Trauma reflected upon in tranquility can produce morally stunning insights - literary light! It can also produce maudlin rubbish.
History repeats herself.
I believe that while art is always beyond morality, it is never above it.
For a poet, style is the only morality.
Perception is a prism, and reality is like shot silk - depends where the light hits.
movies have mirrored our moods and myths since the century began. They have taken on some of the work of religion.