'Blindness' Trailer Envisions World Without Blog Skimming
April 4, 2008 Comments
Sure, the dismal events of 28 Days Later painted a grim vision of a future overrun by a spreading zombie plague, but man, wouldn't it also suck to be blind? Fernando Meirelles offers just such an experience, placing Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo in a world where a sudden blindness-inducing virus threatens the population's retinas. It asks a chilling question: how will Moore sell Revlon cosmetics if no one can see her ageless, near-translucent skin? I have no idea.
As you'd expect from the director of City of God and The Constant Gardner, it looks both beautiful and frightening while managing to steer clear of becoming a cautionary tale of over-masturbation. I suggest watching.