Monday, December 17, 2007

At the movies

Two movies about to do the rounds are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
P.S. I Love You - tells of a "dead guy who cared enough to plan an entire year of his widow's life" after he is diagnosed with a brain tumour. The report I read suggested it looked at the concept of love after death with a "high ick factor".
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is a story I thought would never make it to the screen - if only because of the problem of visually telling the story of a man who is left immobile - save for his left eye - following a stroke. Based on a true story, it portrays 43-year-old Jean-Dominique Bauby, previously editor of French Elle, compoing his memoir by blinking as a physiotherapist and then a transcriber read the letters off a chart. This would easily fit into the category of a labour of love.

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