Blindness has enjoyed a wide release for one day now, and already, the naysayers are complaining. ‘Why should we watch something so sad?’ ‘What’s redeeming about a film that makes me think?’ Blindness isn’t as noble as the book it’s based on, but should be seen, nonetheless. For those that rely on the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Blindness'
Blindness
October 4th, 2008 5 Comments
Tags: Blindness · Cesar Charlone · Fernando Mieirelles · Jose Saramago · Julianne Moore · Mark Ruffalo
Blindness – A Book Review
September 14th, 2008 4 Comments
For my first Lit Flicks Challenge book, I chose to read Blindness by Nobel prize winner Jose Saramago. The book was optioned in to a movie. I caught a glimpse of it a few months ago, and can’t wait to see it. It is an official selection of the Toronto Film Festival, [...]
Tags: Blindness · Fernando Meirelles · Jose Saramago
Blindness
July 29th, 2008 2 Comments
Going to see X-Piles wasn’t a complete waste of time. Well, the 100 minutes of tense music, enthusiastic Mulder and perpetually skeptical Scully was a waste of time, but the trailers before hand provided some very interesting prospects for the near future. Of which the most promising is Blindness.
This movie seems to have everything going [...]
Tags: Blindness · Danny Glover · Fernando Meirelles · Film review · Gail Garcia Bernal · Jose Saramago · Julianne Moore · Mark Ruffalo · Sandra Oh
