbelievably powerful. Cried like a baby at this movie, one of the closest things I’ve seen to art in cinema.

By: Mad Hatter

Mad Hatter — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:55:58 +0000

I’m with you Marshall, this is one powerful movie – not just for the deeply moving story that it tells, but the manner in which it tells it. I’m sure there are differences between the book and the film (there always are), but I don’t think those differences will change one’s outlook so drastically as to take away from this film.

Julian Schnabel sure is one weird cat…but you gotta hand it to the guy – when he sets out to make a film, he sure does make it a memorable one!

Great post!

By: Dr J

Dr J — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:35:22 +0000

Marshall – very insightful review.

GREAT book which triumphantly displays the power of the human spirit as written (blinked) by Bauby …. very good movie, however, parts of the movie were fake.

In REAL life:
- a chauffeur was driving Bauby when he had the seizure.
-Bauby had two kids but Schnabel liked all three child actors and couldn’t make a decision of whom to cast.
- his girlfriend Florence was portrayed badly because the “mother of his children” had the rights to the book.

http://www.salon.com/entertainment/feature/2008/02/23/diving_bell

“His girlfriend, Florence, was at the hospital day after day spending time with him. (De la Rochefoucauld was at that point his ex.) In the book, de la Rochefoucauld is only mentioned in one bittersweet chapter in which she brings the children to the hospital to celebrate Father’s Day for the first time, and they experience a wonderful day on the beach together. ”

When you read the book first, you have a different reaction to the movie…