The Story of Looking

HAIFA DOCS

"An uplifting meditation on the power of looking"

VARIETY
  • Archive - Festival 38
  • Director: Mark Cousins
  • United Kingdom 2021
  • 90 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

On the day before an operation to save his eyesight, celebrated filmmaker and historian Mark Cousins explores what looking means to him, and the role our visual experience plays in our individual and collective lives.

In a deeply personal meditation on the power of looking in his own life, he guides us through the riches of the visible world, through a kaleidoscope of imagery across cultures and eras, drawing on art history, biology, neuroscience, psychology, poetry and philosophy.

Filmography: The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018), Stockholm, My Love (2016), A Story of Children and Film (2013), What Is This Film Called Love (2012), The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011).

 

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  • Director Mark Cousins
  • Production Mary Bell, Adam Dawtrey
  • Script Mark Cousins, based on his book
  • Cinematography Mark Cousins
  • Editing Timo Langer
  • Music Donna McKevitt
  • Festivals Sheffield Doc
  • Source The Festival Agency