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- ↑ Wyver, John (2015). "The Filmic Fugue of Ken Russell's Pop Goes the Easel" (PDF). Journal of British Cinema and Television. 12 (4): 438–451. doi:10.3366/jbctv.2015.0279. ISSN 1743-4521.
- ↑ Spalding, Frances (28 October 2007). "Pop Goes the Easel". The Sunday Times. London. p. 49.
