Originalzitat: »The style of editing and photography employed in Heimat also complements Reitz's account of the gradual decline of heimat. (...) The meditative, poetic qualities which characterised the opening episodes of the film are gradually replaced by a more gaudy, abrasive and discordant style of film-making, which also signals the coming destruction of Heimat.« – aus: Ian Aitken: European Film Theory and Cinema: A Critical Introduction. Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2001, ISBN 978-0-253-21505-5, S.218–222. – zitiert nach 953 (95). Heimat (1984, Edgar Reitz). Kevin B. Lee, 31. Januar 2009, abgerufen am 27. Mai 2017.