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- ↑ The Secret Paintings of a Hermetic Filmmaker - Hyperallergic
- 1 2 "2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates". Library of Congress . Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Allures" (1961)-National Film Registry 2011-Pictures-CBS News
- ↑ 50 years of 2001: A Space Odyssey-five films that influenced Kubrick's giant leap for sci-fi-BFI
- ↑ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-09-14.