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Filming Fore, Shooting Scientists: Medical Research, Experimental Filmmaking, and Documentary Cinema

Warwick AndersonView further author information
Pages 109-127 | Published online: 10 Jun 2019

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FILMOGRAPHY

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  • Blow Job. 1964a. Directed by Andy Warhol. New York, NY; b & w, silent, 35 mins.
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  • Yagua. 1941. Directed by Pál Fejös. Peru; b & w, sound.

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