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- ↑ "WRITER/DIRECTOR NATHAN SILVER ON THE FATE AND FORM OF THIRST STREET". Cinelix.com. August 21, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
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- ↑ Bowen, Chuck (April 21, 2018). "The Great Pretender". Slant Magazine . Retrieved April 23, 2018.
