“How would you react in a world where central authority is not longer available? Would you be on the 'right' side or the 'wrong' side? Curious thing is that all the people will say: "on the 'right' sde". Can you be shure?”
“What do you believe the purpose of the doctor sleeping with the girl with the dark glasses was? I found the doctors wife behavior toward the girl with the dark glasses afterward odd. what do you all think?”
“What do you make of the last line of Blindness? Does the blind doctor's wife go blind? I don't have the book with me to quote it but I have had long discussions with friends about the line's significance. Is the anarchy and blindness (metaphorical and literal) over or is it never over and beginning anew. She was the most clear-sighted character in the novel, literally and metaphorically, yet I imagine that her role as guide is over as those she's cared for regain their sight and perhaps all she's seen of the world can allow her to retreat into blindness. Or is it an optimistic ending. Sight and insight are regained and the world goes on but it will be a better place because of the knowledge gained. Oh help!”
“A movie??? The whole point of this book, the incredible madness revolves around the fact that people are blind. A movie will just destroy all sensation. Onnie I totally agree with you, the writer made us readers feel like we too were blind, groping with the characters. All senses become dull when staring at a moving picture.”
“read the original in a class on portuguese literature. it was a disturbing yet fascinating read. i don't think the movie will be remotely close to what the book can provide. i also recommend his other book on the topic (can't remember the title now) ~~ it's set a few years after the blindness and there are elections and people vote but all ballots turn out white...”
“I was blown away with the missing punctuation but got into the flow. Sumptuous, delightful and in'sight'ful. It's been a while since i felt myself shaking just by reading - shaking with shock, disgust, excitement. There were no names mentioned, not many details that gave an effect that I, as a reader, was groping too in some kind of blindness. This book has pushed itself easily on my top 5 books of all time.I bought this book as a gift for myself knowing nothing about it nor the author. I made the perfect choice.”
“I’ve recently started to re-read the book Blindness by Jose Saramago. Well, I should say that I’m just starting to read it. I attempted to read it a year ago when someone gave it to me, but the lack of punctuation kind of lost me so I put it down. I had just finished a Walter Mosely book at the time, which is a straight forward narrative, detective story, and Blindness just wasn’t what I was in the mood for. However, it has now been made into a movie so I figured that if it was simple enough to make into a movie, it was simple enough for me to read, Here is what I am noticing about the book, though it is excellently written and has a great narrative thread, the fact that the only punctuation he uses are commas, with the occasional period thrown in for good measure, is a little off-putting, even for dialogue, the stream of consciousness is only separated by commas and concepts. As I delved into the first chapter last night, it occurred to me that Cormac McCarthy did a similar stunt with The Road, which did far less to captivate my attention or intrigue, and was a journey I gave up on by page thirty-five, Nevertheless, McCarthy like Saramago is another Pulitzer Prize winner, and it makes me wonder, in this age of technological advances supposedly breaking down the fabric of conversation, when 64% of teenagers use LOL or emoticons to denote comedy in their homework essays, I wonder if it is a good idea to exalt writers who have stripped their work of punctuation such as quotation marks, and award prizes to works of literature that toss out grammatical guidelines instead of carving up the work with a red felt pen. Perhaps I’ll understand it better when I finish the book. Then again, maybe I’ll write my next book IN ALL CAPS.”
“"Blindness is an upcoming film to be directed by Fernando Meirelles based on the 1995 novel Blindness by José Saramago. Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo star in the film, with Danny Glover narrating the story. Filming began in São Paulo, Toronto and Montevideo in July 2007. A release date has yet to be determined.""The script was adapted by Don McKellar, who was slated to have a supporting role in the film. Blindness, budgeted at $25 million as part of a Brazilian and Canadian co-production, was slated to begin filming in summer 2007 in the towns of São Paulo and Toronto.[4] The following November, Focus Features acquired the right to handle international sales for Blindness.[5] In June 2007, Pathé acquired U.K. and French rights to distribute Blindness.[6] Filming began in early July in São Paulo, Toronto and Guelph.[1][7]. Filming also took place in Montevideo, Uruguay."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindness_%28film%29”
“it was excellent, amazing, and the uniquest book which i have read. i always think about the story. read it. it would change your mind...”
“God wrote this book. Amazing!!”
