Movie: How to Read

Top 5 Billed Cast

Robert Benchley
Robert Benchley

Lecturer

Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford

Dental Patient (uncredited)

Marie Blake
Marie Blake

Nagging Wife (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson
Hal K. Dawson

Annoying Club Member (uncredited)

Mahlon Hamilton
Mahlon Hamilton

Man in Library (uncredited)

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An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.

I Could Read the Sky
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I Could Read the Sky(en)

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Freedom to Read
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Freedom to Read(en)

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Documentary commissioned by Columbia University on the social role of libraries and controversial books.

Read Only Memory
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Read Only Memory(en)

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Maybury's significant contribution to experimental film and video becomes apparent through a complex reworking of his own archive footage. "The film's attempt to re-create an acid trip is showcased in this creature's dance: whenever she moves, a rainbow of colors and shapes appear, as if her appendages are the artist's brushes". (Gary Morris)

Return
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Return(en)

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A tale of terror. Cathy Reed has been institutionalized most of her life because of Schizophrenia, as a child her parents thought she was possessed by demons and had her exercised by priests. Medical science saw different. Now decades later Cathy is freed, relocated to her own flat and given a chance to be independent. Once alone things are not what they all seem and when her nightmares turn real she questions her state of mind before she is left to face her demons.

Return
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Return(en)

A girl is at school. Suddenly it's as if she can't breathe. As she runs down the stairs we follow her into her mind. It takes us deep into dark woods.

Return
69%

Return(en)

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Return is a methodical construction of the approach of an individual towards an unseen goal, which assumes metaphorical significance. Viola moves toward the camera/viewer, pausing every few steps to ring a bell, at which point he is momentarily thrust back to his starting place, and then advanced again. Finally reaching his destination, he is taken through all of the previous stages in a single instant and returned to the source of his journey.

Return
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Return(en)

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Return
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Return(en)

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Gantz: Perfect Answer
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Gantz: Perfect Answer(ja)

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Return
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Return(en)

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Return
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Return(en)

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Darkland: The Return
64%

Darkland: The Return(da)

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Return
67%

Return(pl)

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Return
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Return(en)

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RETURN tells the story of a retired Green Beret who embarks on a healing journey from Montana to Vietnam. There he retraces his steps, shares his wartime experiences with his son, treats his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and seeks out the mountain tribespeople he once lived with and fought alongside as a Special Forces officer.

Return
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Return(hy)

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Return
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Return(es)

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Return
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Return(en)

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Joy of Stress
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Joy of Stress(en)

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Salaam Cinema
64%

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