Black Sun (2005)

An extraordinary essay on the epiphanies of looking, Black Sun never seeks easy illustration of its subject’s journey, physical or otherwise; rather, it catches the luminous materiality of the seen as a means to the most searching spiritual enquiry. A work for all places and times, for anyone who seeks fully to live, to engage, it is indeed essential viewing.

…an experimental documentary based on the writings of painter Hugues de Montalembert, who went blind in the late 1970s when a mugger threw paint thinner in his eyes. De Montalembert narrates from his own descriptions of blindness, recalling the attack and conveying how it changes his experience of the world. After going blind, de Montalembert, rather than confining himself to his apartment, chose to travel, exploring countries ranging from Indonesia and India to Iceland, and Tarn's camera visits all of these locations, capturing images using images that can only be described as kaleidoscopic. Black Sun, with its philosophical explorations of vision and its depictions of travel recalled Chris Marker's Sans Soleil.

Documental experimental basado en los escritos de Hugues de Montalembert, que perdió la vista a fines de los años 70, cuando un asaltante le tiró removedor de pintura en los ojos. De Montalembert narra a partir de su propia descripción de la ceguera, recordando el ataque, e informando cómo todo esto cambió su experiencia del mundo. (…) Con su exploración filosófica de la visión y sus notas de viaje, Black Sun recuerda al Sans soleil de Chris Marker.

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