tonight is the release of
Blindness, the film
based on this tremendous book by José Saramago
one of the last masterpieces of the 20th century
& i knew i wrote something about the book
a while ago
this mostly bitter, little sweet
old post from
august 2006really!
excited about the film
and very afraid too
so far, i've been reading
sort of bad reviews!
that's a little disappointing and strange
since
Fernando Meirellesis a great director
anyway, i will watch it
zweifellosno doubt
indudablemente
4 comments:
Oh, bere, I saw the commercial of this movie two days ago and I was like, hm.... is it a movie from that book I learned from you. I was, to be honest, that they make film from this movie. I liked the book but I believe it is really hard to bring out their feelings to a movie. Don't you think so? I am afraid of watching this movie since the book was good. Usually movie from a good book doesn't do well. ... I finished reading a book written by Japanese female writer, Mariko Hayashi. The book was so interesting that I couldn't go to sleep to read the book. I am not sure if you like her books but it was good. After reading this book, I realized again how wonderful to read books. Thank you for teaching me joy of reading books. I think you know this Japanese used book store, Book off in the same shopping mall with Mitsuwa. They finally open in San Diego. There is one in OC as well. I bought Mariko Hayashi's book in Book off close to my father's house in Japan for a dollar. So I went there to buy more cheap Japanese used books this morning. But when I got there, all I saw was English books but I finally found Japanese ones. I bought 7 books. I think you will enjoy the store since they have English books as well, if you haven't been there yet. I like Book Off. I will e-mail you about Japanese writers I like. umnxakcs
oh lisa, yes, every day more i am afraid of watching Blindness, you are right, it is a very hard book, i think too, to bring to a movie, one thing i like of the book is that shows you for real the anxiety of not being able to see, and how to explain that on a movie, maybe i will wait for the DVD so i don't get too disappointed if it's too bad ;)
oh lisa, and i am really happy you are enjoying reading... and THANK YOU!! 'cause most of the very good books i have read and all the japanese authors i know it's thanks to you. and yes i think reading is so nice 'cause as you said with the book you were reading, you can get really into a neat story and learn and be excited about, reading and traveling to those places many books can take you is like living a double life and a truly way to relax from every day stress.
and how cool that you found books in japanese!! by now i am OK reading in english, but often i find words i don't understand and it's just a different flow than when i read in spanish, after all, it is more natural for me to read and write in spanish than in english... so i am very glad you are enjoying books in your languages dear lisa
and yes! i will totally check out that bookstore, i go to mitsuwa often for those 1.99 tea bags or lunch :)
will let you know when i read more japanese authors, i still have to read the last one you gave me, Kenzaburo Oe - Teaching us to outgrow our madness, the title sounds encouraging :) and one day i must read too the Tale of Genji, but must be brave for that one ;)
take care dear lisa & enjoy very much your books and i will wait for the titles :)
We watched the movie last week on the theatre; Gaby liked it with no further comment other than how terrible would that be... For me, it was a good movie, a bit in the same vein a Children on men or films like those which portrays mankind facing a global disaster; a bit too depressing and hopeless I may say, but the story is original and the photography is well done... Very realistic except for the fact that she's not contaminated -nobody knows why... I'm pretty sure the book is better...
Have you seen 10,000BC? We just saw it and found it very refreshing and exciting...
hola dear beto!
i am glad you watched the film! as encouraged as i sounded to watch it, well, i haven't, i still plan to watch it, so thanks for sharing your thoughts :) and yes! it's a strong story, that i think portrays the 'worst case' of many situations of that humanity has to face... and yes beto, it's a very depressing story, on the book too, but somehow, at least on the book there's a sense or taste of 'redemption' and i am not sure if the film shows that
and yes! if you are interested you might want to check out the book, 'cause one thing i am sure didn't translate was the writing style of Saramago, rather different, with a few punctuation signs and dialogs without dashes or sentences... very interesting
ah oh i haven't seen 10,000BC but muchas gracias for throwing the name and the exciting/refreshing, just what one needs :)
gracias y buenas nochesitas
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