I heard that in the original script for the film, Jackson wasn't blind. Is there anyone else here who thinks they might should have left it that way?
shareI think it help the "love" between the main characters.If he could see then the story wouldnt exist really.She wouldnt need to help him in ways that she did.
shareJackson's blindness seemed to add a layer of irony (if that's the right word) to the movie. Several times he talks about how the world around him looks or about what he sees in his mind. In a scene in his bar near the end he says to his former protege: "You don't see any of this, do you Thomas? You see nothing." Coming from a blind man, these words sound more than a little biting.
shareI agree, krperry. The blindness is a metaphor that describes both the characters in the movie (not just Jacksons) and the whole world scene in the 1930s. It was a good idea.
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