by Chris Colin

The Atavist No. 7, August 2011

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In March of 1994, Simon Lewis was a Hollywood man on the rise. He had started in the film industry as a lawyer and worked his way up to become a big-budget studio producer. He’d helped shepherd one of the most successful comedies in film history. He’d married the love of his life. And then one night, in a few seconds, everything changed.

In Blindsight, author Chris Colin unspools the remarkable true story of a horrific accident and the life that followed it. A killer at large. Unlikely twists of fate. Miraculous medical oddities. Otherworldly perceptions. Lewis’s is a tale of one man’s love and loss, and of the strange turns awaiting a life remade.

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Advance praise for Blindsight:

“Colin tells Simon Lewis’s story of wreckage and rebirth with economy, vividness, and grace.” —Nicholson Baker,” author of House of Holes and Vox

“The extraordinary perceptions and insights experienced by Simon Lewis after his life-altering brain injury are fascinating to read about. This piece should remind those of us who plod through our days with healthy brains that a similar beauty and grace exists inside us waiting to be uncovered.” —Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche

“Only Chris Colin could make me care about the man responsible for the cheese-horror movie C.H.U.D II. Mixing a potent blend of reportage with vivid storytelling, Blindsight tells the tragic story of movie producer Simon Lewis, and his almost twenty year struggle with a strange neurological condition. The Atavist signature multi-media format deepens Lewis’s story—which we know in our heart of hearts, could befall any of us.” —Novella Carpenter, best-selling author of Farm City

The video excerpt above is a production of:
Audio: Pat Walters
Video: Olivia Koski
Film set photos courtesy of:
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING” © 1989 TriStar Pictures, Inc. All Rights Reserved
“AGE-OLD FRIENDS” © 1989 Home Box Office All Rights Reserved