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Lore of the Worlds: The 44th New York Film Festival - Part 2

[23 October 2006]

by Michael Buening

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Unlike the British and American selections, which steered towards art house dramas, the program's global films covered monster movies, action, gangster, melodrama, and surreal comedies.

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