Blink is a 1994 neo-noir

Neo-noir

Neo-noir is a style often seen in modern motion pictures and other forms that prominently utilize elements of film noir, but with updated themes, content, style, visual elements or media that were absent in films noir of the 1940s and 1950s.-History:The term Film Noir was coined by...

 thriller film starring Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Mora Stowe is an American actress. She rose to prominence appearing in films such as Stakeout, Revenge, Unlawful Entry, The Last of the Mohicans, Blink, China Moon, 12 Monkeys, and We Were Soldiers...

, and Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

-Early life:Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois to Irish parents. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and raised in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, as well as in Dublin and Birr, County Offaly in Ireland. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of...

. Director Michael Apted

Michael Apted

Michael David Apted, CMG is an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation but is best known for his work on the Up Series of documentaries and the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.On 29 June 2003 he was elected...

 was nominated for a Crystal Globe award for the film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....

, and screenwriter Dana Stevens

Dana Stevens

Dana Stevens is a screenwriter and television writer/producer.-Biography:Stevens wrote the screenplays of the films For Love of the Game and City of Angels. She was the creator, head-writer and showrunner of the television dramedy What About Brian?...

 was nominated for Best Motion Picture at the Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Emmy Award

Emmy Award

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-winning actress Laurie Metcalf

Laurie Metcalf

Lauren Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf is an American actress. She is widely known for her performance as Jackie Harris on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, Mary Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, the voice of Mrs. Davis in the Toy Story film series and as Debbie Salt in Scream 2...

 also had a role in the film. Chicago rock band The Drovers

The Drovers

The Drovers are a Chicago rock band whose original songs were influenced by Irish traditional dance music.Founded by Irish traditional fiddler Seán Cleland in 1988, the group recorded four albums and soundtrack music for the motion pictures, Backdraft and Blink...

 played a support role as themselves, contributing three songs to the soundtrack. Stowe's character, Emma, is a fiddler in the group. Some scenes were filmed in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The film received mixed to positive reviews.

Plot

Emma is a young musician who has been blind

Blindness

Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...

 for 20 years. New surgery techniques restore her vision but initially cause "vision flashes" that leave her uncertain about what she sees. One night, she is awakened by a noise in the apartment above. Peeking out her door, she "sees" a figure descending the stairs. She contacts the police, worried that her neighbor has been murdered, but is unsure if it was just her new vision deceiving her. The killer then begins to stalk

Stalking

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 Emma.

Cast

Actor / Actress	Character
Madeleine Stowe	Emma Brody
Aidan Quinn	Detective John Hallstrom
James Remar James Remar James Remar is an American actor and voice artist. He has appeared in movies, video games, and TV shows. He is perhaps best known as Richard, the on-off tycoon boyfriend of Kim Cattrall's character in Sex and the City, as Ajax in The Warriors, as the homicidal maniac Albert Ganz in the 1982...	Detective Thomas Ridgely
Bruce A. Young Bruce A. Young Bruce A. Young is an American television, film, and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Capt. Simon Banks in the UPN science fiction police drama The Sentinel. Young had roles in the films Risky Business, Jurassic Park III, The Color of Money, Basic Instinct, Into Temptation,...	Lt. Mitchell
Paul Dillon Paul Dillon Paul Dillon is an actor born in Joliet who began his career in show business in Chicago. His movie career began in 1994 with the movie Blink in which he played the role of Neal Booker...	Neal Booker
Laurie Metcalf Laurie Metcalf Lauren Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf is an American actress. She is widely known for her performance as Jackie Harris on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, Mary Cooper on The Big Bang Theory, the voice of Mrs. Davis in the Toy Story film series and as Debbie Salt in Scream 2...	Candice
Matt Roth Matt Roth (actor) Matthew Roth is an American actor. He had a recurring role on Roseanne as Jackie's abusive boyfriend, Fisher from 1992-1993.He joined the cast of Desperate Housewives in fall 2006 as new neighbor Art Shephard....	Officer Crowe
Tim Monsion Tim Monsion Tim Monsion is an American television and film actor.He has had minor roles in a number of TV shows such as Desperate Housewives, Frasier, Numb3rs, 7th Heaven, The King of Queens and Mad About You. He has also appeared in films such as Men of Honor and Blink.-External links:...	Mr. Tattersall
Peter Friedman Peter Friedman Peter Friedman is an American stage, film and television actor.Born in New York City, Friedman graduated from Hofstra University before making his Broadway debut in The Great God Brown in 1972...	Dr. Ryan Pierce
Michael P. Byrne	Barry
Anthony Cannata	Ned
Jackie Moran	Jackie
Sam Sanders Sam Sanders Sam Sanders is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Alfred University from 1977 to 1984 and at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York from 1990 to 1991, compiling a career college football record of 54–42–2.-Head...	Bobby
Greg Noonan Greg Noonan Greg Noonan was an American brewing expert who authored several published books on brewing. Noonan was the owner and brewmaster of Vermont Pub and Brewery since 1988...	Frank
Michael Stuart Kirkpatrick	Michael
Blake Whealy	Mark Tattersall
Joy Gregory	Valerie Wheaton
Lucy Childs	Margaret Tattersall
Ted Gilbert	Ted
Kevin Matthews	Man on Train
Kevin Swerdlow (as Kevin D. Swerdlow)	Receiving Cop
Ed Cray Ed Cray Ed Cray is an American actor who has appeared on film and television. He died in 2009 of natural causes.-Filmography:-External links:... (uncredited)	Suspect