Title: The Story of Looking
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Languages: English
Genres: Documentary,
Runtime: 1:30:00 Hour
Cast: Mark Cousins
Directors: Mark Cousins
Rating: 7.1 (126 Votes)
Year: 2021
Summary: The Story of Looking sees Mark Cousins prepare for surgery to restore his vision. Cousins explores the role that visual experience plays in our individual and collective lives. In a deeply personal meditation on the power of looking in his own life, he guides us through the riches of the visible world, a kaleidoscope of extraordinary imagery across cultures and eras. At a time when we are more assailed by images than ever, he reveals how looking makes us who we are, lying at the heart of human experience, empathy, discovery and thought. He shares the pleasure and pain of seeing the world, in all its complexity and contradiction, with eyes wide open.