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Blindness
2008
Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago Blindness stars Julianne Moore as a doctor's wife who becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden Blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband (Mark Ruffalo) as her surrounding .. Read more
| Starring | Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal |
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| Director | Fernando Meirelles |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller |
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Blindness
Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago Blindness stars Julianne Moore as a doctor's wife who becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden Blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband (Mark Ruffalo) as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder.
| Starring | Mark Ruffalo, Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal |
|---|---|
| Director | Fernando Meirelles |
| Studio | PATHE DISTRIBUTION |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description |
| Released | DVD: 30 Mar 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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Be wary of kind reviews of this film...
I found the irony of wanting to claw my eyes out more entertaining that any aspect of this bland insight into human nature. It was alarming that such an exceptionally talented cast could be such a chore to watch, what went wrong?
The story is nothing special but the promise a high concept 'scifi' thriller really begged you to stay in your seat. Once the first act comes to a monotonous and predictable close you find yourself in familiar TV movie territory, 'lord of the flies' morality frothing to the surface so early that by the time you get half way through you can only wonder how long it will vacantly stare out before the end finally inches away from the horizon.
The film does do a few things well. Its sells the possibility of a 'blind' outbreak with some great photography and set dressing. It tackles the solitude of blindness very well and the washed out color palette is a bold visual throughout. But the plot is really overwhelmingly bad and it tramples on everything like a dirty hoof and nothing except mace can help you forget the pain you made yourself suffer for two hours.
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- Possfimh from Balham
- Posted 07 Nov 2008 13:08
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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poor to say the least
this really is a 'nothing' film. starts with people slowly losing their sight. I wished i had. It never got going and was disappointing from start to finish
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Blindness: Fernando Meirelles Interview
- 21 Nov 2008
We chatted to City of God and The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles about his new film Blindness, based on the bestselling novel by José Saramago. Set in the near future, Blindness stars Julianne Moore stars as the only person in an unnamed city not to be struck blind by a mysterious disease. We asked Fernando how he went about adapting such as well loved book and what he thought of the controversy the film has caused with activist groups LOVEFILM: Was José Saramago involved in the Read more
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