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 cinema solely [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jose Saramago'
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, as well as [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Blindness · Danny Glover · Fernando Meirelles · Film review · Gail Garcia Bernal · Jose Saramago · Julianne Moore · Mark Ruffalo · Sandra Oh
