BLIND LIGHT a film by Pola Rapaport 1 hour, color BACKGROUND Capri

The Mediterranean island of Capri, for decades a popular tourist site, is known for its liberated sexuality and for its celebrated residents and visitors, from V.I. Lenin to Brigitte Bardot. Jean-Luc Godard's film "Contempt", starring Bardot, Jack Palance and Michel Picoli, was filmed there in the mid-1960's. Not as well known is the fact that many people have jumped or fallen to their deaths from its high cliffs. Much of the island is so vertical and difficult to tame for human use that only two major roads allow cars and buses, and one must go on foot to all the other parts of the island. My small but feisty crew was obliged to carry the film equipment for long distances by wheelbarrow.