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

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Forensic pathologists perform autopsies. The first two consist of examination, measurement, and checking muscles. The remaining ones involve cutting away bone to expose and examine internal organs, peeling back skin and muscle, removing organs, using syringes to extract bodily fluids, and cutting pieces of tissue. Clothes are inventoried. As each autopsy ends, bodies are covered with sheets. There is no soundtrack. We see a body with extensive burns. The work is sometimes del... (Full plot summary below)

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Forensic pathologists perform autopsies. The first two consist of examination, measurement, and checking muscles. The remaining ones involve cutting away bone to expose and examine internal organs, peeling back skin and muscle, removing organs, using syringes to extract bodily fluids, and cutting pieces of tissue. Clothes are inventoried. As each autopsy ends, bodies are covered with sheets. There is no soundtrack. We see a body with extensive burns. The work is sometimes delicate, sometimes not; but it's always gory so be warned.

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MovieMartyr.com - 5/10 by Jeremy HeilmanIn adding a literal deconstruction of man to the metaphorical one that graces so many works of art, Brakhage has created with Act the ultimate horror film, for better or worse.
User Review - 10/10 by Private Upure art from our great master Stan Brakhage. Sure don't look this film if you get queezy easily.
User Review - 10/10 by Sean NSilent autopsy. I scored this short myself with a death metal riff
User Review - 10/10 by Martin TBrakhage analyzes the perfect machine that the human body represents. With a minimalist approach and a fascination towards the body so great that the film overflows with admiration, The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes refers to the act of beholding the unbelievable. Often confused with nauseating gore and vomit-inducing, "hard to watch" images, this fascinating short approaches the realm of perfection. A dark aura is perceived throughout, but it is balanced out by breathtaking and beautiful images. 99/100
User Review - 10/10 by Bryan WA terrifyingly naked and matter-of-fact look something that we tend to take for granted: what happens to our bodies after we die. Few films carry this amount of shock value in so short a time, and even by modern standards it is unparalleled in its depiction of what one might call gore; nevertheless, it is a documentary of unparalleled accuracy. Jean-Luc Godard once said that every edit is a lie, and he's completely right. Documentary is perhaps the best example of this policy, as the events therein, though taken from real situations, are chopped up to suit the director's vision. Even worse, when people know they are being filmed, they act much differently than they would in real life. This film's protagonists are corpses in a mortuary who cannot primp or present themselves as they'd like to be. With positively no sound, the images retain an knockout impact and the editing emerges as truly being for the purpose of moving the proceedings along. Many who watch this film may state that Brakhage is a voyeuristic, disgusting pervert with no respect for humanity or the sacred nature of death. The last part may be true, but it's plain to see that the intention here is not to shock or teach any lessons. It's simply a glimpse of something you may never see, or want to see, in every day life.
User Review - 8/10 by Donovan DPart of Brakhage's Pittsburg Trilogy, The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes is the infamous 'morgue movie'. While some horror movies may attempt to disgust us with overly violent splatterfests, few films are as unsettling and difficult to watch as this daring documentary that doesn't hold back for one minute. If you get queezy easy, make sure you watch this with a bucket.
User Review - 8/10 by Stephanie RWow...a very uncomfortable watch. I am glad brakhage decided to omit the sound and shot it the way he did, otherwise I would have probably vomited. It's eye opening, that is for sure.
User Review - 8/10 by Michael Li found this short fascinating. of course, i am a scientist who does necropsy work on animals so im pretty hard to gross out. this is very interesting to watch from an observational and medical perspective. those who are grossed out or cant stand the sight of blood or entrails avoid AT ALL COSTS THIS WILL MESS YOU UP
User Review - 8/10 by Richard Cso let me preface this by saying this is pretty much not something anyone wants to see. perhaps at least for pleasure. the footage of this film is comprised almost entirely of autopsies. and not the kind you see on csi of really pretty people with stitches going down their chests. these are very regular people. it is incredibly unsentimental about the human body. however, aside from even its educational merits (which, im sure you can find better footage of autopsies if biology is your only interest here), it is a poetic film in its own way. brakhage thought of himself as a poet with a film camera in hand. weak stomachs beware, but brave, poetic souls take notice.
User Review - 8/10 by Trent RChallenging, maybe a difficult watch for some viewers or unintentionally thrilling for the morbid voyeur. Anonymous morgue personnel go about their work on equally faceless bodies, all of which are shot in a frank manner bereft of stylistic flourish or arthouse pretension. In this way, it is respectful and professional in the manner of the staff on camera and all are filmed with an attention to detail without personality or facial expression. This may lead those so inclined to reflect broadly on mortality or their own subjective existence, as the lack of any sound evokes such reactions quite easily. Essentially, it's all in the title which reflects the derivation of the word autopsy.

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