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Desolate Rome
Chronicles of a male homosexual drug addict in 1980's in voice-over with long take scenes from Rome, television snippets of news of Gulf War and commercials.
The Distant Drummer: A Movable Scene
Robert Mitchum narrates an anti drug propaganda film.
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