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Jury statement: "We extend a special mention to Notes on Blindness, in recognition of an audaciously ambitious, formally inventive and yet fully realized film that somehow manages to translate an intensely interior experience into compelling, even revelatory cinema, ingeniously articulating what it means to see and be seen."
Notes on Blindness is a 2016 British documentary film directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney. The film profiles writer and theologian John M. Hull, who became totally blind after decades of steadily deteriorating vision.
Jun 30, 2016 · Notes on Blindness is itself a translation job. Both sighted, Spinney and Middleton are attempting to convey Hull’s experience of losing vision via a visual medium.
- Henry Barnes
Jul 1, 2016 · Notes on Blindness: Directed by Peter Middleton, James Spinney. With John M. Hull, Marilyn Hull, Miranda Beinart-Smith, Jamie Bradley. In the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull went blind.
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- Documentary, Drama
- Peter Middleton, James Spinney
- 2016-07-01
Nov 16, 2016 · The powerful nostalgia of his youth has slipped away, disappearing along with his vision. “Notes on Blindness” has won several awards since its Sundance Film Festival premiere. If the subject interests you, don’t let my mildly negative review dissuade you from going to see it.
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness is a beautifully crafted landmark 360 film project that premiered in 2016, answering a fundamental question about the form at a time when the field of moving image media was unconvinced that immersive experiences were valuable. Why VR or 360, when flat film is a more refined and effective medium?
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Feb 2, 2016 · NOTES ON BLINDNESS. by Peter Middleton, James Spinney. synopsis. In the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull went blind. In order to make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping a diary on audiocassette.
