http://commentarytrack.com/2008/04/29/dvd-of-the-week-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-2007/ movie reviews, news and discussion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:26:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://commentarytrack.com/2008/04/29/dvd-of-the-week-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-2007/#comment-431 T.J. Anderson Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:24:32 +0000 http://commentarytrack.wordpress.com/?p=682#comment-431 I loved "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", but the movie I'd rather see is "My Stroke of Insight", which is the amazing bestselling book by Dr Jill Bolte Taylor. It is an incredible story and there's a happy ending. She was a 37 year old Harvard brain scientist who had a stroke in the left half of her brain. The story is about how she fully recovered, what she learned and experienced, and it teaches a lot about how to live a better life. Her TEDTalk at TED dot com is fantastic too. It's been spread online millions of times and you'll see why! I loved “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”, but the movie I’d rather see is “My Stroke of Insight”, which is the amazing bestselling book by Dr Jill Bolte Taylor. It is an incredible story and there’s a happy ending. She was a 37 year old Harvard brain scientist who had a stroke in the left half of her brain. The story is about how she fully recovered, what she learned and experienced, and it teaches a lot about how to live a better life. Her TEDTalk at TED dot com is fantastic too. It’s been spread online millions of times and you’ll see why!

]]> http://commentarytrack.com/2008/04/29/dvd-of-the-week-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-2007/#comment-430 Geoff Fri, 02 May 2008 07:47:15 +0000 http://commentarytrack.wordpress.com/?p=682#comment-430 A fine film. I thought it resisted the temptation to overplay any one particular moment/memory for Bauby, and as a result, the film's shifting emotional state manages to be moving without ever feeling cloying. A fine film. I thought it resisted the temptation to overplay any one particular moment/memory for Bauby, and as a result, the film’s shifting emotional state manages to be moving without ever feeling cloying.

]]> http://commentarytrack.com/2008/04/29/dvd-of-the-week-the-diving-bell-and-the-butterfly-2007/#comment-429 Tom Nixon Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:42:55 +0000 http://commentarytrack.wordpress.com/?p=682#comment-429 Damn good film that, lived up to expectations and then some. The droll sense of humour made it for me, so surprising and relatable, usually (not always) stopped it falling into the sentimentality trap. Cinematography's gorgeous too. Damn good film that, lived up to expectations and then some. The droll sense of humour made it for me, so surprising and relatable, usually (not always) stopped it falling into the sentimentality trap. Cinematography’s gorgeous too.

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