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May 22, 2008
Best Review Of Meirelles' Blindness?
A Brazilian friend of the site, Cinema em Cena's Pablo Villaca, sent this link, along with a translation into English. The moment is at a screening of Blindness, which is based on José Saramago's novel. And it would be a sweet moment for any filmmaker converting the novel of a writer they admired.
The transcription...
Saramago says:
- Fernando...
Meirelles, sensing that maybe the writer is feeling obligated to say something, interrupts him:
- You don't need to...
But Saramago doesn't stop:
- I'm as happy after watching this film...
He pauses... And then he completes the sentence:
- ... as I was when I finished writing the book.
Fernando: "Really? You don't know how happy this makes me."
And then he leans forward and kisses Saramago's forehead.
Posted by poland at May 22, 2008 12:06 AM
Comments
Yeah I saw that. It's sweet. It'll make reading reviews interesting, considering it's adaptation has been approved wholeheartedly (and very emotionally) by the author.
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at May 22, 2008 07:25 AM
I saw the Blindness trailer with some friends. At the end of it, Moore says "The only thing more terrifying than blindness is being the only one who can see." It's supposed to be haunting or thought-provoking or something, but it comes off as just absurd. A bunch of people laughed, one guy said "Are you kidding? That'd be awesome."
I loved Meirelles's City of God and thought Constant Gardener was pretty good. But it's not a good sign if they're so self-serious that it didn't occur to them how ridiculous a line like that might sound. Talk about pretentious.
Posted by: Eric at May 22, 2008 09:59 AM
I've respectfully disliked both of Meirelles' films so far, and it sounds like he's going to be 3 for 3 with this one. It sounds like the movie that everybody who disliked Children of Men claimed that one was.
Posted by: jeffmcm at May 22, 2008 11:50 AM
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