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"Shari L. Rosenblum" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 25 Nov 2000 01:54:39 EST
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> I'd be thankful for any ideas and suggestions on the topic "Blindness in
the
> movies" : famous blind characters (or poor-sighted characters) you could
> remember, as well as the interpretations of such an affliction on an
> analytical level.

DANCER IN THE DARK (Bjork)
SCENT OF A WOMAN (Al Pacino)
or PROFUMO DI DONNA (Vittorio Gassman?)
THE LIGHT THAT FAILED (in 1939, it was Ronald Colman)
CITY LIGHTS (Virginia Cherrill)
ORPHANS OF THE STORM (Dorothy Gish?)
AT FIRST SIGHT (Val Kilmer)
SNEAKERS (?)
SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL  (Richard Pryor?)
MUSIC FROM ANOTHER ROOM (Jennifer Tilly)
NIGHT ON EARTH (?)
JANE EYRE
MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (in 1954, it was Jane Wyman)
JENNIFER 8 (with Uma Thurman as the blind Helena)
MASK (with Laura Dern as a blind friend)
FOUR FEATHERS (in 1939, it was Ralph Richardson)
MR. SKEFFINGTON (Claude Rains)
LES AMANTS DU PONT NEUF (Juliette Binoche)
BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE (Edward Albert)

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