The japanese component is provided by sukiyaki western djangos yusuke iseya as the first citizen to suddenly go blind in an epidemic that soon engulfs the films mythologized society. The infections ground zero is a japanese businessman yusuke iseya who staggers sightlessly from his luxury automobile which is promptly stolen by an opportunist thief who also goes blind. An ambitious but falwed rendition of the bestselling book of the same title by nobel prize winner jose saramago, blindness is a socially significant and gloomy film that reflects our zeitgeist post 911. As the first victim, a japanese man yusuke iseya, describes it, its not like the accepted norm for blindness, the absence of something and a curtain of black. Prepared to step out of his comfort zone and say what he really thinks, yusuke iseya is something of a rarity in the japanese entertainment industry.
Yusuke iseya at the american premiere screening of sukiyaki western django during the toronto international film festival 2007. Blindness, which was shown at this weeks tokyo international film festival, opens in japan on nov 22. Gary westfahls works include the hugonominated science fiction quotations. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them.
Sometimes you have to get lost before you can find yourself. Japanese actor yusuke iseya attends the blindness special screening at marunouchi piccadilly 2 on august 14, 2008 in tokyo, japan. Even before he goes blind, the ophthalmologist mark. Meirelles scores with blindnesss vision of horror books the. The book was amazing but as usual the film didnt live up to expectations but was still a good adaptation of saramangos novel. It is an allegory about a group of people who survive under great stress, but frankly i would rather have seen them perish than sit through the final threequarters of the film. Blindness is one of the most unpleasant, not to say unendurable, films ive ever seen. One of the women, the always excellent julianne moore, who is immune to the blindness pretends to be blind so she can accompany her husband, mark ruffalo. A disturbing but thought provoking story about a city hit with an epidemic of blindness. Yusuke iseya was born on may 29, 1976 in tokyo, japan. Based on a novel by nobel prize winner jose saramago. In most apocalyptic scenarios there is a certain level hope,but in this case you would be completely helpless,even the already blind would be helpless as the infrastructure they rely on is delivered by the seeing. He is an actor and director, known for blindness 2008, assassins 2010 and.
Blindness fernando meirelles, julianne moore, mark ruffalo. Blindness first 5 minutes 2008 the first 5 minutes for blindness comes courtesy of yahoo. It shows unmistakable flairs of his distinctive personal style within the context of. With julianne moore, mark ruffalo, gael garcia bernal, yusuke iseya.
Among a new society of people mysteriously struck blind, a sighted woman witnesses a disturbing humanity. In a nutshell, the movie follows a group of folks who fall victim to a blindness epidemic and get thrown into an abandoned facility by the military to be quarantined. Fernando meirelles adapts jose saramagos novel about the vision. In blindness, fernando meirelless adaptation of the novel by the. A man yusuke iseya loses his sight while stopped at a red light.
This is a fanpage dedicated to the japanese actor yusuke iseya. As such, the movie is a most pertinent selection as opening night of the 61st cannes film festival. A man yusuke iseya, overplaying stops his car at an intersection but. Multihyphenate yusuke iseya enjoyed a prolific modeling career in his native japan before transitioning to narrative feature work, initially as a supporting actor in indigenous arthouse films that occasionally traveled abroad, including most memorably director hirokazu koreedas universally acclaimed spiritual fantasy afterlife 1998, as well as akihiko shiotas juvenile. Legend, city of god, yusuke iseya sukiyaki western django, kakuto, yoshino kimura. When a plague of blindness overtakes an entire city, a woman whos keeping her sight a secret steps up to lead a group of victims out of quarantine. Blindness stars yoshino kimura, left, julianne moore, and brazilian director fernando meirelles are joined by former sumo star oyakata shibata to crack open a sake barrel at roppongi hills on monday. Yusuke iseya is an actor, movie director and ceo of the rebirth project. First to succumb is a driver yusuke iseya who suddenly goes blind behind the wheel. Yusuke iseya, iseya yusuke, born 29 may 1976 is a japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman.
Meirelles scores with blindnesss vision of horror books. Julianne moore, mark ruffalo, gael garcia bernal, yusuke iseya, jason. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. View 3 images of yusuke iseya s characters from his voice acting career. In blindness, the bleak new film from acclaimed director fernando meirelles city of men, the constant gardener, a major city is struck with an epidemic of the white sickness, a. I tried to make a film that floats a bit, that can be seen from different perspectives.
In blindness, fernando meirelless adaptation of the novel by nobel. Yusuke iseya at the special screening of blindness. A meditation on isolation and primal urges, blindness could loosely be. Yusuke iseya is a japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman. Yusuke iseya celebrity profile check out the latest yusuke iseya photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Yusuke iseya fails to hit the gas when the light turns green. Julianne moore, mark ruffalo, danny glover, alice braga, gael garcia bernal, yusuke iseya, sandra oh sinopsis. Meirelles apocalyptic drama, based on jose saramagos prizewinning novel. Written by don mckellar after the novel by jose saramago. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Too many scenes strike the same note, and, at times, blindness seems like a premise in search of. Fernando meirelles has taken jose saramagos apocalyptic novel and.
Sometimes blindness becomes a catalyst for true sight. Nevertheless, this humanist salvation story does have some resonant. The thought of everyone going blind is scary to say the least. Like many another shoujo light novel heroine, lady. An engaging story with a good heroine, and if youre looking for something a little different in the genre, this is a good place to turn. Actor yusuke iseya s most important role is helping the environment through his rebirth project. He is an actor and director, known for blindness 2008, assassins. The highconcept slug for blindness is that one day, without warning and without apparent cause, people start losing their sight. A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
Buy blindness dvd, bluray online at lowest price in india at. From the inner mind to the outer limits 2005 and the greenwood encyclopedia of science fiction and fantasy 2005. The couple winds up in a clan alongside ruffalos patients, played by danny glover, yusuke iseya. In blindness, moores a sight to behold the boston globe. Saramago originally refused to sell the rights for a. Moral tale blindness challenges viewers to examine themselves. Actors yusuke iseya and yoshino kimura attend the blindness photocall at the palais des festivals during the 61st international cannes film festival on may 14, 2008 in cannes, france. Yusuke iseya and yoshino kimura at the photocall of palais des festivals during the 61st international cannes film festival. The film was written by don mckellar and directed by fernando meirelles, with julianne moore and mark ruffalo as the main characters. R blindness, a story in which characters are nameless, is set in an unidentified metropolis where cranky commuters being the day engaged in chaotic road rage. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. He debuted as an actor in the movie wonderful life 1999. Like any great work of art, saramagos novel resists transference.
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