The Earl of Gloucester was blinded by the Duke of Cornwall, husband of Regan (but I saw a staged version theat cut out the husbands and had Regan do the deed). Robert Inglis wrote: > I can't remember the character's name from King Lear who's blinded, but > there's plenty there in the adaptations of the play (the one that comes to > mind most readily is the Olivier BBC version widely available on video)... > > There's also the Australian movie, "Proof", which seems to have some > interesting things to say about sight and visual representations of reality. > > There's a TV episode of "Twilight Zone" (I think it stars William Shatner, > but, again, I'm not sure) about the last man on earth who is all set to > enjoy his solitude with his books, and then his glasses get broken. > > Finally, there's the recent "At First Sight" (I think that's the title) with > Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino, about a blind man who regains his sight > temporarily. > > ciao, > R. Inglis > > >From: Thomas W <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Blindness > >Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 20:35:58 +0100 > > > >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. > >Thanks for any ideas ;o) > > > >Thomas. > > > >---- > >For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > >http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html