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Sunday, June 08, 2008

Blindness will be a movie.

I have to contain myself for a few reasons:

1. I love the book which... by the way... I can't find it. Note to self.. never offer anyone your book to borrow.

2. It is directed by Fernando Meirelles (City of God, the Constant Gardener etc.)

3. There is a woman president (played by Sandra Oh).

4. When movies attempt to figure what a future leader will look like it is always a little interesting. Especially with the presidential candidates being Obama and McCaine it will be interesting how the "white sickness" will be read. I read this book with a group a black women (at Spelman) and we all immediately saw race in this idea of the white sickness. How could we not? Think Moby Dick, Fight Club issues of whiteness. Morgan Freeman is in this film as well. Yeah... the sole negro. You see it? Or don't you?

How exciting!!!!

I'm a lil apprehensive because:

1. It is not set in Portugal as originally intended.

2. The reviews are somewhat iffy.

3. The trailer looks like it will live up to the reviews.

Take a look for yourselves:

uttered by a black girl at 12:17 AM. | 2 comments

2 Comments:

i will see this movie, and i will read this book. but in what order do you recommend? shall i see the movie first, then read the book, so i that i can enjoy them both but realize that the adaptation was inadaquate? or shall i read the book first, then see the movie where i will most likely be disappointed but find comfort in Sandra Oh as president?

By fruitfly4, at 1:44 PM