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The book has been adapted into the feature [[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|film of the same name]], directed by [[Julian Schnabel]], written by [[Ronald Harwood]] and starring [[Mathieu Amalric]] as Bauby. While Bauby was still alive, French director Jean-Jacques Beineix made a 25-minute film, "Assigné à résidence" (or "House Arrest"), that captured Bauby in his paralysed state, and the process of the book's composition.<ref>{{Cite web| language=French| title = Cargo Films, Société de J-J Beineix| accessdate = 2008-04-24 | url = http://www.cargofilms.com/_fr/fiches/actus.php?id=15 }}</ref> |
The book has been adapted into the feature [[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|film of the same name]], directed by [[Julian Schnabel]], written by [[Ronald Harwood]] and starring [[Mathieu Amalric]] as Bauby. While Bauby was still alive, French director Jean-Jacques Beineix made a 25-minute film, "Assigné à résidence" (or "House Arrest"), that captured Bauby in his paralysed state, and the process of the book's composition.<ref>{{Cite web| language=French| title = Cargo Films, Société de J-J Beineix| accessdate = 2008-04-24 | url = http://www.cargofilms.com/_fr/fiches/actus.php?id=15 }}</ref> In episode 160 of the video podcast Diggnation, host Kevin Rose recommended this film as a good way for a geeky guy to start up a conversation with a girl.<ref>Diggnation Episode 160</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:43, 26 July 2008
| Author | Jean-Dominique Bauby |
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| Language | French |
| Genre | Autobiography, Memoir |
Publication date | March 6, 1997 |
| Publication place | France |
| Pages | 139 p. |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a translation of the French memoir Le scaphandre et le papillon by journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby. It describes what his life is like after suffering a massive stroke that left him with a condition called Locked-In syndrome. It also details what his life was before the stroke.
On December 8, 1995, Elle magazine editor-in-chief Bauby suffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma. He awoke 20 days later, mentally aware of his surroundings but physically paralyzed with the exception of some movement in his head and left eye. The entire book was written by Bauby blinking his left eyelid, in July and August of 1996. A transcriber repeatedly recited a French language frequency-ordered alphabet (E S A R I N T U L etc.), until Bauby blinked to choose the next letter. The book took about 200,000 blinks to write and each word took approximately two minutes. The book also chronicles everyday events and what they are like for a person with locked-in syndrome. These events include playing at the beach with his family, getting a bath, and meeting visitors. The French edition of the book was published in March, 1997. It received excellent reviews and sold 150,000 copies in the first week and went on to become a number one bestseller across Europe. Ten days after the book was published, Bauby died of pneumonia.[1][2]
Film adaptation
The book has been adapted into the feature film of the same name, directed by Julian Schnabel, written by Ronald Harwood and starring Mathieu Amalric as Bauby. While Bauby was still alive, French director Jean-Jacques Beineix made a 25-minute film, "Assigné à résidence" (or "House Arrest"), that captured Bauby in his paralysed state, and the process of the book's composition.[3] In episode 160 of the video podcast Diggnation, host Kevin Rose recommended this film as a good way for a geeky guy to start up a conversation with a girl.[4]
References
- ^ Thomas, Rebecca. Diving Bell movie's fly-away success, BBC, February 8, 2008. Accessed June 5, 2008.
- ^ "In the Blink of an Eye", by Thomas Mallon, review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, New York Times, June 15, 1997. Retrieved April 8, 2008.
- ^ "Cargo Films, Société de J-J Beineix" (in French). Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ^ Diggnation Episode 160
External links
Reviews of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly:
- The complete first chapter at the New York Review of Books online
- "Paris Journal: A Tale Seen in the Mind's Eye, Told by the Body's"
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