There has been a perpetual stream of myth-inspired art throughout human history, stretching all the way back to cave paintings. Because of the power of the large screen and because of their fertile origins in ancient drama and modern novels, movies are perhaps at the apex of mythical depictions. Movies are replete with rags to riches characters, young heroes in need of mending and transformation, fate and destiny, the battle between good and evil, finding oneself and home, etc. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"132235","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"432","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] The Wizard of Oz: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr. 1939. (MGM/ Public Domain). Mythic classics (a flexible term – movies with mythological elements) include Citizen Kane, The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, Grapes of Wrath, The Searchers, Roman
