The Sensation of Sight

 (2006)


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User Reviews

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Sep 22, 2008
poetzak - yahoo.com
The title is much more exciting than the boring movie that is is. Would be better with English accents. Has few actors, few wardrobe changes.... Full review
Thoughtful, beautiful film
Aug 28, 2008
bryantharvey - yahoo.com
I saw this film in NYC and was impressed by its thoughtfulness, excellent acting and cinematography, and strong directing, especially considering this is a first-time director. David Strathairn is amazing, but so is Jane Adams, Ian Somerhalder, Elisabeth Waterston (Sam's daughter),... Full review
A True Art Film
Feb 24, 2008
sgstathis - yahoo.com
A journey through the long dark tunnel of despair in search for light at the other end. This film doesn\'t reflect a mood, it is a mood. It is however the type of film where you don\'t know where it\'s going,... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Sep 03, 2008
Moviemaker Magazine, NY
Mallory Potosky (MM): The overall look of the film is very bleak. Aaron Wiederspahn (AW): I wouldn't describe the look of the film as bleak. I thought it was an honest approach to the film's subject matter. ... Full Review
| Jul 18, 2008
Boxoffice Magazine
is of exemplary American filmmaking, whose direction and superb performances make up for a solemn script.....it creates its share of awkward humor....its astute American filmmaking will leave an impression with all who lay Sight on it....Strathairn is both charming and empathetic in exuding his own brand of isolationism;....Surrounded by an outstanding supporting cast, Finn is far from the only one grieving..... ... Full Review

newsblaze.com
much more would spoil the mystical flow and pervasive psychological mystery.... ... Full Review

The Portland Mercury, OR
For a movie as well acted as this, it's unfortunate.... ... Full Review

News

CENTRAL CINEMA: 1411 21st Ave. Tickets: $5 unless indicated.206-686-6684; central-cinema.com.Any film running past 11 p.m. is 21+."The Sensation of Sight."An English teacher sets off to sell encyclopedias after going through a life-altering crisis. ... Full Article

Aaron Wiederspahn's feature debut, The Sensation of Sight , blurs the line between illness-in this case borderline-autism-and plain loneliness, gently suggesting that solitude can often be a malady in itself. ... Full Article

'THE Sensation of Sight," the first feature by director-writer-producer Aaron J. Wiederspahn, features a splendid performance by David Strathairn, who played legendary TV journalist Edward R. ... Full Article

The small-town oddballs in "The Sensation of Sight" are weighted down by some obscure tragedy, but as this long, lugubrious weepie makes its way toward revelation and redemption, it becomes clear that the really oppressive thing here is the filmmaking... ... Full Article

Thanks to South Park , the term "movie about gay cowboys eating pudding" has become shorthand in my house for "self-consciously artsy crap that makes you squirm in your seat, yearning for the exit." ... Full Article

Mumbai: Exclusive international distribution of Indie The Sensation of Sight, an Eithor/Or Films production, directed by Aaron J. Wiederspahn, has been signed by LongTale International. ... Full Article

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