I wish I had the words to describe
accurately the beauty of this short film.
Writer and theologian, John Hull, lost
his sight in 1983 a few days before the birth of his first son. To
help himself through the process, Hull made audio recordings of his
experiences, memories, and dreams. “Notes on Blindness” is a film
that uses his actual recordings in conjunction with visual
dramatizations of those recordings, and it is stunning. Hull provides
utterly unique and eloquent insights on the physical and emotional
response to vision loss. Maybe I'm biased given my combined
artsy-film-geek ways and the field in which I work, but I have the
deep feeling that many people will find this short quite beautiful
and poignant. (Also, there is a part in the film that fans of the
original “Solaris” will particularly enjoy, I think.)
The film recently premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival in Utah, and a feature-length version is scheduled for production this September.
Check out this page for links to some
of Hull's written works, click here to access audio transcripts, audio-only, and close captioned video, and tell us what you think!
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