The “Blindness” Movie Trailer Is Trippy
“Blindness” is an upcoming dramatic thriller film that is an adaptation of the 1995 novel “Blindness” by José Saramago about a society suffering an epidemic of blindness. The film is written by Don McKellar and directed by Fernando Meirelles with Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo as the stars.
The novel’s author originally refused to sell rights for a film adaptation, not wanting it to fall into the wrong hands. Meirelles was able to acquire rights with the condition that the film would be set in an unrecognizable city. The director chose São Paulo as the primary backdrop for Blindness, though scenes were also filmed in Toronto, Canada and Montevideo, Uruguay.
With all the characters aside from Julianne Moore’s character being blind, the cast was trained to simulate blindness. Meirelles also stylized the film to reflect the lack of point-of-view that the characters would experience. “Blindness” will premiere as the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2008, and the film is commercially scheduled for limited release in the United States on September 12, 2008.
JULIANNE MOORE STARS IN “BLINDNESS”
WATCH THE “BLIDNESS” MOVIE TRAILER BELOW:
May 13th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Very excited to see a movie interpretation of the book. [Great casting!] I wonder if they’ll lighten it up a bit as it’s quite violent and heavy. It had a surprising impact on me. I still think about it now. Especially its story of human nature and survival.
Anyone wanting to hit the book first, just a warning that it’s written without any formatting or punctuation (aside from periods). It’s a brilliant stylistic approach being that the drama is centered around blindness. It took me a couple of chapters to learn how to read that way, but it was definitely worth it.