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''Blackeyes'' is a BBC television miniseries first broadcast in 1989, written and directed by Dennis Potter based on his own novel of the same name. Broadcast as four 50-minute episodes, first screened weekly from 29 November 1989 to 20 December 1989 on Britain's BBC2 channel,〔(British FIlm Institute SIFT database. )〕 ''Blackeyes'' starred Gina Bellman as the title character, an attractive model, with Michael Gough in a key role as her uncle. It was described in the press TV listings as "a quirky, dark and sexually charged drama".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daily Mail )〕 Potter described the series' theme as the objectification of "young and attractive women as consumer goods in a way that brutalizes both sexes".〔Graham Fuller, ''Dennis Potter'' (interview), ''American Film'', March 1989, p.55.〕 ==Production== Following the successes of ''The Singing Detective'' and ''Christabel'', the BBC awarded a budget of £2.4 million to the production of ''Blackeyes''. It was shot on 35mm film and took 18 months to complete.〔Graham Fuller, ''Potter on Potter'', Faber and Faber 1993, p.125.〕 Despite illness, Potter opted to direct the entire series himself, the first and only time he ever did this for TV. He had considered both Jon Amiel and Nicolas Roeg for the job, both of whom he had recently collaborated with.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BFI Screenonline Blackeyes )〕 Later he considered the decision to direct to have been a mistake.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daily Telegraph obituary )〕 In 2007 an article in The Guardian written by Jon Wilde revealed that the journalist had been the inspiration for the character of Mark Wilsher, "an insufferably smug hack" in episode 2 of the series. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blackeyes (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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