Scottish Premiere of Mark Cousins’ new film The Story of Looking at Edinburgh Filmhouse, Sunday 29 August, marks the launch of the ultimate Mark Cousins collection on Filmhouse @ Home
Edinburgh Filmhouse hosts a special screening of Mark Cousins' latest film The Story of Looking on Sunday 29 August at 7.30pm, followed by an in-person Q&A with director Mark Cousins.
The Story of Looking is being released UK-wide on Friday 17 Sept by Modern Films.
Scottish premiere of The Story of Looking at Filmhouse on Sunday 29 August marks the launch of the ultimate Mark Cousins collection on Filmhouse @ Home
Described by Variety as "An uplifting meditation on the power of looking", Mark Cousins explores the role that visual experience plays in our individual and collective lives as he prepares for surgery to restore his vision. In a deeply personal meditation on the power of looking in his own life, he guides us through the riches of the visible world, a kaleidoscope of extraordinary imagery across cultures and eras. At a time when we are more assailed by images than ever, he reveals how looking makes us who we are, lying at the heart of the human experience, empathy, discovery and thought. He shares the pleasure and pain of seeing the world, in all its complexity and contradiction, with eyes wide open. As the Covid-19 pandemic brings another dramatic shift of perspective, he reaches out to the other lookers for their vision from lockdown, and travels to the future to consider how his looking life will continue to develop until the very end.
