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Reviewing while I’m away: Blindness
I’m typing this from Orlando, Florida where I am on vacation. Just because I’m on vacation, however, does not mean I take a vacation from movie-watching. I’m hoping to catch up with some new titles while down here, and I’ll fill them in as I go along.
Before I left, I caught up with one title:
Blindness: The new film from City of God/Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles has a reach that somewhat exceeds its grasp. It means to be an allegorical look at society gone haywire, when a mysterious sudden blindness afflicts most of the population. In its attempts to be self-consciously symbolic, it’s emotionally cold. Still, it has some very powerful moments thanks to a strong cast and imaginative visuals. GRADE: B
As for the protests swirling around the film, they are complete and utter bunk. The film is an indictment of inhumanity, not of the blind. The simple fact is, if a large chunk of our population became blind all of a sudden, we’d go berserk. Don’t believe me? Just look at how something relatively mild like the hurricane winds we felt a few weeks ago made us all crazy. By protesting the movie, blind advocacy groups only make themselves look thin-skinned and needlessly victimize those they aim to support. And I say this as a physically disabled man who has seen far too much misplaced indignation.
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By Sir Critic
October 14, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this
No, Miley’s birthday party was in California. I’m trying to decide if it would be worse to be stuck there or at Beverly Hills Chihuahua …By Kim
October 10, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
I’m just WAY jealous that you are in Orlando! Did you go to Miley’s birthday party??? Tee hee…By Roger
October 7, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the update while you’re on vacation. I’m looking forward to seeing Blindness (that’s an oxymoron!)