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Movie Trailer - 'Blindness' from 'City of God' Director Fernando Meirelles
I would put it to you, sir or madam, that 29 years from
now,
City of God will ascend to the upper ranks
of the greatest films ever made. Its reputation will move it past quite a few
international and American films alike for one reason: It's simply better than
almost any other movie ever made.
So director
Fernando Meirelles has that to live up to. His
follow-up, The Constant Gardener, was not an instant smash and didn't
create anything new and different. It was very good, though, and Meirelles'
position as one of the better up-and-coming filmmakers was undeniable.
It makes sense, then, that his next film would open the
competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival. But
Blindness was not warmly received there. I
wouldn't worry just because of that, though; they have made many bad choices
over the years. (Fahrenheit 9/11 wins the Palme D'Or? Really? Go back and
watch it again. It's not that good, even as a shrieking polemic.)
We will try to keep an open mind about it despite or
admiration for the director and the less-than-overwhelming festival press it has
recieved. As you can tell from the trailer, it's still a doozy of a plot:
Posted on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 08:55AM
by
Colin Boyd
in Trailers, Julianne Moore, Blindness, Fernando Meirelles
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1 Comment
Colin Boyd
in Trailers, Julianne Moore, Blindness, Fernando Meirelles
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Reader Comments (1)
"they (the Cannes Film Festival) have made many bad choices over the years."
I know. In addition to Fahrenheit 9/11, MASH, The Conversation, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Kagemusha, All That Jazz, Sex,Lies,&Videotape, Barton Fink, The Piano, Pulp Fiction, Secrets & Lies, The Pianst, Elephant, and 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days were all terrible choices. Just terrible. i couldn't agree more.