Product Details

• Actors: Hugues de Montalembert
• Directors: Gary Tarn
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Indiepix
• DVD Release Date: March 24, 2009
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001QU882K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,109 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Black Sun (2005)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential film, November 17, 2008

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British Commentator (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Sun (Documentary By Gary Tarn) (DVD)

Quite simply one of the most remarkable films ever made.

The true story of an artist who was suddenly blinded without prior warning.

He describes the process of going blind, the changes in his life since he became blind, and his changed outlook on life.

Makes one thankful for every minute of life.

The film is a narrative with atmospheric and emotional music plus scenes relevant to the artist's life story.

It should be shown in all schools to pupils in their early teens.

As important a film as one might ever see.

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite brilliant, September 17, 2011

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Russell Richardson (NYNYUSA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Sun (2005) (DVD)

The premise of the film is very strong, and the nonchalant way the protagonist relates what for most of us would be a disaster (i.e. to be struck blind in an attack) is very powerful and touching. However, the fact that the images - for me - lack another layer of meaning is not a plus. I had hoped for something as allusive as 'Sans Soleil' but in the end I found most of the image work lackluster and formless. I stayed riveted to the voice over and the revelations of his strange life 'post blindness' but I could as easily have listened to an audiobook.
Good, but not great.

5.0 out of 5 stars EXTRAORDINARY, February 21, 2010

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Chelsea Girl (New York, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Sun (2005) (DVD)

This is one of those extremely rare, life changing true stories. When you watch it, you will truly learn what grace, dignity, determination, gratitude, and courage mean and you will also realize how much of life's wonders and how many of its priceless gifts we manage to foolishly take for granted each and every day.