Hysterical blindness dvd, 2003 for sale online ebay. November 14, 2002 the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down. Rent hysterical blindness 2002 starring uma thurman and juliette lewis on dvd and bluray. Executiveproduced by star thurman, hysterical blindness was directed by mira nair, fresh off the success of the arthouse hit monsoon wedding. Hysterical blindness film wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Buy or rent hysterical blindness movie now family video. The bars are full and smoky, and two old friends, debby and beth, are out looking for a good time. Rent hysterical blindness 2002 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Trailer for the critically acclaimed movie brought to you by hbo films. Hysterical blindness is a tv movie made for hbo, directed by mira nair and starring gena rowlands. Starring also gena rowlands 2 friends thurmanlewis lament their unhappy single lives while searching for mr. Debby is still searching for the kind of love they sing about in songs, the kind that lasts forever. 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. A sudden, temporary loss of vision caused by emotional stress. Get the latest hysterical blindness news, movie spoilers, casting info and more on. 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. Gazzara and rowlands were overlooked as this was a sleeper film. Uma thurman full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Enjoy every part of the frame and make it pulsate with life, nair tells her students at columbia universitys film school. Hysterical blindness is a psychological condition in which trauma from an injury or illness renders a patient unable to see temporarily. Rent hysterical blindness 2002 starring uma thurman and juliette lewis.
For the majority of the film, gena rowlands is a nonfactor. She won the golden globe for her role as debby miller on hbos tv film hysterical blindness. Hysterical blindness has a better than average rotten tomatoes critics score of 70% and an average imdb audience rating of 6. The hours won the golden globe award for best motion picture drama. 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. 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. Denatured, sometimes overexposed, sometimes too shadowy to see, it is an. A fiftyyearold woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirtyfive years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own. Hysterical blindness 2002 narrator 1 credit jump to. 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.
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. 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. Set in the 1980s, debby miller uma thurman goes out in new jersey looking for a man after she is diagnosed with hysterical blindness. With uma thurman, juliette lewis, gena rowlands, justin chambers. 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. Film star uma thurman plays debby, a jersey girl experiencing stressinduced loss of sight, in the hbo television adaptation of laura cahills.
Ben gazzara, gena rowlands, juliette lewis, uma thurman, mira nair, jason blum, uma thurman, amy israel. Its not until a plot turn lategame that rowlands comes into her prime and transmits to us a harrowing scene on the telephone. Uma thurman height, age, wiki, bio, husband, net worth, facts. Chicago won the academy award for best picture and the golden globe award for best motion picture musical or comedy. The associate producer was writer laura cahill, who adapted her own play for the small screen. Overview of hysterical blindness, 2002, directed by mira nair, with susan isaacs, callie thorne, johann carlo, at turner classic movies. The bars are full and smoky and debby thurman and beth lewis are out looking for a good time.
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Hysterical blindness movie news and cast updates tv guide. Ben gazzara and gena rowlands also won best supporting actoractress awards for their performances as virginia miller. Hysterical blindness, an hbo movie from 2002 starring gena rowlands, uma thurman and juliette lewis hysterical. This week on dvd a smoldering tale of forbidden love. Medical professionals classify hysterical blindness as conversion disorder, a condition that causes you to show psychological stress in a physical manner. Hysterical blindness is a condition in which the afflicted person is. Hysteric blindness definition of hysteric blindness by. Hysterical blindness 2002 where to watch it streaming online.
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