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.
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes has generally received positive reviews.
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The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes was released in 1972 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 15 reviews, giving The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1972) an average rating of 71%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes than critics were.
With a score of 71%, The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1972, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1972 with similar scores include films like Last Tango in Paris and The Cowboys.
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