Schopenhauer explained the magic of traveling through the joy of seeing in itself: it is blissful to see, terrible to be. For all of life is a struggle, except for the observer. The widely scattered locations of the films honored in this little book are also places of spiritual experience. Something shines through, touches us, and this fleeting moment is captured in images. They are not mere representations; rather, something emerges from them. This emergence is what the author's miniatures are about. They weave a thread around different eras of film and allow their spirits to return.