jeffreyreeser
22Feb12
Whack.
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William Low
28May12
What started as a quirky opening become a very heart wrenching movie. Well done Schnabel
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Aaron Garrett
17Mar12
Despite the subject matter I found the film strangely unaffecting. The visuals started good but I found the dream and imagination sequences kind of cliched, and all the beautiful ladies doting on him a bit much. Was expecting a lot more.
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ramosbarajas
13Mar12
The performances were all so great. I think that this is the film's strength. All the actresses were perfectly cast and worked their character in a way that was believable. It's rather nice to see a film about a man that doesn't 1) have male-only supporting characters and 2) objectify the women beyond all reason. The experimental photography was nicely executed an it all works great.
Hangover Square
2Mar12
This would have been a lot more interesting without the voice-overs from Amalric's character.
Tony Zhou
27Feb12
What really hit me were the performances of the women and the loving way they were photographed. This is one of the rare movies that shows (not tells) you how the main character perceives women and how they perceive him.
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Todd Haywood
20Dec11
Loved this movie. Julian Schabel always seems to come through with an good story told in an origional way....(also loved the soundtrack- Joe Strummer and all)
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Veritas Verte
13Mar11
Moving and in some ways refreshing to see a fully humanized portrait of severe disability. Since it is a memoir, the ending cannot be helped, but as a person with a severe disability myself, I am still waiting for a movie that shows someone like me, who needs to be bathed, fed, etc. who continues/chooses life.
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Jeremiah Hammerling
4Mar11
Beautifully executed. Terrifying, funny, insightful film. Definitely one of Schnabel's best.
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sandrine m
19Feb11
watched it on the plane on my way back from Paris to New York after 3 weeks caring for my "french" grand-mother. My mother, my aunt and I had agreed to take turns watching after her as she was getting ready to "close" the apartment her and her husband had lived in for the last fifty years (along with all her life souvenirs). Grandma had a stroke beg of that year. bell and butterfly... like a divine embrace...
keldon
2Jan11
Those with a phobia of paralysis will find the opening scenes discomforting, the camera work captures the terrifying feeling perfectly (speaking as someone with too many run-ins with sleep paralysis). I found the monologues to be much more moving than pretentious when you consider the source (similar to Tarkovsky's writing in The Sacrifice, when he was close to death.) Fantastic mix of style and substance, I loved it
Renan Lazzarin
9Dec10
No primeiro terço de O Escafandro e a Borboleta, Schnabel nos oferece uma experiência, ao mesmo tempo, claustrofóbica e fascinante. Ainda que, num dado momento, deixe a clausura, o filme não se esquece da proposta inicial. Cresce apenas para conduzir novas explorações. O encarceramento está impregnado em tudo, da fotografia ao roteiro, passando pela interpretação de Mathieu Amalric, digna de reconhecimento.
Bubi girl
7Nov10
Film not the most refined.Too concret in images&words, too many VFX,music. We can never know J-D's thoughts & see from his point of view(we SEE scaphandre-CANT be inside), except what he's spared in book–like ocean's surface, which we dont see beneath, as impenetrable secret of silence&solitude. Scaph. is not reproduced by merely pictures&words, but atmosphere, which failed. Silence&solitude weren't there.
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kelvanE
5Nov10
While I never found myself distinctly disliking the film, I believe it affected me a lot less than it should have.
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rorydean
28Oct10
This is the sort of film you read about and think it might be interesting if nothing else, you're intrigued by the likes of Julian Schnabel at the helm and what a visual artist might do. Sadly the film is very nearly unwatchable, the concept consumes all hope of a meaningful cinematic experience and the fragmented and disjointed narrative is anything but interesting, much less rewarding for having sat through it.
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