Description
Though director Michael Kriegsman's documentary has a vaguely exploitational sounding title, AUTOPSY: THROUGH THE EYES OF DEATH'S DETECTIVES is instead a scientific and emotionally harrowing look at autopsies, how and why they are performed, and the pathologists who perform them. Filmed in cooperation with the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office and UCLA Medical Center, AUTOPSY sheds some interesting light on how taboo autopsies have become and how valuable they can be medically in addition to showing uncut and extremely candid footage of actual autopsies, which in many cases are emotionally draining. Perhaps the most moving sections of the film are the interviews with the pathologists themselves, who explain the toll their job takes on their psyche and their families. A revealing and often disturbing look at a side of modern medicine that many would prefer to gloss over, AUTOPSY is an amazing and invaluable account of a world few have seen.
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