Barbara’s Blindness

Barbara’s Blindness

1965 · 16 min · ★ 5.0

Constructed from found and stock footage, Barbara’s Blindness is a meditation on vision and adversity, drawing humour and pathos from a moralising educational film.

Directed by Joyce Wieland

Your Rating

Make it a double feature

24m together

Barbara’s Blindness

Standard Time

Both from Joyce Wieland.

More from Joyce WielandSee all →

KnocturneKnocturne · 1968
Knocturne
9.01968
MovieComedy
The rising moon is the main theme in this short movie of three people and an animal going about their nocturnal rituals. This movie is evidently part three of my trilogy that started with HOLD ME WHILE I'M NAKED and ECLIPSE OF THE SUN VIRGIN. It evidently is, since part three never really came out. This seems to look like it could be part three. — GK (anthologyfilmarchives.org)
Motel CapriMotel Capri · 1985
Motel Capri
9.01985
Movie
Mother Superior commits murder to save a soul from eternal damnation. Motel Capri was original material improvised as we went along. Scenes were concocted to suit the individual members of the class and my Catholic upbringing plus immersion in horror movies helped mold the plot. The class also was populated by students interested in splatter and macho cycle gear. Joyce Wieland, the Canadian artist and filmmaker is featured here as the mother superior. She was reading her lines in the Marlon Brando technique (they were pasted onto the face of her student co-star). – GK
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen · 1974
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
7.81974
MovieComedyMystery
Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.
Standard TimeStandard Time · 1967
Standard Time
7.81967
Movie
Experimental short in which a camera pans quickly in a small apartment space; Disembodied voices speak of audience engagement.
New York Eye and Ear ControlNew York Eye and Ear Control · 1964
New York Eye and Ear Control
6.81964
MovieMusic
A cutout of a woman's silhouette is displayed in many locations while a free jazz soundtrack is heard. The jazz musicians later pose for the camera in a studio.
Back and ForthBack and Forth · 1969
Back and Forth
6.61969
Movie
A camera moves back and forth at an increasing pace. Back and forth, back and forth...
Zorns LemmaZorns Lemma · 1970
Zorns Lemma
6.41970
MovieDocumentary
Zorns Lemma is a 1970 American structuralist film by Hollis Frampton. It is named after Zorn's lemma (also known as the Kuratowski–Zorn lemma), a proposition of set theory formulated by mathematician Max Zorn in 1935. Zorns Lemma is prefaced with a reading from an early grammar textbook. The remainder of the film, largely silent, shows the viewer an evolving 24-part "alphabet" (where i & j and u & v are interchanged) which is cycled through, replaced and expanded upon. The film's conclusion shows a man, woman and dog walking through snow as several voices read passages from On Light, or the Ingression of Forms by Robert Grosseteste.
A and B in OntarioA and B in Ontario · 1967
A and B in Ontario
6.41967
Movie
Joyce Wieland: “Hollis and I came back to Toronto on holiday in the summer of '67. We were staying at a friend's house. We worked our way through the city and eventually made it to the island. We followed each other around. We enjoyed ourselves. We said we were going to make a film about each other - and we did”. A & B in Ontario was completed eighteen years after the original material was shot. After Frampton's death, the film was assembled by Wieland into a cinematic dialogue in which the collaborators shoot each other with cameras.
The Far ShoreThe Far Shore · 1976
The Far Shore
6.41976
MovieRomanceDrama
A young woman marries a wealthy man she isn't in love with, but finds romance instead with the couples' painter friend.
For Life, Against the WarFor Life, Against the War · 1967
For Life, Against the War
6.01967
MovieAnimation
First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in style and sensibility but united by their opposition to the Vietnam War. Part of the protest festival Week of the Angry Arts, the epic compilation film incorporated minute-long segments which were sent from many corners of the country, spliced together and projected. The original presentation of the works was more of an open forum with no curation or selection, and in 2000 Anthology Film Archives preserved a print featuring around 40 films from over 60 submissions.
Reason Over PassionReason Over Passion · 1969
Reason Over Passion
6.01969
MovieDocumentary
The film consists primarily of degraded footage of landscapes shot from vehicles moving across the country; meanwhile, 537 computer-generated permutations of the film’s title appear like subtitles—the letters are scrambled over and over again, undermining the meaning of Pierre Trudeau's infamous motto.
Rat Life and Diet in North AmericaRat Life and Diet in North America · 1968
Rat Life and Diet in North America
5.61968
MovieDrama
“This film is against the corporate military industrial structure of global village.”
WavelengthWavelength · 1967
Wavelength
5.41967
MovieDrama
In a Lower Manhattan industrial loft, a camera very slowly zooms into a photograph on a wall while various people occasionally enter and exit.
Cat FoodCat Food · 1967
Cat Food
5.31967
MovieDocumentary
A cat eats its methodical way through a polymorphous fish.
SolidaritySolidarity · 1973
Solidarity
5.21973
Movie
About a strike in which women are involved, but told in a very different way.
Manual of ArmsManual of Arms · 1966
Manual of Arms
5.01966
Movie
In this "fourteen-part drill for the camera," Frampton created a portrait gallery of his art-world friends engaging in a variety of ordinary activities.

More Like This

AnimaleAnimale · 2024
Animale
6.12024
MovieFantasyDrama
Camargue, France - Nejma trains hard to win the local bullfighting competition. When she is mauled after a celebration, she starts to notice disturbing changes. News of a rogue bull on the loose terrifies the community, killing young men.
The Secret GardenThe Secret Garden · 1993
The Secret Garden
7.41993
MovieDramaFamily
A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and forgotten. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.
The Care Bears MovieThe Care Bears Movie · 1985
The Care Bears Movie
6.31985
MovieAdventureFantasy
The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician's apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.
Freddy's Dead: The Final NightmareFreddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare · 1991
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
5.31991
MovieHorrorThriller
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.
Handling the UndeadHandling the Undead · 2024
Handling the Undead
5.82024
MovieHorrorDrama
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
National Lampoon's European VacationNational Lampoon's European Vacation · 1985
National Lampoon's European Vacation
6.21985
MovieAdventureComedy
The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
The CorporationThe Corporation · 2003
The Corporation
7.62003
MovieDocumentary
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.
Herbie Fully LoadedHerbie Fully Loaded · 2005
Herbie Fully Loaded
5.82005
MovieComedyFamily
Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.
She's Beautiful When She's AngryShe's Beautiful When She's Angry · 2014
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
7.42014
MovieDocumentary
A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter