Quote:
"Never at rest in a particular genre, moving through experimental, narrative, and documentary modes, [Patricia] Gruben's thematic interrogations always include an excavation of inherited forms and an interrogation of the limits of representation itself. Within this diversity of styles and subjects there are two common and interwoven elements: 'failed' quests and limited vision."
-- Susan Lord

Source:
Lord, Susan. "The Scene of the Crime: Genealogies of Absence in the Films of Patricia Gruben." In Gendering the Nation: Canadian Women's Cinema, edited by Kay Armatage, Kass Banning, Brenda Longfellow, and Janine Marchessault. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999. (p. 148)