In the last two days I've had the joy of speaking with two of the creative geniuses (yeah -- I think that's a fair term) behind "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" that AREN'T Julian Schnabel.

Ronald Harwood -- nicely juxtaposed with Diablo Cody earlier in the week by our own Anne Thompson -- is a delightful Brit with all the candor in the world.  Freshly back from The Hollywood Reporter's writer's roundtable, the talented scribe celebrated his 73rd birthday today.  Congrats, good sir.

Janusz Kaminski, meanwhile, has recently wrapped shooting "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and had nothing but enthusiasm to show for what he accomplished "Diving Bell."  He mentioned that even though his career has largely been dominated by the big budget Spielberg efforts of the last 14 years, he was quite refreshed by the ability to be so artistically expressive this time around.

Funnily enough, both gentlemen dropped the F-bomb in separately hilarious ways.  Harwood, regarding the obvious health drawbacks of a life-long smoking habit, stated calmly and smoothly, "I'm 72 and I don't give a f***."

Kaminski, on the other hand, when responding to a question regarding colleague reception of his work on "Diving Bell," said that he had prepared himself over the years due to this rejection or that.  "I don't give a f** what they think," he said, "because I made a great movie.  But I wish them well!"  Then he added a maniacal laugh that makes me chuckle just thinking about it.

Both are characters to say the least.