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The Five Bad Elements

199732mMovie

A filmic Pandora's Box full of my version of "trouble" (death, loss, cultural imperialism) as well as the trouble with representation as incomplete understanding. - Mark LaPore. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

DirectorMark LaPore

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