No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, …

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No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9/11. Such subjects overwhelm art. ✨ Roger Ebert (2012). Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition, p.160, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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No movie has ever been able to provide a catharsis for the Holocaust, and I suspect none will ever be able to provide one for 9/11. Such subjects overwhelm art. ✨ Roger Ebert (2012). Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition, p.160, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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