The Only One Who Can See
I was intrigued to see the title Blindness in the list of Apple movie trailers. I had an optimistic guess as to the literary source for the film and click through to the trailer confirmed my hope. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago. In this novel, a contagious and inexplicable disease afflicts humanity with blindness, a blindness not of black and dark but of pure complete light: “the white sickness.”
I read two books by Saramago last year and loved both. He is truly a master of fiction. Please see A Beautiful Smudging and Re-Approaching a High School Level for more of my thoughts on Saramago.
From laura
Commented April 25th, 2008 8:20 am
When you first mentioned these books, I totally meant to check them out, except that our library had sadly few English copies. Luckily, with a movie coming out that should change.
From laura
Commented April 25th, 2008 9:14 am
And by the way, I can’t tell you how much I liked your photos of the lion in the British Museum. There’s just something about the solid stone edifice contrasting with the apologetic-looking lion, who the artist seems to have made toothless.
From Dave
Commented April 25th, 2008 9:39 am
Wow, should be an interesting movie. I read this book a couple years ago but I can’t remember if I finished it (I think finals distracted me, then it was due at the library). I remember it being an amazing read, I need to go reread it before the movie comes out.