Citation :
« As in all feminist filmmaking, Rozema's theme and technique in Mermaids are inextricably bound because in cinema technique constitutes the signifying system. [...] Rozema's technique is to make conscious the mechanism of cinematic looking, while her theme is the legitimisation of one woman's way of looking. »
-- George Godwin

Source :
GODWIN, George. « Reclaiming the subject: A feminist reading of I've Heard the Mermaids Singing », Cinema Canada, mai 1988. (p.23) [en anglais]