Quote:
"Reason Over Passion was not merely a suite of works that marked the maturation of Joyce Wieland's nationalism. It was the summit of her nationalism, a grand gesture resulting from years abroad, marking home as her primary concern, as the dwindling apocalyptic days of the 1960s had left her wondering if there would even be a country to return home to. She revealed that home in its vastness, in a premature mourning of the land."
-- Stephen Broomer

Source:
Broomer, Stephen. "Glowing Hearts: Joyce Wieland's La Raison avant la passion / Reason Over Passion (1969)." In "Codes of the North: Difficulty in the Origins of the Canadian Avant-Garde Film." PhD diss., Ryerson University & York University, 2015. (p. 205)