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Blinded by Light

A man's face with his eyes replaced by panels of machinery

Synopsis

Vision on again as the eyes have it after doing time in the dark. A post-operative sight recorder voices the hope, scores the fear. Taking things at face value. It looks like it might just work.
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Details

Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 min 20 sec
Format
BetaSP
Director
Simon Pummell
Editor
Lee Sutton
Sound
Larry Sider
Blind man
Richard Earthy
Makeup designer
Suzi Zamit
Funding
an animate! commission, Arts Council England and Channel 4

Genre

Experimental

Categories

Animation Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Finetake Productions (animate!)

Contact: Finetake

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