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Traumatized Heroes: War and Distraction (2014)
Book Chapter
Stutterheim, K. (2014). Traumatized Heroes: War and Distraction. In M. Elm, K. Kabalek, & J. B. Köhne (Eds.), The Horrors of Trauma in Cinema: Violence Void Visualization (125-144). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

In this essay two different poetic movies (Ivan's Childhood, Tarkovsky; Shutter Island, Scorsese) will be discussed, each focussing on traumatized heroes. The protagonist of both epic stories are archaic figures represented as individual characters.... Read More about Traumatized Heroes: War and Distraction.