But fist and foremost everyone must see Diving Bell And THe Butterfly. Perhaps the best - at least most beautiful and life-encouraging - movie in the history of time. It shouldn't be. Really not. If you don't know ALS aka the lockdown syndrome, it's the one that disables all your muscles and leaves you completely paralyzed. Except your brain - which is 100% fully functioning. And your eyes; and if you're lucky - you're eyelids too. Actually read about a kid who got trapped in his own body with the ALS syndrome and couldn't even blink or move his eyes. Not glance left, right or down> Yet sometimes, up. But his eyes got so sore and it was exhausting for him to do it, so sometimes they weren't sure if he tried to communicate or not. His dad had quit his job, rebuilt his entire house to match his son's requirements. He did everything for his son. But he had never ever asked him if he wanted to die. One of the most heartwarming stories ever ever ever.
So this film is actually not so much about this condition, but about this graffiti guy. Tony Quan, aka Tempt One, whom with this new - very very lo fi technology, developed by some heroes, been able to create again. Make graffiti and use his creative brain again into something constructive. After seeinf Diving Bell And The Butterfly and reading the story about the kid, this is just unbelievable. And no, it's not sad or depressing at all. Just embraces life and people's creativity.
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