Land of the Blind
Country
Production
Budget
$18 000 000
Box office
$15 180
Director
Robert Edwards
Actors
Scenario
Robert Edwards
Producer
Jon Avnet, Philippe Martinez, Alan Latham, Stanley Roup, Cerise Hallam Larkin, Mohamed Ahmed, Karinne Behr, Alastair Burlingham, Douglas W. Miller, Marsha Oglesby
Camera operator
Emmanuel Kadosh
Composer
Artist
Audition
Dan Hubbard
Editing
Ferne Pearlstein
Whole Team (37)
Whole Team (37)
Short description
A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film's title is a reference to the expression "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
- The scene of Thorne appearing on television is based on a real event. Jeremy Denton (1924-2014), captured during the Vietnam War, publicly stated during a televised press conference in 1966 that he was being treated well, while simultaneously blinking the word "torture" in Morse code with his eyes.
- The death scene of the character played by Donald Sutherland references the composition of the painting 'The Death of Marat' (1793) by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825).
- The scene of the death of the character played by Donald Sutherland references the plot of Jacques-Louis David's painting 'The Death of Marat' (1793).
- Thorne tells Joe that his ancestors burned their ships upon arrival. This is a reference to Cortés (full name – Fernando Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1485-1547), the Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico. Cortés burned the ships to show his men that they had no choice but to proceed.
- The character played by Donald Sutherland mentions that Maximilian II's father tried to kill his unborn son after hearing a prophecy that he would one day destroy the empire. This is a play on the ancient Greek legend stating that Paris would bring disaster upon Troy, which he ultimately did.
- In the prison where Thorne ends up, there is a special cell where prisoners come face to face with their worst nightmare. This is a reference to George Orwell's (born Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-1950) dystopian novel '1984' (1949), which tells about life in a totalitarian world.
- The character played by Donald Sutherland mentions that Maximilian II's father attempted to kill his unborn son after hearing a prophecy that he would one day destroy the empire. This plays on the ancient Greek legend stating that Paris would bring misfortune upon Troy, which he ultimately did.
- In the prison where Thorne ends up, there is a special cell where prisoners come face to face with their worst nightmare. This is a reference to George Orwell's (real name Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-1950) dystopian novel '1984' (1949), which tells the story of life in a totalitarian world.
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