The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
1972, English. Directed by Stan Brakhage.
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
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- 0h 32m
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Watch Eyes (1970) and Deus Ex (1971) first.
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Our verdict is Popcorn Flick: Fun if you don’t overthink it. It scores 6.5/10 from 63 TMDB viewer ratings.
How long is The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes?
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes runs 32 minutes (0h 32m).
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The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 February 1972. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes, try The House Is Black, The Wonder Ring, Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience.
Who directed The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes?
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1972) was directed by Stan Brakhage.