The Blind Director
- sombre
- measured
- surreal
- signature
Sombre, measured, measured essay / experimental, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →A poignant film essay about 'superfluous people' facing up to a moment of crisis in their lives.
Our read · The Blind Director (1985) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal essay · experimental · satire entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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The shape of The Blind Director
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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