The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
In 1995 when a massive stroke left French magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby totally paralyzed, the only way he could communicate was by blinking his left eye. And it was how he dictated his memoir. Painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel has turned Bauby’s book into a movie, and he tells Kurt what drew him to this story of creativity against all odds.
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