Exiles and Expressionism: The Transatlantic Exodus of European Filmmakers

“ … 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)

The arts focus gave humanistic theories of creativity a particular ideological shading, for art was traditionally understood as the antidote to the ills of industrial society. The Romantic artist was putatively (if never really actually) outside the realm of capitalist production, and as such represented an exception to modern alienation.

turned to American motion pictures