Film

Esse est percipi
The expression of the couple, the flower woman, and O shows the “agony of perceivedness.” The film depicts this agony throughout by the mere thought of O trying to escape his own perception of himself. This is obviously impossible because “the self” (E) is the same entity as O. Self perception is a prerequisite to being an existential being. Humans separate themselves from the world around them by noting the change in perception as the world moves around them, which places them in space and time, and it is because of this realization of separateness that O can have a concept of E. Why would O want to escape E in the first place? The realization that one exists also leads to the fear of one not existing anymore. However, because O realizes that he exists E therefore exists and if O can get rid of E (self perception) he can also get rid of the realization that he has the potential to cease existing.