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- 1 2 Peter Lev (2006) Transforming the screen, 1950-1959, University of California Press, p293
- 1 2 Jenelle Porter (2010) Dance with camera, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, p62
- ↑ Bruce Elder (1997) Body of vision: representations of the body in recent film and poetry, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, p130
