The success of "Le Scaphandre et le papillon" is not only the positive attitude it expresses, but also the unique shooting perspective presented by the director to the audience. Two-thirds of the shots in the film are lying on a hospital bed and motionless. The protagonist is the first point of view, and the blurry shots at the beginning of the film left a very deep impression on us. Although the protagonist cannot speak and his dialogue is basically voice-over, the audience can still feel Dominic’s eagerness to communicate. And the subtle changes in his own feelings, like the blurred eyes when he saw his wife, the audience can see the sadness and panic in his heart, and the anxious winking in the face of language guidance, showing the protagonist’s desire to communicate with others Of urgency. Although the camera only stares straight ahead, it is not dull at all. The director uses such a fresh perspective to interpret the very different world of the protagonist lying in the hospital bed for the audience.
The film is always based on inspiration. Bobby lying on the hospital bed is like being trapped in a heavy diving bell, tightly shrouded, and pressured to breathe, but his thoughts, his His imagination, his soul is like a light butterfly, wandering around, flying freely. Think about people who have had a stroke, people who are paralyzed, and vegetative. They cannot speak or move. In the eyes of normal people, their lives seem to have stagnated and their bodies are shrinking. But in their bodies in unknown places, they may also have them. What is growing vigorously, just like spring, everything is recovering, all vying to break the ground and sprout.
This film with a theme similar to "Deep Sea Eternal Sleep" has reached the pinnacle of film techniques. The first half of the film is almost all developed from the first-person perspective of the hemiplegic male protagonist. The director Julian Schnabel uses a variety of artistic techniques to show that he is awake. The experience of coming, blurred vision, tears, blinking and even stitching the eyelids.
