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Edge of Dark.(Blindness)(Movie review)

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Things go awry in "Blindness" from the start. In a busy, unnamed city, a traffic light changes to green, but one car fails to move. "I'm blind," the driver, a Japanese guy, cries, pawing at his eyes. In the ensuing melee--and this sets the tone for the rest of the film--what matters is not the plight of the stricken man but the response of those around him. As his sight falters, so his other senses are assailed: horns bray behind him, voices rise in protest, and he whacks his head on the car's doorframe as he tries to get out. Finally, a passerby comes to his aid, takes the wheel, drives him home, and steals the car.

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