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- ↑ Peter L. Stein (August 3, 2003), "Fantoma puts rare movies on DVD. Now the young phenoms who run the upstart San Francisco company are lusting after old films gathering dust", San Francisco Chronicle
- ↑ Chris Fujiwara (April 14, 2002), "Film History Get the Big Rewrote the DVD Boom Means New Life For Older Misfils", The Boston Globe
- ↑ Michael Wilmington (August 11, 2006), "2 films reflect their urban settings", Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on November 19, 2018
- ↑ Tom Gunning (March 1, 2007), "Magick Weapon", Artforum International , archived from the original on November 18, 2018
- ↑ Randy Salas (September 11, 2001), "DVD Notebook; 'Great Silence' speaks volumes", Star Tribune , Minneapolis, archived from the original on June 1, 2007
- ↑ Jonathan Rosenbaum (September–October 2002), "Enlightened madness", Film Comment , pp. 32–39, ProQuest document 210270861
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