Dogs in Space (Richard Lowenstein, 1987)

http://www.dogsinspacemovie.com/
http://www.innersense.com.au/mif/lowenstein.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_space
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092904/
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Permanent Vacation (Jim Jarmusch, 1980)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Vacation_(film)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084488/
http://www.reverseshot.com/legacy/dogdays05/permanent.html

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A Man Escaped [Un condamné à mort s'est échappé] (Robert Bresson, 1957)

http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=5439
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_Escaped
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049902/

"Bresson had wanted to entitle the film 'Aide-toi' ('Help yourself'), part of the French expression, 'Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera': in other words, 'Heaven helps those who help themselves.' He commented: 'I would like to show this miracle: an invisible hand over the prison, directing what happens and causing such and such a thing to succeed for one and not for another.... . The film is a mystery...The Spirit breathes where it will." (source)

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Gas, Food, Lodging (Allison Anders, 1992)

http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=2399
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_food_lodging
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104321/

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Ice (Robert Kramer, 1969)

http://www.arthurmag.com/magpie/?p=1371
http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/indiemove/rkramer.shtml

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Life is Sweet (Mike Leigh, 1991)

http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=2437

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Is_Sweet_(film)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100024/

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A Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)

http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=2472

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Encounter

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037558/

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