Peter Middleton and James Spinney beget made a miraculous doc based on the audio recordings made by theologian John Hull after he became completely blind After theologian John Hull lost his sight in the early 1980s,he began to document his observations on blindness on hundreds of cassette tapes. An academic dedicated to deep thinking, he spent years recording vignettes in a melancholy Australian lilt. This does not sound like the stuff of era-defining documentary, or but Peter Middleton and James Spinney beget made a miraculous piece of work that combines lip-synced recreations of Hull’s verbal adventures with stagings of Hull’s vivid dreams of sightedness.
Over 85 minutes,we dip in and out of the life of a man trapped in visual darkness, but whose imagination is ravishingly colorful. Hull’s immaculately recorded tapes feature cameo appearances from his wife Marilyn and five children, and documenting his gradual acceptance of blindness,understood through the comfort and routine of domestic and family life. Related: John Hull obituary Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com