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Blind Major 
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TITLE |
Day
of Despair, The (1992) |
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ALT__TITLE |
1. O Dia do
Desespero 2. Le Jour du Desespoir |
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DIRECTOR |
Manoel de
Oliveira
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The 19th
century Portugese writer Camilo Castelo Branco |
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had an eye
disease which eventually led to his being blind. |
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Considering
he could no longer write he committed suicide. |
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This sounds
rather strange, Milton, the 17th century English |
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poet, became
blind and an assistant and his second wife |
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became his
amanuensis (he dictated his poems). Paradise |
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Lost was
completed, Paradise Regained and Samson |
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Agonistes
were written after Milton became completely blind. |
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Notes
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