The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film) Louis XIV and attempts to explain the mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask, using a plot more closely related to the flamboyant 1929 version starring Douglas Fairbanks, "The Iron Mask", and the 1939 version directed by James Whale, than to the original Dumas book. Like the 1998 version, the two aforementioned adaptations were also released through United Artists. In 1662, the Kingdom of France faces bankruptcy from King Louis XIV's wars against the Dutch Republic, which has left the country's agriculture impeded by a heavy tax burden and forced the citizens to live on rotten food. Though the
In the Land of the Blind the Blue Eye Man is King In the Land of the Blind the Blue Eye Man is King In the Land of the Blind the Blue Eye Man is King is a painting by Deborah Grant. It is in the collection of the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham, North Carolina in the United States. This large scale, multi-panel, colorful painting depicts the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Starting from the left panel: This painting was purchased from Grant in 2008 by Steve Turner Contemporary. In 2013, it was purchased by the Nasher with funding from JoAnn and Ronald Busuttil. This piece is part of Grant's body