Hysterical blindness, an emotional powerhouse of a movie from mira nair, ends up somewhat unpleasantly potent and forceful, akin to the state of mind after the fourth reading of an ayn rand novel. Hysterical blindness is a numbingly obvious confection of laughter. Hysterical blindness definition of hysterical blindness. Blindness may be caused by injury, by lesions of the brain or optic nerve, by disease of the cornea or retina, by pathological changes originating in systemic disorders e. Benatar in a bar full of roughneck guys and still unable to get a man. Film star uma thurman plays debby, a jersey girl experiencing stressinduced loss of sight, in the hbo television adaptation of laura cahills. This movie tells five stories set in a single day at the famed chelsea hotel in new york city, involving an ensemble cast of some 3035 characters. Hysterical blindness has a better than average rotten tomatoes critics score of 70% and an average imdb audience rating of 6. For the majority of the film, gena rowlands is a nonfactor. Hysterical blindness tv movie 2002 soundtracks on imdb. Get the latest hysterical blindness news, movie spoilers, casting info and more on. The hours won the golden globe award for best motion picture drama.
Hysterical blindness film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Starring uma thurman and juliette lewis as two young women coming. Heroes claire and gretchen kiss hysterical blindness duration. She received academy award and golden globe award nomination for her work in pulp fiction. Far from heaven won the satellite award for best film drama. A sudden, temporary loss of vision caused by emotional stress. Hysterical blindness is a 2002 american television film directed by mira nair and starring gena rowlands, uma thurman, juliette lewis and ben gazzara. Starring also gena rowlands 2 friends thurmanlewis lament their unhappy single lives while searching for mr. Overview of hysterical blindness, 2002, directed by mira nair, with susan isaacs, callie thorne, johann carlo, at turner classic movies. Hysterical blindness 2002 where to watch it streaming online. Denatured, sometimes overexposed, sometimes too shadowy to see, it is an. Uma thurman height, age, wiki, bio, husband, net worth, facts. Uma thurman is an awardwinning american actress who achieved international stardom with her roles in such movies as pulp fiction and kill bill film series.
You root for debbie, yet she never really wins, however, the ending of the film is sweetly subtle. With uma thurman, juliette lewis, gena rowlands, justin chambers. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Ben gazzara and gena rowlands also won best supporting actoractress awards for their performances as virginia miller. A fiftyyearold woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirtyfive years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own. Buy or rent hysterical blindness movie now family video. Thurman completely gives herself over to her trashy character, a pathetically selfdeluding goodtime girl who hangs out in a tavern in bayonne, new jersey, circa 1987. Gena rowlands and mira nair at an event for hysterical blindness 2002 roger. Movie is called hysterical blindness because the main umas character goes blind whenever there is a very stressful situation so you get to see what she fears the most. Hysterical blindness tv movie 2002 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. My big fat greek wedding won the satellite award for best film musical or comedy. Executiveproduced by star thurman, hysterical blindness was directed by mira nair, fresh off the success of the arthouse hit monsoon wedding. Hysterical blindness 2002 narrator 1 credit jump to.
This week on dvd a smoldering tale of forbidden love. Debby is still searching for the kind of love they sing about in songs, the kind that lasts forever. Medical professionals classify hysterical blindness as conversion disorder, a condition that causes you to show psychological stress in a physical manner. Its not until a plot turn lategame that rowlands comes into her prime and transmits to us a harrowing scene on the telephone.
Hysterical blindness, an hbo movie from 2002 starring gena rowlands, uma thurman and juliette lewis hysterical. Set in the 1980s, debby miller uma thurman goes out in new jersey looking for a man after she is diagnosed with hysterical blindness. Blindness is one of the most unpleasant, not to say unendurable, films ive ever seen. Rent hysterical blindness 2002 starring uma thurman and juliette lewis. Rent hysterical blindness 2002 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Hysterical blindness is a psychological condition in which trauma from an injury or illness renders a patient unable to see temporarily.
Hysterical blindness is a tv movie made for hbo, directed by mira nair and starring gena rowlands. The accidental husband 2008 hysterical blindness 2002. Uma thurmans character is in total and complete agony and the viewer is. And although hysterical blindness is set 15 years ago, i would venture to guess that life in a town like bayonne hasnt really changed at all. The associate producer was writer laura cahill, who adapted her own play for the small screen. The bars are full and smoky, and two old friends, debby and beth, are out looking for a good time. Uma thurman full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Hysterical blindness movie news and cast updates tv guide.
Hysterical blindness article about hysterical blindness. Uma thurman is painful to watch in hysterical blindnessand thats a compliment. Gazzara and rowlands were overlooked as this was a sleeper film. November 14, 2002 the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down. Hysterical blindness is an outmoded term for a condition now designated as a form of conversion disorder hysterical blindness may refer to. The bars are full and smoky and debby thurman and beth lewis are out looking for a good time. Rent hysterical blindness 2002 starring uma thurman and juliette lewis on dvd and bluray. Note the film is also known as nausicaa of the valley of the wind.
Chicago won the academy award for best picture and the golden globe award for best motion picture musical or comedy. Hysterical blindness is a condition in which the afflicted person is. A biweekly history podcast and blog focused on historical mysteries, strange and unexplained events, hoaxes and frauds perpetrated to manipulate history, and relevant events in the past that should color our perception of current events. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Hysterical blindness synonyms, hysterical blindness pronunciation, hysterical blindness translation, english dictionary definition of hysterical blindness. Warriors of the wind 1984 kushana voice in the english version of the film. It is an allegory about a group of people who survive under great stress, but frankly i would rather have seen them perish than sit through the final threequarters of the film.
In 2003, uma thurman won a golden globe award for her portrayal of debby miller. Ben gazzara, gena rowlands, juliette lewis, uma thurman, mira nair, jason blum, uma thurman, amy israel. Rent hysterical blindness 2002 on dvd and bluray dvd. Hysterical blindness tv movie 2002 soundtracks imdb. She won the golden globe for her role as debby miller on hbos tv film hysterical blindness. Hysteric blindness definition of hysteric blindness by. Enjoy every part of the frame and make it pulsate with life, nair tells her students at columbia universitys film school. Gena rowlands and her husband robert forrest during 2002 sundance film festival hysterical blindness premiere at eccles center for the performing arts in park city, utah, united states. In this bittersweet slice of working class single new jersey life, best friends debby and beth both pushing thirty go looking for love in the wrong place namely their favorite bar, olivers. Two friends lament their unhappy single lives while searching for. Hysterical blindness dvd, 2003 for sale online ebay.
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