Notes on Blindness
The tone of the narration is so wrenchingly honest that the film never lapses into self-pity or relies on mystical platitudes.
Notes on Blindness
In 1983, after decades of steady deterioration, writer and academic John Hull became totally blind. To help him make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping a diary on audiocassette. Over three years he recorded over sixteen hours of material, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness.
Published in 1990 under the title ‘Touching the Rock,’ the diaries were described by author and neurologist Oliver Sacks as “a masterpiece...the most precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read.’
NOTES ON BLINDNESS is a multi-platform project based on John’s original audio recordings. The project includes a feature length documentary and virtual reality project released alongside the film.
Published in 1990 under the title ‘Touching the Rock,’ the diaries were described by author and neurologist Oliver Sacks as “a masterpiece...the most precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read.’
NOTES ON BLINDNESS is a multi-platform project based on John’s original audio recordings. The project includes a feature length documentary and virtual reality project released alongside the film.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
82
Language
English
Director
Pete Middleton
Writer(s)
Pete Middleton,
James Spinney
Cast
Dan Renton Skinner,
Simone Kirby
FEATURED REVIEW
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Theologian John Hull was a family man in his forties when he lost his sight. As a scholar with a deeply reflective bent, he decided to document the experience, keeping an audio diary on cassettes starting in 1983. Those musings led to a lauded memoir, but they become something more artful in Peter ...
Played at
Santa Monica
Monica Film Center
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