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TITLE |
Afraid of the Dark (1992) |
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NOTES |
Psycho
thriller in which victims are blind women seen from |
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point of
view of eleven year old boy whose mother is blind. |
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Through a
twist in the plot we learn that the boy himself has |
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problems
with his sight. This is a film which plays with the |
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ways in
which we perceive reality. |
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We observe a
beautiful French actress staring into distance. |
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She uses a
white stick and her son to get about. We note |
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that her
husband is a policeman. |
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That morning
she goes to clinic which is full of blind people. |
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We only very
briefly see these others. Then we meet Rose a |
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beautiful
and younger blind woman who is engaged to a blind |
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man. The
French woman's son who has accompanied her |
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leaves and
follows another blind woman who is wearing odd |
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shoes. This
woman becomes another in a series of blind |
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women being
slashed by a razor wielding attacker. |
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When later
Rose poses for soft porn photos the boy who has |
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got out of
bed saves her from being slashed by sticking a |
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knitting
needle in the photographer's eye. |
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At this
point we get a little bit of explanation. It seems that the
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boy's mother
is pregnant and he doesn't want the new baby. |
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Rose turns
out to be his sister. The boy needs new glasses |
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because he
is losing his sight. Without his glasses he sees |
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blind people
everywhere.. That is , they're only blind when he |
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takes off
his glasses. But later he runs off with the new baby |
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and even
wearing his glasses he sees everyone as blind. It |
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then
transpires he is in an operating theatre and everything |
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we've seen
before have been his delusions. |
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By this
point you may be completely delusional yourself. A |
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good cast is
thrown away in what might have been an |
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interesting
engagement with what it means to becoming |
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