Films/DVD Asylum

Agreed, and moreover...far from being "gimicky"...

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In Reply to: RE: I thought it was a pretentious POS posted by delboy on September 30, 2008 at 04:12:13

...I thought the film was restrained and understated. It was about as far from a Hollywood "handicapped tear jerker as it's possible to be.

I thought the director found a highly effective and economical way to portray Bauby's POV and interior state. The scene where he catches sight of his changed physical self in reflective glass as he is wheeled down a corridor was truly horrifying - for him and for us. I also thought the sewing shut of Bauby's eyelid at the beginning This is fine cinematic storytelling in my book. The visuals take you into Bauby's world, it's supposed to be unsettling and slightly askew.

To me TDB&TB was emotional rather than maudlin.

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