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  • Mr. Hellman screens "The Road to Nowhere," a movie-within-a-movie, wrapped in a mystery, that evokes the backlot noir of David Lynch's "Mullholland Dr." and the deja-vu seductions of "Last Year at Marienbad."

    Imported and Homegrown Steve Dollar 2011

  • Fast forward five years, it was an eerie and stomach-turning case of deja-vu.

    Shaneika Dabney: Heartless in Seattle Shaneika Dabney 2011

  • And now, in a similar case of deja-vu, our esteemed director is back to more of the same with an ALIEN prequel? brianimator

    Final Epic Robin Hood Movie Trailer | /Film 2010

  • Voices editor Salam Adil expresses the appropriate skepticism towards recent development in Iraq: It is like deja-vu all over again.

    Global Voices in English » Iraq – Sovereignty? 2009

  • Fast forward five years, it was an eerie and stomach-turning case of deja-vu.

    Shaneika Dabney: Heartless in Seattle Shaneika Dabney 2011

  • Mr. Hellman screens "The Road to Nowhere," a movie-within-a-movie, wrapped in a mystery, that evokes the backlot noir of David Lynch's "Mullholland Dr." and the deja-vu seductions of "Last Year at Marienbad."

    Imported and Homegrown Steve Dollar 2011

  • This is very ominous as Iraq cannot afford for it to be "deja-vu all over again."

    Iraq Withdrawal in Danger 2010

  • As I continue to follow the devastating news concerning the oil spill on the Gulf Coast, I am overwhelmed with a sense of deja-vu from the Exxon-Valdez tragedy that occurred in Alaska over two decades ago.

    Bill Meadows: Stopping the Next Oil Spill Before It Happens Bill Meadows 2010

  • Since this is as traditional and copybook a production as any you could wish, with a pillar by pillar recreation of Rome's Sant'Andrea church and even a heroine (Amanda Echalaz) who looks like that ultimate Tosca, Callas herself, it was deja-vu all over again.

    Tosca; La fille du régiment; Takacs Quartet 2010

  • This is very ominous as Iraq cannot afford for it to be "deja-vu all over again."

    Tom Andrews: Iraq Withdrawal in Danger 2010

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