Blindness
2008 Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Synopsis
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Cast
Studios
Genres
Popular reviews
More-
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
José Saramago is one of my country's greatest achievements. He won one of our two Nobel prizes and, although many hate to study his work through high school, public opinion held him in very high regard until his death in 2010. So, when one of his books made it to Hollywood, it made an impact: news segments, articles, interviews, you name it. Being paired with Fernando Meirelles, a brazilian director, made it all even more special. Together, they gave us Blindness.In a day just like any other, a man inexplicably goes blind in the middle of traffic. The following days more and more people lose their eyesight, and…
-
Its rare that a movie improves upon a piece of literature. Fernando Meirelles' (dir. City of God, The Constant Gardener) adaptation does just that. Before the Nobel Prize winning author, José Saramago died, he saw the film version of his book and cried with satisfaction. See here: bit.ly/13ymYR
-
This movie gets a bad rap, which is understandable. There are scenes of great agony and distress that are not very pleasant (obviously these moments are not meant to be). But there's also scenes of great hope and beauty that transcend said tragedies and reminds the viewer what Blindness is all about. Enlightenment, vision, holiness...and it may very well be a propaganda film for the Christian faith. Which, despite not being uber-religious, I admired.
I've been a fan of this movie for a couple years now. It's symbolism is so embedded in its production design - the lighting, the editing, and direction. The constant use of focus, color, blurriness, and shaky cam puts you right into the mythos - good…
-
Fernando Meirelles again delivers a quality piece of filmmaking with Blindness, his Canadian thriller. This is essentially a horror film by any other name. People are suddenly struck down by blindness, all except Julianne Moore who pretends to be afflicted so she can take care of her husband in an old hospital where they are quarantined. It's not long before factions develop and this micro-society breaks down into chaos and violence. Much darker and more brutal than I'd expected, this is a powerful piece of work. Great cast and a great adaptation by Don McKellar (Last Night).
-
Majority of it takes place in a quarantine center after a worldwide epidemic of blindness happens. Pretty dark, hard to watch at times but I liked how it was filmed and it's interesting. Good stuff.
-
Imagine a Superman film where Superman would rather get raped than use his powers. If you think this sounds compelling, Blindness is for you.
Recent reviews
More-
Fernando Meirelles verbaasde publiek en critici vijf jaar geleden met Cidade de Deus, een opstoot van een film die een gedetailleerd beeld schetste van het leven in de straatwijken van Rio De Janeiro.
Hollywood ontving het kersverse goudhaantje met open armen, maar in plaats van een gelikte komedie te draaien, trok Meirelles van leer tegen corrupte multinationals in The Constant Gardener. Met minder neemt de Braziliaanse cineast met zijn nieuwste film geen genoegen: Blindness is een verfilming van de gelijknamige, gevierde roman van José Saramago. Opnieuw toont Meirelles een samenleving die op barsten staat.In de knap opgebouwde openingsequentie zijn we getuige van een Japanse man die de controle over het stuur verliest. Hij werd getroffen door plotse blindheid, de…
-
Mola más el libro, pero no le desmerece en absoluto.
-
Creo que la premisa se pudo explotar mas y llegar a ser algo aun mejor.
Lo bueno: El desarrollo de todos los personajes que intervienen, todo lo que transcurre y por lo que pasan es muy bueno. Que algunas cosas generen consecuencias y que lo malo no sea lo que les pasó, si no ellos mismos o los demás, esa "autoridad" que nunca sirve de nada.
Lo malo: No termina de alcanzar el impacto que deberían dar algunas situaciones. En mas de la mitad de la película me recuerdan que ven todo blanco, abusan del recurso, coño ya se que no ven nada.
-
Pretty neat, I heard a lot of actual blind people were pissed that this movie depicted blind societies going into chaos. Lel.
-
Ensaio sobre a cegueira
-
Majority of it takes place in a quarantine center after a worldwide epidemic of blindness happens. Pretty dark, hard to watch at times but I liked how it was filmed and it's interesting. Good stuff.
-
Good movie in general but too long, imo. I think it would have been perfect with half hour less.
-
This movie gets a bad rap, which is understandable. There are scenes of great agony and distress that are not very pleasant (obviously these moments are not meant to be). But there's also scenes of great hope and beauty that transcend said tragedies and reminds the viewer what Blindness is all about. Enlightenment, vision, holiness...and it may very well be a propaganda film for the Christian faith. Which, despite not being uber-religious, I admired.
I've been a fan of this movie for a couple years now. It's symbolism is so embedded in its production design - the lighting, the editing, and direction. The constant use of focus, color, blurriness, and shaky cam puts you right into the mythos - good…
-
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
José Saramago is one of my country's greatest achievements. He won one of our two Nobel prizes and, although many hate to study his work through high school, public opinion held him in very high regard until his death in 2010. So, when one of his books made it to Hollywood, it made an impact: news segments, articles, interviews, you name it. Being paired with Fernando Meirelles, a brazilian director, made it all even more special. Together, they gave us Blindness.In a day just like any other, a man inexplicably goes blind in the middle of traffic. The following days more and more people lose their eyesight, and…