Notes on blindness watch online full movie documentary mania. Into darkness is undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary digital experiences of recent years. Cinereach develops, produces, coproduces, finances, and supports featurelength films crafted for the big screen. Into darkness is produced by ex nihilo, arte france, and the french startup audiogaming, in coproduction with archers mark. It was awarded the storyscapes award at the 2016 tribeca film festival and the alternate realities vr award at sheffield docfest 2016. Notes on blindness takes us on a surprisingly poignant and beautiful journey through the eyes of a man who tragically lost his sight just days before the birth of his son. Notes on blindness is john hulls trip from darkness to. Notes on blindness uses the aural diaries of the late academic, john hull, to tell the absorbing story of what happened following his loss of his. Notes on blindness 2016 tvpg 1h 26m dramas based on the audio diaries of academic and theologian john hull, this film offers an impressionistic recreation of his slow descent into blindness. Drawing on johns original recordings, notes on blindness premiered at the 2016 sundance film festival and won the special jury prize at the san francisco international film festival. You cant help but become acutely aware of your eyesight if youre lucky enough to have it while watching a film about living with blindness.
Into darkness, an immersive virtual reality vr project based on johns sensory and psychological experience of blindness the interactive experience complements the story world of the feature film. When the australianborn theologian and university lecturer john hull went blind in the early 1980s after decades of struggling with his sight, he started recording audio diaries. But the central conceit of notes on blindness is to emulate hulls descent into blindness using visuals. In 1983, author, teacher and theologian john hull 19352015 went blind after years of declining vision. Through johns wordsi am concerned to understand blindness, to seek its meaning to retain the fullness of my humanitywe hear him question eloquently the nature. Lipsyncing his voice from the tapes to reenacted scenes of his daytoday life and staging the vivid dreams he began to have, the filmmakers have created an absorbing documentary that explores a. The 2016 british independent film awards bifas were held at old billingsgate market in london on december 4.
The debut fulllength documentary from directors peter middleton and james spinney, it may seem complicated in its assembly, but has a final impact that is luminously simple. This channel was generated automatically by youtubes. Jojo ellison producer produced the emmy awardwinning new york times opdoc notes on blindness, upon which the 2016 feature film is based. Into darkness is produced by ex nihilo, arte france, and the french startup audiogaming, in coproduction. Excerpts from those tapes, interspersed with more recent interviews with john and his wife, marilyn, make up most of the soundtrack of notes on blindness but it would be wrong to call this a documentary. After losing sight in 1983, john hull began keeping an audio diary, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Its an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative and one. In 1983, after decades of steady deterioration, writer and theologian john hull became totally blind.
Following on from the emmy awardwinning short film of the same name, notes on blindness is an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative. Over three years, hull recorded over 16 hours of material creating a story of loss, rebirth and transformation. When directors pete middleton and james spinney do clever things like keeping bits of information and action offscreen while we hear hulls frustration over having to ask for descriptions of whats happening, the film achieves its goal. Alongside the premiere of the feature film, sundance 2016 saw the unveiling of notes on blindness. Notes on blindness is available in audiodescribed and. Following the emmy awardwinning short film of the same name, notes on blindness takes a creative approach to the documentary form. In the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian john hull went blind. In addition to a being packaged with a virtual reality experience at selected theaters, notes on blindness is being released in formats for blind. Adventurous and intimate and unworried by the wall dividing fiction and nonfiction, peter middletons and james spinneys debut, notes on blindness, is a wondrous film, a thing of magic and a. The project, backed by the british film institute and film4, comes from peter middleton and james spinney, who were baftanominated for their innovative doc notes on blindness. Hull, marilyn hull, miranda beinartsmith, jamie bradley.
Notes on blindness 2016 dan renton skinner and simone kirby in notes on blindness 2016. Notes on blindness 2016, directed by pete middleton and. Hulls memoir, subtly evokes sightlessness with figures in silhouette. John hull had suffered from deteriorating vision since he was a boy, but even years of forethought cannot prepare you for the complete loss of such an integral sense. It was the first time the recording had been played for almost 25 years. Upon their publication in 1990, oliver sacks described the work as the most extraordinary, precise, deep and beautiful account of in the summer of 1983, just days before the birth. Jun 16, 2016 in the early 1980s, after decades of steady deterioration, writer and academic john hull lost his sight. Sensitive, poetic and thoughtprovoking, the film charts hulls journey through.
Not a gift i want, but it is a gift days before the birth of his first son, writer and academic john m. Following on from the emmy awardwinning short film of the same name, notes on blindness is an ambitious. Following the emmy awardwinning short film of the same name, the feature version of notes on blindness takes a creative approach to the documentary form. Upon their publication in 1990, oliver sacks described the work as the.
It has been supported by creative england, british film institute, impact partners, arte france, swedish film institute, bbc storyville, cinereach, britdoc, new york times and. Notes on blindness trailer iffr 2016 by international film festival rotterdam. The film notes on blindness uses those recordings lipsynched by professional actors to recreate john hulls experience in one of the most poignant films to date in 2016. Hull, who became totally blind after decades of steadily deteriorating vision.
To help him make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began documenting his experiences on audio cassette. Notes on blindness 2016 in 1983, when writer john hull goes blind just before the birth of his son, he starts making a diary on audio cassette to make sense of all the changes. Following the emmy awardwinning short film of the same name, notes on blindness takes a creative approach to the. Notes on blindness is a compilation of the authors audio notes, made over the course of the years following the loss of his sight. It is a sort of line blurring docudrama, but even that sounds wrong. Watch notes on blindness full movie in hd visit in the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, w. Notes on blindness 2016 letterboxd social film discovery. This index lists many of them, including fiction, nonfiction and hybrid feature films.
Maximising its accessibility, notes on blindness is available in audiodescribed and enhanced soundtrack versions, the latter transforming the film into a singular aural experience. Feb 09, 2017 notes on blindness is a compilation of the authors audio notes, made over the course of the years following the loss of his sight. Notes on blindness, a virtual reality journey into the world. Hull, who died last year, recorded his thoughts on blindness on tape, at first daily, then less frequently as time. To help him make sense of the upheaval in his life, hull began documenting his experiences on audio cassette and wrote his autobiography touching the rock. Notes on blindness, a documentary based on the theologian john m. Nov 16, 2016 notes on blindness, a documentary based on the theologian john m. Jul, 2016 the film notes on blindness uses those recordings lipsynched by professional actors to recreate john hulls experience in one of the most poignant films to date in 2016.
Notes on blindness trailer 2016 trailer for the documentary notes on blindness. She has worked tirelessly at archers mark to see the film through from its development phase into physical production in the summer of 2015. The feature film received its world premiere at the sundance film festival new frontiers section, where it played alongside a companion virtual reality experience, notes on blindness. While the feature film is marked by its lush, expressive cinematography, the vr project is an attempt to navigate the experience of blindness. Perhaps the best, and simplest, way to describe it is this. As such, its quite a fragmentary book, but nonetheless a very insightful im not sure thats really the right word to use in this instance. Based on the audio diaries of academic and theologian john hull, this film offers an impressionistic. Notes on blindness opened in us theaters on 16th november 2016 find your local screening here. Notes on blindness 2016, directed by pete middleton and james. Its an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative and one of the most essential british documentaries of the year. Sep, 2016 notes on blindness is hard to put into words he says, as he puts it into words. It produces what interactive storytelling has long sought to achieve, without ever succeeding. Since 2006, we have worked with over 200 film projects set all over the world.
Notes on blindness was the basis for a major documentary in 2016. To promote the feature film notes on blindness, francogerman tv network arte has released an impressive virtual reality vr experience called notes on blindness. The first of these, rainfall, won the best short documentary award at hot docs 20 and was nominated for the ica experimental film award. Written and directed by pete middleton and james spinney starring dan renton skinner, simone kirby, john hull, marilyn hull. Hull, a professor of religion at the university of birmingham in england, lost his eyesight and began the agonizing personal journey to hell and back that he describes in the magnificent documentary notes on blindness. Following the emmy awardwinning short film of the same name, notes on blindness takes. Notes on blindness is a 2016 british documentary film directed by peter middleton and james spinney. One of john hulls original tape recorders, in a still from the film. Written and directed by pete middleton and james spinney starring dan renton skinner, simone kirby, john hull, marilyn. This version aims to create a rewarding and complete audio experience that tonally coheres with the dramatic universe of the film.
The film was written by don mckellar and directed by fernando meirelles, with julianne moore and mark ruffalo as the main characters. The original trailer for the multiaward winning feature film notes on blindness for which i won a golden frog for best cinematography in a docudrama notes on blindness 2016 feature trailer on vimeo. He would lose his sight entirely, plunged into darkness, unable to distinguish any sense of light or shadow. Jul 01, 2016 notes on blindness uses the aural diaries of the late academic, john hull, to tell the absorbing story of what happened following his loss of his sight in 1983 at the age of 45. He knew that if he didnt try to understand his blindness it would destroy him. Nov 23, 2016 notes on blindness is john hulls trip from darkness to light by stephen holden the new york times. Nov 16, 2016 but the central conceit of notes on blindness is to emulate hulls descent into blindness using visuals. The film was released in the uk on 1st july and is still playing in a handful of cinemas.
Notes on blindness encompasses dreams, memory and imaginative life, excavating the interior world of blindness. The pair were given access to a personal archive of the silentmovie star that includes previously unknown material and also have newly unearthed audio recordings. In order to make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping a diary on audiocassette. Saramago originally refused to sell the rights for a film adaptation. The project premiered at the 2016 sundance film festival new frontier exhibition. Notes on blindness is a moving, intimate documentary, a triumph of sound and image, and a poetic examination of love, loss, memory and marriage. To help him make sense of the ensuing upheaval in his life, he began to keep an audio diary.
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