Synopsis
Relying entirely on the audio diaries of John Hull, an English-based academic and professor, Notes On Blindness is a recreation of his experiences going blind over those initial three years. Aided by the extraordinary work of actors Dan Skinner and Simone Kirby, who lip-synced to the exact recordings on-screen, Hull’s journey through frustration and paranoia belie his humane and compassionate nature. Through his observations on life, nostalgia and acceptance, directors Peter Middleton and James Spinney paint a moving picture of Hull’s brimming wisdom. Replete with visually arresting shots and coupled with a remarkable sound design, the film is a deeply insightful and ethereally poetic documentary. It is breathtakingly cinematic, rendering blindness as truthfully as can be on an ostensibly visual medium.