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A filmmaker begins to suspect that he’s come under the hypnotic influence of a malevolent studio executive.

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A trip down memory lane is cut short by an unexpected phone call.

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After ten years in exile, a washed-up film director's past comes back to haunt him.

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A director confronts his star's dangerous obsession on the doomed set of his film.

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A film director begins to suspect he's under someone's hypnotic influence.

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