Director(s)Tom Ricketts
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Top GenresComedy, Short Films, Silent Films
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The Butterfly Overview:

The Butterfly (1914) was a Silent Films - Comedy Film directed by Tom Ricketts .

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 7, 2015 From 4 Star Films

It’s beyond me how a film about a man who is all but paralyzed, except for his left eye, could be interesting. The main plot point follows his struggle to write a memoir using a tedious system where he blinks his eye for an assistant to transcribe. Maybe this does not sound all that engaging, ... Read full article


The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 7, 2015 From 4 Star Films

It’s beyond me how a film about a man who is all but paralyzed, except for his left eye, could be interesting. The main plot point follows his struggle to write a memoir using a tedious system where he blinks his eye for an assistant to transcribe. Maybe this does not sound all that engaging, ... Read full article


May Days of Melies – The Brahmin and the Butterfly [La chrysalide et le papillon d'or] (1901)

By chrisgiddens on May 2, 2012 From The Giddy Blog

The film begins with a snake-charming (or more accurately, a giant caterpillar-charming) where the caterpillar enters the basket instead of vice-versa, foreshadowing the twist to come. With the arrival of the beautiful butterfly, the Brahmin then becomes powerless against her charms. The emergence o... Read full article


The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

By Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2010 From Studies in Cinema

The 2007 film Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) is a dreamscape of images and memories told through the perspective of a man, Jean-Dominique Bauby, a stroke victim subsequently paralyzed who chooses not to roll over and die, but to live, and in doing so dictates a memo... Read full article


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