First, the character in Wait Until Dark was anything but pitiful: the story was
about how she gains self-confidence by defending herself against a murderer. Second,
Kung Fu had a blind character who was one of the masters. When a Western man says,
I may have trouble on the road. I am sixty-one,
In Hollywood, the blind are represented in film either as pitiful
victims, such as in Wait Until Dark, or as comic figures like Mr.
Muckle, who tears apart W. C. Fields's shop in It's a Gift. Leave it
to the Japanese to come up with somebody like Zatoichi, the blind master
swordsman who was played
didn't straight-to-video fave Rutger Hauer star in a film about a blind
swordsman once?
dd
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Subject: The Blind Swordsman Zatoichi
In Hollywood, the blind
In a message dated 7/28/2004 12:16:54 PM Central Standard
Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
didn't straight-to-video fave Rutger Hauer star in a film
about a blind swordsman once?
dd
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Not sure but every since Rutger Hauer's incredible performance
in Blade Runner . . . I have been
Daniel Davies wrote:
didn't straight-to-video fave Rutger Hauer star in a film about a blind
swordsman once?
http://www.pulpmovies.com/Reviews/Action/blindfury.html
Blind Fury
Master of the sword. Avenger of the Truth. ... and blind as a bat!
Rutger Hauer is a great actor. But he has appeared in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/28/04 11:42 AM
In Hollywood, the blind are represented in film either as pitiful
victims, such as in Wait Until Dark, or as comic figures like Mr.
Muckle, who tears apart W. C. Fields's shop in It's a Gift. Leave it
to the Japanese to come up with somebody like Zatoichi, the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/28/04 5:38 PM
finally: blind swordsman films inspired 71 entitled 'deaf mute heroine'
directed by wu ma, one of number of hk martial arts films featuring
women... michael hoover
neglected to mention that helen ma had lead role in above... mh
