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Blind - This Is Not a Test
This Is Not a Test is the new AM video from Blind Skateboards with a guest PRO part by Danny Cerezini. Focusing on the young gunz of the Blind team, this video pushes skateboarding to the next level around the world. Featuring full-length parts from Morgan Smith, Filipe Ortiz, Kevin Romar, Sewa Kroetkov, Kieran Reilly and TJ Rogers... this video is 100% RAW Skateboarding.
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Plot Summary
Ingrid, recently blinded, navigates her new reality in a sterile apartment, her days filled with the sounds and smells of her surroundings. As she tries to reconnect with her husband Morten, she begins to question her sanity and the nature of her blindness, blurring the lines between imagination and reality. The film explores themes of isolation, trust, and the subjective experience of perception.
Critical Reception
Blind was met with widespread critical acclaim, lauded for its innovative approach to cinematic storytelling and its exploration of sensory deprivation and subjective reality. Critics praised its visual inventiveness and compelling performances, particularly from lead Ellen Dorrit Petersen, while also noting its challenging and sometimes unsettling narrative.
What Reviewers Say
Visually striking and thematically rich, exploring the nature of perception and reality.
A powerful and unsettling psychological drama anchored by a remarkable central performance.
Inventive filmmaking that challenges conventional narrative structures.
Google audience: Audiences praised the film's originality and the compelling performance of the lead actress. Some found the narrative disorienting, but many appreciated its artistic ambition and thought-provoking exploration of sensory experience.
Awards & Accolades
Won the Europa Cinemas Label Award at the 2014 European Film Awards, and the Golden Goblet at the 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival. Nominated for the Grand Prix at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Fun Fact
Director Eskil Vogt was inspired to write the screenplay after his blind aunt described her experiences, leading him to explore the world of sensory perception and imagination.
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