A Patch of Blue (1965)--Sidney Poitier falls in love with a blind girl The Day of the Triffids (1962)--Most of the population is blinded by a meteor shower Little House on the Prairie--Mary is blinded in a fire Afraid of the Dark (1991)--Serial killer stalks blind women The Killer (1989)--An assassin inadvertently blinds a showgirl and tries to care for her Bride of Frankenstein/Young Frankenstein--the monster's confrontation with a blind hermit Ghengis Blues (1999)--a documentary about throat singing that focuses on a blind blues musician The Dark Eyes of London (1939)--Bela Lugosi uses a blind man to do his killing Dead Man's Eyes (1944)--Lon Chaney is an artist who is blinded and is under suspicion of killing his would-be eye donor Ice Castles (1978)--Skater's career is cut short when she is blinded The Whales of August (1987)-Lillian Gish takes care of blind sister Bette Davis Until the End of the World (1991)-Scientist invents a machine that allows blind people to see taped versions of the world Scent of a Woman (1992)-Pacino plays a blind retired Army Colonel Many many more, but I hope these will help too... Adam. -----Original Message----- From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of M.J.Williams Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 6:38 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Blindness Beatrice Dalle's character in Night on Earth, Madeline Stowe in Blink, and Uma Thurman in Jennifer Eight (I think). On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 16:53:45 EST [log in to unmask] wrote: > In a message dated 11/24/00 12:25:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > I'd be thankful for any ideas and suggestions on the topic "Blindness in the > > > > > The two that immediately come to mind are: Helen Keller and the movie "Wait > Until Dark" (Audrey Hepburn). > > Danny O'Brien > Composer > www.danielobrien.com > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---------------------- Melanie Williams [log in to unmask] English Department University of Hull HULL HU6 7RX ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite