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Once upon a prime time

Canada, 1966
film

A zany spoof with plenty of violence borrowed from the very source it seeks to parody, this film is about a housewife who has lost her family to the televisio..

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Blaze away

United States, 1922
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Happily ever after

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Buckstop

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Mystery in the kitchen

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Death of television

Australia, 1979
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A Small town idol

United States, 1921
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Brazil

United Kingdom, 1985
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Cul-de-Sac

United Kingdom, 1966
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Weekend of Shadows

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Ghost

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Ruthless people

United States, 1986
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Sleep my love

United States, 1948
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Images

United States, 1972
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The Housewife

Canada, 1975
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Strange invaders

Canada, 2001
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Fantasy man

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The Company of strangers [DVD]

Canada, 1990
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[Watching television]

1958
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