If you can’t see the pitcher, will you still have a swing?
Notes on Blindness is the canonisation of John Hull, a man who in the prime of his life, briefly after marriage and at the deliverance of his second child completely lost his vision. Thank God he was a theologian, yet faith’s battle was big; for where does one hide when you’re stuck inside?
Constructed from the real life recordings of Hull and his family, lip-synced and recounted through poetic and quite brilliant cinematography, this is a “motion picture” in every sense of the word. The beauty that is the contortion of reality as he tiptoes his way through some of life’s great lessons gifted to him through blindness.
Humbling and sincere, these tapes were his vice, at once communicating with himself and now the world. It is a story of refusal and acceptance; one might relate his journey to what spiritualists call an “ego-death”. There are many layers of grief that he sheds, that ultimately allow his mind to turn inward, the end and the beginning….
All things are a concoction of yin and yang, this film provides the full spectrum, the inexplicable blackness of John Hull’s existence is but a steep passage to enlightening revelation. I strongly urge any of you who find yourself in a world of unease, to come and hear these luminous words sent forth from the abyss.
Notes on Blindness will be released via Demand.Film. Using Demand.Film, any person or organisation can ‘host’ a film listed on the Demand.film site, create an event around it, and then use their own social media network to sell tickets to their friends and online community. Demand.film, in turn, reserves the theatre, manages ticketing, and ensures the delivery of the film. Once the ticket threshold is reached, everyone just sits back and enjoys the show.
