The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes main backdrop
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes main poster

The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

Visit website

6.3/10 • 57

1972-02-190h 32m

Documentary

At a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned. "S. Brakhage, entering, WITH HIS CAMERA, one of the forbidden, terrific locations of our culture, the autopsy room. It is a place wherein, inversely, life is cherished, for it exists to affirm that no one of us may die without our knowing exactly why. All of us, in the person of the coroner, must see that, for ourselves, with our own eyes. It is a room full of appalling particular intimacies, the last ditch of individuation. Here our vague nightmare of mortality acquires the names and faces of OTHERS. This last is a process that requires a WITNESS; and what 'idea' may finally have inserted itself into the sensible world we can still scarcely guess, for the CAMERA would seem the perfect Eidetic Witness, staring with perfect compassion where we can scarcely bear to glance." – Hollis Frampton

Directors
Stan Brakhage
Editors
Stan Brakhage

Top Billed Cast

View Credits

    Reviews0

    We don't have any reviews for The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes.

    Media

    • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes poster
    • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes poster
    • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes poster
    • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes poster
    • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes poster
    • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes poster
    • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes poster
    • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes poster
    • The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes poster

    Recommendations

    • Buck Privates main backdrop

      Buck Privates

      6.6

    • Sundays and Cybele main backdrop

      Sundays and Cybele

      7.1

    • Landscapes and Figures main backdrop

      Landscapes and Figures

      6.7

    • No Backdrop

      With a Right to Kill

      6.6

    • Esprit de Corps main backdrop

      Esprit de Corps

      6.0

    • No Backdrop

      El espadachín

      5.0

    • Broken main backdrop

      Broken

      10

    • No Backdrop

      Thanatophobia

      10

    • Paris Model main backdrop

      Paris Model

      3.0

    • No Backdrop

      New Blood

      8.7

    • RETURN main backdrop

      RETURN

      7.7

    • The Bare Wench Project main backdrop

      The Bare Wench Project

      3.1

    • No Backdrop

      Nesting

      7.0

    • A Pinky and the Brain Christmas main backdrop

      A Pinky and the Brain Christmas

      6.5

    • George Strait: For the Last Time - Live from the Astrodome main backdrop

      George Strait: For the Last Time - Live from the Astrodome

      10

    • No Backdrop

      Les Guerriers

      7.0

    • Rosamunde Pilcher: Wenn das Herz zerbricht main backdrop

      Rosamunde Pilcher: Wenn das Herz zerbricht

      3.2

    • No Backdrop

      Ein Herz spielt falsch

      4.5

    • No Backdrop

      Tossing Eggs

      4.5

    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    English
    Budget
    --
    Revenue
    --
    Keywords
    autopsysilent filmforensic sciencepathologistshort filmpreserved film