Exiles and Expressionism: The Transatlantic Exodus of European Filmmakers
Dark Futures: How the European Dream of Modernization Ended in Totalitarian Despair
Glenn Adamsonlithub.com
Emphasizing the visuals of ruination offers an emotional buffer from the economic, political, and social issues that lead to ruin’s rise.
Joanna Hoffman • Futures From Ruins
Perhaps transformation into art is one way of dealing with the overstimulation of modern life. Art binds chaotic impressions into form … Perhaps film emerged when it did because it was just the therapy people needed to bind into manageable form the chaos of modern overstimulation.
Christopher Hauke • Visible Mind: Movies, modernity and the unconscious
“ … moviemaking can be considered thee contemporary form of mythmaking, reflecting our response to ourselves and the mysteries and wonders of our existence”(Voytilla, 1999, p. 1)
Birgit Wolz • Cinema Therapy
