Notes on Blindness

Name: Notes on Blindness
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: November 16, 2016
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 75

2016

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BOND360 | Release Date: November 16, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: 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. Upon their publication in 1990, Oliver Sacks described the work as 'the most extraordinary, precise, deep and beautiful account ofIn 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. Upon their publication in 1990, Oliver Sacks described the work as 'the most extraordinary, precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read. It is to my mind a masterpiece.' With exclusive access to these original recordings, Notes on Blindness encompasses dreams, memory and imaginative life, excavating the interior world of blindness.… Expand

Director: James Spinney and Pete Middleton

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Katie Walsh

Nov 25, 2016

The film’s quiet impact comes as it leads us along John’s journey to understanding this disability as an unexpected, but ultimately accepted, gift. Read full review

Wendy Ide

Jul 14, 2016

Hull’s wisdom, and the agility of his insights as he struggles to make sense of his condition, form the basis of this elegant, evocative and deeply affecting documentary. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Nov 15, 2016

The tone of the narration is so wrenchingly honest that the film never lapses into self-pity or relies on mystical platitudes. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Jul 14, 2016

A seamless patchwork of reminiscences, tracing John’s voyage into darkness with an astute and sensitive cinematic imagination. Read full review

Ben Nicholson

Jul 14, 2016

Notes on Blindness raises fascinating questions about our reliance on visual memory aids and the amount to which we truly experience the world around us. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Nov 18, 2016

By having their actors lip-sync along to Hull and his family's own voices, the staged re-creations that so often pad nonfiction films here achieve a peculiar formalist beauty. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Nov 14, 2016

Its fatal mistake is to make up for blindness, instead of embracing it as something other than a liability. Read full review

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WhiskeyStories

Dec 9, 2017

A cinematic and emotional experience like none other. Wouldn't call it a documentary per se, it's more than that. The creators of this exceptional film successfully recreated John Hull's notes on his initial battle and later acceptance of his blindness. All of his struggles, ups and downs,A cinematic and emotional experience like none other. Wouldn't call it a documentary per se, it's more than that. The creators of this exceptional film successfully recreated John Hull's notes on his initial battle and later acceptance of his blindness. All of his struggles, ups and downs, even some surprisingly blissful moments he went through shown in a beautifully artistic way. It's extremely personal and touching, it's remarkable.… Expand

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