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- ↑ "'The Discreet Charm' said best picture by film critics". Eugene Register-Guard. 29 December 1972. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ↑ "Critics vote Bunuel, film best of year". Los Angeles Times. 30 December 1972. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ↑ Denby, David, ed. (1973). Film 72/73: An Anthology by the National Society of Film Critics. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill.