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Full Trailer for Meirelles’s Blindness

July 3rd, 2008
Written By: Marina Antunes

It’s Christmas in trailer land.

Fernando Meirelles’s Blindness has been much discussed around these parts with the release of the teaser and then a reader review of the film. The lukewarm critical reception has done very little to turn me away from this award winning tale of society’s breakdown during a moment of weakness. This is the material classics are made from and from everything I’ve seen to date, I find it difficult to believe that a cast and director as talented as those behind this project, could present anything less than fantastic.

Only a few months to go. Blindness opens on September 26th.

4 response about Full Trailer for Meirelles’s Blindness »

  1. There is some stuff in the trailer that wasn’t in the cut I saw, and the overall image quality, the colours look much richer (or maybe I am remembering it differently).

    sept 26th… something tells me this will get a TIFF release as well.

    Comment by rot — July 3, 2008

  2. That’s interesting. Here’s hoping that they’ve re-cut the film for the better. Now I’m also curious to know if the final release will be the same as the Cannes version or if they’ve also made additional changes since then.

    Comment by Marina Antunes — July 3, 2008

  3. Whatever cut it is - like you said in the post, Marina, I expect nothing less than it being fantastic. The director was behind one of the greatest films of all time and the actors involved (Moore, Bernal, Ruffalo, Glover) is a great mix and I’m sure they’ll work well together.

    Just curious - does the idea come off as gimmicky to anyone or can you go along with it fine? I am in the latter catagory. Personally I think it’s a great take on the global infection thing, with it being even creepier because it’s a real life thing instead of the usual zombies affair.

    Comment by Ross Miller — July 3, 2008

  4. Saramago, the author of the novel the film is based on, is much concerned with the breaking of society - it might have something to do with the fact that he lived in and then fled Portugal during the dictatorship - he just seems to take these somewhat odd ideas to make his point. The other one that comes to mind is The Stone Raft in which the Iberian Peninsula splits away from the rest of Europe and society disintegrates.

    Comment by Marina Antunes — July 3, 2008

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