| | | Illusion. Deception. Murder. In the blink of an eye things are not what they seem.
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A blind musician miraculously regains her sight, just in time to witness a brutal murder. Now the killer is after her and nothing in her new life is quite what it seems.
Editor's Note
Blind since she was child, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) experiences a miracle--a dead woman's eyes have been donated to her, allowing Emma to see again. But before she's had the opportunity to grow accustomed to her blurry vision, she witnesses a brutal murder. Working with a handsome detective (Aidan Quinn), she tries to help the police locate the murderer before the murderer locates her. Director Michael Apted (COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER and GORILLAS IN THE MIST) has always been concerned about creating stronger, more complicated female characters in mainstream films, and with BLINK he has succeeded. In more than 200 films with blind characters, blind men have danced, taken photographs, and performed rescues, while blind women have usually been terrified, hapless victims; Emma, as played by Stowe, breaks with that tradition. In her first major role after LAST OF THE MOHICANS, Stowe bristles as an independent woman who has long taken care of herself and doesn't want to be protected by the police.
Plot Summary
When a blind musician recovers her sight, she witnesses a murder and, while battling lapses in sight and visual hallucinations, tries to help locate the killer before he locates her.
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Release Information
| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 9/7/2004 |
| Running Time: 106 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1993 | | Catalog ID: 6726 | | UPC: 00794043672620 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "Your eyes are driving the train, and your brain is the caboose, and it hasn't caught up yet?"----John Hollstrom (Aidan Quinn) to Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Watchful intelligence....[Throughout, Stowe] can be as sharp and unpredictable as BLINK needs her to be..." 01/26/1994 p.C15USA Today
"...Stowe is excellent..." 01/26/1994 p.2D Entertainment Weekly
"...Genuinely scary moments....[Stowe] plays Emma as a smart, sexy scrapper..." 02/11/1994 p.38 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
The people in this movie are so good, there's a temptation to put down the thriller material. But even here Apted has some surprises. His cinematographer, Dante Spinotti, and his visual effects supervisor, Art Durinski, cook up some visuals to let us understand what the woman can see - and what she can't see. And these have the effect of making us identify with her, making us strain along with her to decide what she can trust about what she sees. Blink is an uncommonly good thriller. - Roger Ebert
James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
Blink offers a reasonable one-hundred six minutes worth of entertainment, with a few chills but not many surprises. Although this isn't a breakthrough performance for Madeleine Stowe, she pulls off the role of Emma with conviction. Still, except for the haunting and claustrophobic atmosphere, there's little of note here. This is adequate film noir--nothing more, nothing less. - James Berardinelli
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