Blindness (DVD) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles (CITY OF GOD) brings Jose Saramago's much-loved novel BLINDNESS to the screen with this ambitious adaptation. Like Saramago's book, Meirelles chooses to forfeit names for his characters, instead spinning BLINDNESS around the plight of a doctor and his wife (respectively played by Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore). A blindness epidemic strikes an unnamed city, forcing the government to put many citizens in quarantine, including Ruffalo's doctor. Unable to conceive of life without him, Moore's character feigns blindness and joins him in the grimy high-security institution where visually impaired citizens are kept. Their attempt to survive in the rotting facility, which quickly falls into disrepair and chaos, forms the backbone of Meirelles's movie. There's a twist in the tale as Ruffalo and Moore's characters struggle to lead the blind to a place where they can come to terms with their condition, and Meirelles makes the journey deeply unsettling. An impressive cast ably backs Ruffalo and Moore, including Danny Glover, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Alice Braga. Their performances give a palpable feeling of what it's like to be blind, and even provide a few moments of dark comedy as they stumble through the institution in which they're imprisoned. Meirelles's movie, which essentially functions as an allegory for societal collapse, is an alarming and often distressing look at the dark side of human nature. The director often saturates the film with milky white color, reflecting the bright light the blind see when the condition besets them. This glare often makes it difficult to look at the screen, inflicting Meirelles's audience with a feeling of momentary blindness. An atmosphere of tangible dread manifests itself as BLINDNESS progresses, and the ugly scenes of rape and brawling, largely caused by the meager food rationing among the blind, makes for emotional viewing.

4 stars out of 5 -- "Shooting in bleached-out tones, Meirelles creates a nightmarish quality for this saga....[A] disturbing and disquieting journey..." - Richard, Mowe (Box Office Critic), Box Office, 09/01/2008

"[I]t features strong performances from Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal and begins with a powerful and disorienting sense of foreboding." - Claudia, Puig (USA TODAY CRITIC), USA Today, 10/03/2008

3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t brings on a range of vividly sketched characters in its opening scenes, and deftly establishes their connections..." - Kim, Newman (Film Critic), Empire, 12/01/2008

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Product Title:	Blindness (DVD) (US Version) Blindness (DVD) (美國版) Blindness (DVD) (美国版) Blindness (US Version) Blindness (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Cliff Curtis (Actor) | Ellen Pompeo (Actor) | Julianne Moore (Actor) | Gael Garcia Bernal (Actor) | Linda Hunt | sakai sonoko | Mark Ruffalo | Gail Egan | Tom Yoda 基夫卻特斯 (Actor) | Ellen Pompeo (Actor) | Julianne Moore (Actor) | Gael Garcia Bernal (Actor) | Linda Hunt | sakai sonoko | 麥克路化奴 | Gail Egan | Tom Yoda 基夫却特斯 (Actor) | Ellen Pompeo (Actor) | Julianne Moore (Actor) | Gael Garcia Bernal (Actor) | Linda Hunt | sakai sonoko | 麦克路化奴 | Gail Egan | Tom Yoda クリフ・カーティス (Actor) | Ellen Pompeo (Actor) | Julianne Moore (Actor) | Gael Garcia Bernal (Actor) | Ｌｉｎｄａ Ｈｕｎｔ | 堺園子／著 | マーク・ラファロ | Gail Egan | Tom Yoda Cliff Curtis (Actor) | Ellen Pompeo (Actor) | Julianne Moore (Actor) | Gael Garcia Bernal (Actor) | Linda Hunt | sakai sonoko | Mark Ruffalo | Gail Egan | Tom Yoda
Director:	Fernando Meirelles Fernando Meirelles Fernando Meirelles Fernando Meirelles Fernando Meirelles
Producer:	Glover Danny | Matheus Nachtergaele 丹尼高佛 | Matheus Nachtergaele 丹尼高佛 | Matheus Nachtergaele ダニー・グローバー | Matheus Nachtergaele Glover Danny | Matheus Nachtergaele
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Release Date:	2009-02-10
UPC Code:	786936775129
Language:	English
Country of Origin:	United States
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Package Weight:	110 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1014302098

Director: Fernando Meirelles

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Subtitles - Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Deleted Scenes
Featurette: A Vision of Blindness - Making of Blindness
Audio Commentary: Fernando Merielles