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Blow-Up (Country: UK, Italy, US; Year: 1966; Director: Michelangelo Antonioni; Writer: Michelangelo Antonioni, Julio Cortázar, Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond; Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, David Hemmings, John Castle, Jane Birkin, Gillian Hills, Peter Bowles, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Julian Chagrin, Claude Chagrin, Jeff Beck, Roy Beck, Susan Brodrick, Tsai Chin, Julio Cortázar)
A fashion photographer believes he may have caught something sinister on camera.
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Sex, Lies, And Videotape (Country: US; Year: 1989; Director: Steven Soderbergh; Writer: Steven Soderbergh; Stars: James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo)
Surburban lives are turned upside down and lies exposed due to the arrival of a man who gets his kicks from video interviews.
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A Scanner Darkly (Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Richard Linklater; Writer: Philip K Dick, Richard Linklater; Stars: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Rory Cochrane, Winona Ryder, Sean Allen, Mitch Baker, Cliff Haby, Steven Chester Prince, Natasha Valdez, Mark Turner)
An undercover agent with a drug habit watches his other self through a scanner.
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