Notes on Blindness

Notes on Blindness

2016 · 90 min · EN · 7.0 (64 votes)
Dir. James Spinney, Pete Middleton · Starring John M. Hull, Marilyn Hull, Dan Renton Skinner, Simone Kirby, Eileen Davies, David Hobbs · Music James Spinney
DramaDocumentary

After losing sight in 1983, John Hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Following on from the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, Notes on Blindness is an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative.

VIBE

An intimate, deeply personal journey into the mind's eye. This film uses sound and memory to explore the profound shift in perception that comes with losing sight, creating a unique and moving portrait of adaptation.

introspectivemelancholicpoignantmeditativeslow-burndocumentaryaudio-drivenarthousepersonallossidentitysensory experienceresilience
biographyreenactmentblindness1980s
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