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64: Just Turned the Light Out (Distant Voices, Still Lives)
Season 2, Ep. 13
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This week we just do a bit of noticing of the vast conspiracy of Terence Davies apologists and that Distant Voices, Still Lives will be the last film by this director that we will suffer through.
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