The Diving Bell and the Butterfly in 35mm

Selected by the Film Editors Branch. 
 
Jean-Dominique Bauby was a successful journalist and magazine editor when, at the age of 43, a cerebrovascular seizure caused him to suffer locked-in syndrome, leaving him almost entirely paralyzed except for his left eyelid. Artist-turned-filmmaker Julian Schnabel (Before Night Falls) directed this sensitive adaptation of Bauby’s memoir in an impressionistic fashion to evoke Bauby’s plight. The film received nominations for Schnabel’s direction, Ronald Harwood’s screenplay, Janusz Kaminski’s warm cinematography, and the complex yet effortless editing by Juliette Welfling (The Hunger Games).