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A Look Back At "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly"

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 | 3:48 PM

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"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" will be available on DVD April 29th. In case you missed our extensive coverage of the film on IFC.com, here are a few highlights.

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dbimage2-s.jpg"Mathieu Amalric on "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Michelle Orange's interview with actor Mathieu Amalric. To play Bauby, the Parisian Elle editor left paralyzed by a massive stroke who subsequently dictated his memoir using the only part of his body he could still move, his left eyelid, Schnabel approached Mathieu Amalric, a celebrated actor in France but one American audiences may know best from his role in "Munich" as an amoral supplier of information to the highest bidder.



dbimage1-s.jpg"2007: The Year's Best Films" - Matt Singer named the film #2 on his list of the top ten films of 2007. "Director Julian Schnabel's triumph is in conveying that battle in a movie that soars with visual invention from start to finish." Read more.


dbimage3-s.jpg"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly": Critic Wrangle (Nov 30 2007) - Alison Willmore's round up of the critics' reviews on the theatrical release.


dbimage4-s.jpg"NYFF: "The Diving Bell and The Butterfly."Alison Willmore's review of the film at the New York Film Festival.





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