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- ↑ "The Art of Vision". Harvard Film Archive. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ↑ "Stan Brakhage's The Art of Visio". movingimage.us.
- ↑ "The Art of Vision". Harvard Film Archive. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2023-06-10.