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- ↑ Canyon Cinema
- ↑ Joel Rubinoff, "Avant-garde films challenge viewers". Toronto Star , March 13, 1987.
- ↑ Greg Quill, "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". Toronto Star , February 5, 1987.
- ↑ Wyndham Wyse, "Philip Hoffman". Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press, 2001. ISBN 9780802083982. p. 100.