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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Interview with director Julian Schnabel
Interview with Julian Schnabel

In 1997, Jean-Dominique Bauby, famous magazine ‘Elle’ editor in chief awaken from a coma caused by a sudden heart attack. Yet he discovered that he has lost the control of his entire body. The only part that he can move is his left eye. While everything seems lost in a situation that any common person could bear a second, Jean-Dominique, with the help of his doctors learn a new way to communicate. He learns to do it with his left eye and manages, as surprising as can be, to break the silence with his circle of visitors and above all he manages to write his autobiography “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”.
Julian Schnabel brilliantly succeeded in adapting this dramatic story with a pick of humour. The result is an extraordinary tear-moving adaptation, magnificently thought out and incredibly well directed. This American director manages to recreate the French atmosphere described within the book using French actors and filming in well-known French locations such as Berk-sur-Mer. This release is obviously this new year’s cinema event and is an absolute ‘must -see’…
I met Julian Schnabel, the film director, when he was in London for the London Film Festival this autumn. And even if very busy, he was very pleasant and welcoming and took time to answer questions. This interview revealed a very funny and talkative person but not less preoccupied by some existential thoughts.
Julian Schnabel might be American but, as surprising as can be, he decided to shoot the e

For people who are nevertheless hoping for an English version of the movie, note that there will be one available on DVD.

It wasn’t just the shooting of the film that Julian found interesting, he also had to go deep into his own personal reflection. Indeed, Julian Schnabel explained how deeply he was concerned about the death issue raised in the movie. This movie tells the story of a man who survives an accident, and, even if paralysed and unable to communicate except through his left eye, he decides to live this reprieve in a way he would have never done it before and writes a book. This movie tells us about death and awareness of our own death, something Julian Schnabel was extremely, and maybe is still afraid of. He remembered about the sa

The director first thought of Johnny Depp for the main character, who was at the time not available. He nevertheless specified that even if Johnny Depp had accepted, ‘[he] would have still shot in the hospital and would have still surrounded Johnny with French people and he would have spoken French’. It could help that Johnny is married to Vanessa Paradis and lives in France…and speaks French.
Yet, Julian Schnabel was very happy with his final choice: Mathieu Almaric. ‘The great thing about Mathieu…is that he is French! I mean, the things he would say were things that French people would say. He did an absolutely magnificent job. He gave me everything, even more’.
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