The thought of everyone going blind is scary to say the least. It is an allegory about a group of people who survive under great stress, but frankly i would rather have seen them perish than sit through the final threequarters of the film. Too many scenes strike the same note, and, at times, blindness seems like a premise in search of. When a plague of blindness overtakes an entire city, a woman whos keeping her sight a secret steps up to lead a group of victims out of quarantine. Yusuke iseya, iseya yusuke, born 29 may 1976 is a japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman. Multihyphenate yusuke iseya enjoyed a prolific modeling career in his native japan before transitioning to narrative feature work, initially as a supporting actor in indigenous arthouse films that occasionally traveled abroad, including most memorably director hirokazu koreedas universally acclaimed spiritual fantasy afterlife 1998, as well as akihiko shiotas juvenile. Blindness first 5 minutes 2008 the first 5 minutes for blindness comes courtesy of yahoo.
He is an actor and director, known for blindness 2008, assassins 2010 and. I tried to make a film that floats a bit, that can be seen from different perspectives. Fernando meirelles adapts jose saramagos novel about the vision. Yusuke iseya fails to hit the gas when the light turns green. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. With julianne moore, mark ruffalo, gael garcia bernal, yusuke iseya. Based on a novel by nobel prize winner jose saramago. Blindness, which was shown at this weeks tokyo international film festival, opens in japan on nov 22. Meirelles apocalyptic drama, based on jose saramagos prizewinning novel.
R blindness, a story in which characters are nameless, is set in an unidentified metropolis where cranky commuters being the day engaged in chaotic road rage. Japanese actor yusuke iseya attends the blindness special screening at marunouchi piccadilly 2 on august 14, 2008 in tokyo, japan. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. In a nutshell, the movie follows a group of folks who fall victim to a blindness epidemic and get thrown into an abandoned facility by the military to be quarantined. Denatured, sometimes overexposed, sometimes too shadowy to see, it is an. Like many another shoujo light novel heroine, lady. Actor yusuke iseya s most important role is helping the environment through his rebirth project. In most apocalyptic scenarios there is a certain level hope,but in this case you would be completely helpless,even the already blind would be helpless as the infrastructure they rely on is delivered by the seeing.
Fernando meirelles has taken jose saramagos apocalyptic novel and. As such, the movie is a most pertinent selection as opening night of the 61st cannes film festival. Yusuke iseya was born on may 29, 1976 in tokyo, japan. Julianne moore, mark ruffalo, gael garcia bernal, yusuke iseya, jason. Like any great work of art, saramagos novel resists transference. An ambitious but falwed rendition of the bestselling book of the same title by nobel prize winner jose saramago, blindness is a socially significant and gloomy film that reflects our zeitgeist post 911. Nevertheless, this humanist salvation story does have some resonant. Yusuke iseya is a japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman.
Yusuke iseya at the american premiere screening of sukiyaki western django during the toronto international film festival 2007. Blindness is one of the most unpleasant, not to say unendurable, films ive ever seen. He is an actor and director, known for blindness 2008, assassins. Yusuke iseya at the special screening of blindness. The japanese component is provided by sukiyaki western djangos yusuke iseya as the first citizen to suddenly go blind in an epidemic that soon engulfs the films mythologized society. Sometimes you have to get lost before you can find yourself. Blindness stars yoshino kimura, left, julianne moore, and brazilian director fernando meirelles are joined by former sumo star oyakata shibata to crack open a sake barrel at roppongi hills on monday. View 3 images of yusuke iseya s characters from his voice acting career.
In blindness, fernando meirelless adaptation of the novel by the. Even before he goes blind, the ophthalmologist mark. The couple winds up in a clan alongside ruffalos patients, played by danny glover, yusuke iseya. It shows unmistakable flairs of his distinctive personal style within the context of. One of the women, the always excellent julianne moore, who is immune to the blindness pretends to be blind so she can accompany her husband, mark ruffalo. As the first victim, a japanese man yusuke iseya, describes it, its not like the accepted norm for blindness, the absence of something and a curtain of black. From the inner mind to the outer limits 2005 and the greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy 2005. Gary westfahls works include the hugonominated science fiction quotations. Meirelles scores with blindnesss vision of horror books. Actors yusuke iseya and yoshino kimura attend the blindness photocall at the palais des festivals during the 61st international cannes film festival on may 14, 2008 in cannes, france. Prepared to step out of his comfort zone and say what he really thinks, yusuke iseya is something of a rarity in the japanese entertainment industry.
The highconcept slug for blindness is that one day, without warning and without apparent cause, people start losing their sight. A man yusuke iseya, overplaying stops his car at an intersection but. In blindness, moores a sight to behold the boston globe. Julianne moore, mark ruffalo, danny glover, alice braga, gael garcia bernal, yusuke iseya, sandra oh sinopsis. Blindness fernando meirelles, julianne moore, mark ruffalo. A man yusuke iseya loses his sight while stopped at a red light. Moral tale blindness challenges viewers to examine themselves.
The book was amazing but as usual the film didnt live up to expectations but was still a good adaptation of saramangos novel. A meditation on isolation and primal urges, blindness could loosely be. Yusuke iseya is an actor, movie director and ceo of the rebirth project. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. A disturbing but thought provoking story about a city hit with an epidemic of blindness. In blindness, the bleak new film from acclaimed director fernando meirelles city of men, the constant gardener, a major city is struck with an epidemic of the white sickness, a. The infections ground zero is a japanese businessman yusuke iseya who staggers sightlessly from his luxury automobile which is promptly stolen by an opportunist thief who also goes blind. Legend, city of god, yusuke iseya sukiyaki western django, kakuto, yoshino kimura. Sometimes blindness becomes a catalyst for true sight.
Among a new society of people mysteriously struck blind, a sighted woman witnesses a disturbing humanity. Meirelles scores with blindnesss vision of horror books the. This is a fanpage dedicated to the japanese actor yusuke iseya. He debuted as an actor in the movie wonderful life 1999. Buy blindness dvd, bluray online at lowest price in india at. An engaging story with a good heroine, and if youre looking for something a little different in the genre, this is a good place to turn. In blindness, fernando meirelless adaptation of the novel by nobel. Written by don mckellar after the novel by jose saramago.
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