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The Resource Blindness, Rhombus Media ; O2 Filmes ; Bee Vine Pictures ; produced by Niv Fichman ... [and others] ; screenplay by Don McKellar ; directed by Fernando Meirelles

Blindness, Rhombus Media ; O2 Filmes ; Bee Vine Pictures ; produced by Niv Fichman ... [and others] ; screenplay by Don McKellar ; directed by Fernando Meirelles

Label
Blindness
Title
Blindness
Statement of responsibility
Rhombus Media ; O2 Filmes ; Bee Vine Pictures ; produced by Niv Fichman ... [and others] ; screenplay by Don McKellar ; directed by Fernando Meirelles
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of 'white blindness.' Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where societal norms quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hoarding the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. Inside the hospital is one eyewitness to the nightmare. Following her husband into the hospital, a woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague goes into quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become like a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city. Their voyage is fraught with danger, but their survival is a reflection of the depth of the human spirit
Cataloging source
CNBAN
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematography, César Charlone ; editor, Daniel Rezende ; original score by Marco Antônio Guimarães/Uakti
Dewey number
791.43/72
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.B55 2011
PerformerNote
Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Yusuke Isea, Yoshino Kimura, Don McKellar, Maury Chaykin, Mitchell Nye, Danny Glover, Gael García Bernal
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1963-
  • 1976-
  • 1948-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Fichman, Niv
  • McKellar, Don
  • Meirelles, Fernando
  • Moore, Julianne
  • Ruffalo, Mark
  • Braga, Alice
  • Isea, Yusuke
  • Kimura, Yoshino
  • Chaykin, Maury
  • Nye, Mitchell
  • Glover, Danny
  • Guimarães, Marco Antônio
  • Saramago, José
  • Uakti (Musical group)
  • Rhombus Media (Firm)
  • 02 Filmes (Firm)
  • Bee Vine Pictures (Firm)
  • Miramax Films
  • Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Runtime
121
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Blindness
  • Feigned blindness
  • Plague
  • Criminal behavior
  • Isolation (Hospital care)
  • Blindness
  • Criminal behavior
  • Feigned blindness
  • Isolation (Hospital care)
  • Plague
Technique
live action
Label
Blindness, Rhombus Media ; O2 Filmes ; Bee Vine Pictures ; produced by Niv Fichman ... [and others] ; screenplay by Don McKellar ; directed by Fernando Meirelles
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on the novel "Ensaio sobre a cegueira" by José Saramago
  • DVD release of the 2008 motion picture
  • MPAA rating: R, for violence including sexual assaults, langauge and sexuality/nudity
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1449836
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • 1/2 in.
Extent
1 videodisc (121 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videotape
Other control number
  • 096009769192
  • 031398221357
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 76919
  • 47277
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videocassette
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o670450667
  • (OCoLC)670450667
System details
DVD, widescreen, Dolby Surround
Video recording format
VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)
Label
Blindness, Rhombus Media ; O2 Filmes ; Bee Vine Pictures ; produced by Niv Fichman ... [and others] ; screenplay by Don McKellar ; directed by Fernando Meirelles
Publication
Note
  • Title from container
  • Based on the novel "Ensaio sobre a cegueira" by José Saramago
  • DVD release of the 2008 motion picture
  • MPAA rating: R, for violence including sexual assaults, langauge and sexuality/nudity
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1449836
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • 1/2 in.
Extent
1 videodisc (121 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videotape
Other control number
  • 096009769192
  • 031398221357
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
  • 76919
  • 47277
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videocassette
System control number
  • (Sirsi) o670450667
  • (OCoLC)670450667
System details
DVD, widescreen, Dolby Surround
Video recording format
VHS (1/2 in., videocassette)

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