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- 1 2 Leigh, Jacob (2002), The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People, Wallflower Press, ISBN 978-1903-36432-1, p.130
- ↑ Canby, Vincent (5 October 1981). "KENNETH LOACH'S 'LOOKS AND SMILES'". The New York Times. US. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Hattenstone, Simon (15 October 2016). "Ken Loach: 'If you're not angry, what kind of person are you?'". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ↑ Leigh, Jacob (2002), The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People, Wallflower Press, ISBN 978-1903-36432-1, p.142
- 1 2 Leigh, Jacob (2002), The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People, Wallflower Press, ISBN 978-1903-36432-1, p.118
- ↑ http://tech.mit.edu/V109/N28/looks.28a.html MIT The Tech: Volume 109 >> Issue 28 : Tuesday, June 27, 1989, Kenneth Loach's Looks and Smiles movingly informs British working class
- ↑ https://libcom.org/library/dubious-virtues-propaganda-ken-loachs-land-freedom-gilles-dauv%C3%A9 The dubious virtues of propaganda: Ken Loach's "Land and Freedom" - Gilles Dauvé 2014
