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- ↑ "Editor Billy Weber Looks Back on His Collaborations With Terrence Malick". Variety. 2018-10-05. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ↑ "The 75 Best Edited Films". Editors Guild Magazine. 1 (3). May 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17.
