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The Killruddery Film Festival celebrates ‘lost, overlooked and forgotten’ films, writes STEPHEN DIXON

GROTESQUE policemen tumble into a disintegrating jalopy and career wildly around the suburbs of LA. Moustache-twirling villains tie a struggling girl to a railway track. Huge, kohl-rimmed eyes blink back tears. Charlie Chaplin waddles down a dusty road and fades into history.