Both fiction and nonfiction films can be used. But for the
purposes of this book I have chosen to focus solely on the use
of fictional films. I do so for two reasons: they constitute the
vast majority of movies most easily accessed (even if some of
those fictional stories are based on true-life stories); and
though documentary and other nonfiction formats are often
used with strong effect and result in films that are truly power-
ful agents for personal reflection, many fictional stories also
contain an added mythic dimension, which is important to the
transformational process and is often missing in nonfiction
films.6 E-Motion Picture Magic