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Author Topic: Kodak Employing the Blind? Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 05-17-2003 03:18 AM                        I was just wondering if Kodak or any other film company's or labs are employing a large number of blind people in their dark rooms. I remember that they're used to be many blind individuals working at Kodak in Toronto and was just wondering if this is still common.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-17-2003 09:12 PM                        Are you looking for a job?  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 05-17-2003 09:52 PM                    "Looking?"  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-18-2003 12:01 AM                     No disrespect to the blind folk, but hopefully they are not put in a color balancing position!!! Mark  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-18-2003 02:09 AM                       That's almost as good as the blind man who applied for a job as projectionist in Bell county, KY. True story.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-18-2003 02:12 AM                     It could be done. Granted he would need some assistance with focusing, but the rest can be done blindfolded. (Note I did not claim it is easy, just that it can and has been done.)  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-18-2003 04:47 AM                        feeling for framelines?  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-18-2003 07:42 AM                        quote: "Looking?" I do not know how else to put that in English. "Are you feeling around in the dark for a job?" would probably be too insensitive. I have much compassion for Daryl in his handicap.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 05-18-2003 09:53 AM                    Blind people use the word "look" and similar terms that imply sight all the time. I would guess that it's more annoying when sighted folks go to great lengths to avoid ordinary sentence constructions when talking to them. But since you asked you could say "seeking" or "searching" for a job. Back when I was at the post house there was an assistant editor who was fond of saying, "Hey Steve, there's a blind man in the lobby; he was wondering if he could see you."  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-18-2003 09:56 AM                     Yeah, but just think... In a dark room (a ROOM that is completely DARK) a sighted person might be at a disadvantage. (S)he is used to getting around in life using visual clues as to his/her position in the room and the locations of objects. A blind person, out of necessesity, has to know how to do that instinctively. I would imagine this to be a distinct advantage for blind people. The only DISadvantage I can imagine for a blind person would be to know that the lights are off, lest the film be spoiled. If the person is not 100% blind (s)he might be able to tell if there is light in the room. (I don't know much about that, really. I'm just supposing.) Otherwise, I can imagine some kind of photoelectric alarm could be rigged up so that when it's time to get the film out a person could check for light in the room before proceeding. Hiring blind people could also potentially save a few bucks on the electricity bills!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-18-2003 02:56 PM                     Here's omne for ya......"Deaf person gets masters in Music"!! Mark http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/05/18/deaf.composer.ap/index.html  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-18-2003 03:52 PM                        The Scottish classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie is deaf too. She takes off her shoes for playing and can feel the sound through her feet as well as through her skin. She is widely considered one of the best percussionists in the world.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 05-18-2003 04:49 PM                     Don't foget a blind woman worked for a photo lab in the darkroom in the movies SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and the remake RED DRAGON.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 05-18-2003 04:58 PM                        I KNOW that Kodak used to employ lots of blind people in their dark rooms, I'm just wondering if they (and others) still do. As for myself... I can see just fine and have more jobs than I can remember.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 05-18-2003 04:59 PM                        This character (Reba MacLane if my memory doesn`t deceive me) only appears in RED DRAGON which is not a remake of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS! Thomas Harris first wrote the book RED DRAGON which was also adapted for the screen by Michael Mann as MANHUNTER. Then Harris wrote THE SILENCE which was turned into a movie by Jonathan Demme. RED DRAGON is rather a remake of MANHUNTER or a new film version of the original RED DRAGON.  |  IP: Logged

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