Notes on Blindness

Notes on Blindness

Directed by Pete Middleton, James Spinney

Produced by Archer's Mark, Impact Partners

201690 min6.9 / 10

An intimate, introspective documentary-drama that uses audio diary and reenactment to explore one man's profound interior journey through sudden blindness toward acceptance and renewal.

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. Following on from the Emmy Award-winning short film of the same name, Notes on Blindness is an ambitious and groundbreaking work, both affecting and innovative.

Questions people ask

  • Is Notes on Blindness violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Notes on Blindness sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Notes on Blindness scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Notes on Blindness end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

  • Is Notes on Blindness easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

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61/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity86

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise38

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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