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. 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.
international title: | Notes on Blindness |
original title: | Notes on Blindness |
country: | United Kingdom |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Peter Middleton, James Spinney |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | US 24/01/2016, UK 01/07/2016, ES 16/03/2019 |
screenplay: | Peter Middleton, James Spinney |
cast: | Simone Kirby, John M. Hull, Marilyn Hull, Dan Renton Skinner |
cinematography by: | Gerry Floyd |
film editing: | Julian Quantrill |
art director: | Jessica Danielle Smith |
costumes designer: | Julia Drummond-Haig |
music: | James Ewers, Noah Wood |
producer: | Mike Brett, Peter Middleton, Jo Jo Ellison |
production: | Archer's Mark, 104 Films, Fee Fie Foe Films (GB) |
backing: | Creative England, the BFI, Impact Partners, ARTE France, BBC Storyville, Cinereach, BRITDOC, New York Times, PROCIREP-ANGOA |
distributor: | Curzon Artificial Eye, Bosco Films |