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- ↑ Banning, Kass (Fall 1994). "Exotica". Take One . p. 18.
- ↑ Cuthbert, Pamela (2 January 1995). "Egoyan works magic on Genie judges". Playback . Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ↑ "Richard Paris". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
