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What was the last Movie you watched??
Just occured to me that there isnt such a thread on this board...or at least not one i could find. So here is The Movie Thread so we dont have to make
a new thread everytime we see a film!
The films ive seen this week;
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Strange documentry that combines animations and (mostly altered) footage with an orchestral score by Philip Glass. Similar in style to films like
Baraka or Man with a Movie Camera.
It was ok but the main problem was it lacked any sort of narrative arc or purpose. Bodysong uses the same method but has a point - its showing human
life from conception to death - whereas this film doesnt. Even when the meaning of the title is revealed at the end it didnt seem to match up with
what i had just seen, it was all a bit too vague and even though some bits were excellent it didnt hold my attention for the whole hour and a half.
Because of this it needed to be either shorter or to have some sort of story or consistant theme to follow.
Theres two films previous to this one but im not going to actively seek them out.
Dumplings (2004)
Hong Kong psychological horror about an ex-abortinst doctor who discovers the secret to eternal youth...
I quite enoyed this - it was a simple tale, almost like a fable, but was quite disturbing in places and didnt ever get over the top (as i thought it
would) and was all the better for it.
Apparently its an expansion and slightly different take on the director's Three Extremes segment.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Watched it again as my girlfriend hadnt seen it before. Its a quailty film but i think i prefer Hero in some ways. I still need to see House Of Flying
Daggers and the new one coming out soon looks good, Curse of the Golden Flower
L' Âge d'or (1930)
The first Luis Buñuel film ive seen. I didnt really know what to expect. It was strange. Interesting rather than entertaining but there were some
amusing parts and even some quite shocking parts (as well as parts that made no sense to me... but i guess thats half the point?)
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so, do you want the last film we saw, or the last group of films we saw full of über cool ones to make ourselves look fantastic and arty :) ?
i saw madagascar and casino royale.
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shichinin no samurai (seven samurai), for maybe the 10th time. best film ever.
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| quote: | originally posted by darren
so, do you want the last film we saw, or the last group of films we saw full of über cool ones to make ourselves look fantastic and arty :)
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haha! they are literally the last four films i saw! :p
the previous four ones were;
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Raging Bull (1980)
Secretary (2002)
The War of the Worlds (1953)
i was going to start a thread for L' Âge d'or but realised that it was better to do a more general thread...
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Stranger Than Fiction.
...and I was pleasantly surprised.
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first half of 'grindhouse', which is the robert rodriguez film. only got through 20 minutes of tarantino's, but had to go to work. great movie, so
far.
"we are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting
down-sized or fired because of the plunging economy, fear of getting evicted for bad debts or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp
on vague charges of being a terrorist sympathizer." hunter s thompson
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I saw Epic Movie, a few days ago.
And it was/is crap.
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Err, Donnie Darko last week I think.
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| quote: | originally posted by mook
Dumplings (2004)
Hong Kong psychological horror about an ex-abortinst doctor who discovers the secret to eternal youth...
I quite enoyed this - it was a simple tale, almost like a fable, but was quite disturbing in places and didnt ever get over the top (as i thought it
would) and was all the better for it.
Apparently its an expansion and slightly different take on the director's Three Extremes segment. |
Ick! Dumplings is a piece of crap :P
| quote: | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Watched it again as my girlfriend hadnt seen it before. Its a quailty film but i think i prefer Hero in some ways. I still need to see House Of Flying
Daggers and the new one coming out soon looks good, Curse of the Golden Flower |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero are both visually stunning films that are okay on first view, so-so on second view, and boring
after that.
House of Flying Daggers is really not worth it—there’s nothing in it that hasn’t been done by the other two, and the plot is even less
compelling and convincing than the otheres.
Curse of the Golden Flower is not quite as visually stunning as the other three (though it still has many very beautiful scenes), but it has
something the others don’t: a plot that interests you when watching it. It has more talking and ‘silent’ action and less ‘action’ action (there are
some fairly gory battle scenes nonetheless, though), and better acting, which (in my book) makes it a better movie than the others. The ending was one
hell of a cold-shower-style let-down, though.
(I probably missed some points and twists in the plot, though, ’cause I saw it in Chinese, with Chinese subtitles)
Edit: I can’t remember what the last movie I saw was. I basically only watch movies on TV these days, and only if I happen to come across one
that looks good; so they’re easily forgotten again, mindless entertainment that they are.
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Little Miss Sunshine - Was alright. Really enjoyed it at the time, but the ending was pants, and I can't imagine wanting to watch it again anytime
soon. Soundtrack was best thing about it.
Grosse Point Blank - Seen it quite a few times before. Funny. Fantastic soundtrack (again).
Local Hero - One of the best films ever created. Can't think of any other director who wouldn't have fucked it up in one way or another. Crap
soundtrack though.
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today i watched kiki's delivery service again, as it was on film four and i was bored. yesterday i watched the 70's king kong and we were soldiers
as they were on film four and i was bored. the day before that i watched ginger snaps: unleashed as it was on bbc2 and i was bored.
i hate being ill and in lincoln.
i was going to watch violent cop this eve but i'm bored of being ill so i'm going out.
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"copying beethoven" - it borrowed from immortal beloved and amadeus without being anywhere near as good as either of them
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Last King of Scotland. verrry good!
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The last few (I had been sick)
This Film Has not Yet Been Rated
The Departed
Shut up and Sing
Little Miss Sunshine
War of Wolrds (Tom Cruise..free hbo preview)
The Decent
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mine was "happy feet" on a plane and i am not happy about that!
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starsky and hutch at work.
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REDS, 25th anniversary release.
I liked it!
I am a wooden, steam-powered robot...
just as nature intended!
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finding neverland ... love the main character !
and that kid, with his watery eyes ... so emotional !
oh and inland empire, love the camera work ... plus black tambourine from beck ! ...
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Kingpin.
Interesting nights when he wore his rings
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| quote: | originally posted by mook
Just occured to me that there isnt such a thread on this board...or at least not one i could find. So here is The Movie Thread so we dont have to make
a new thread everytime we see a film!
The films ive seen this week;
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Strange documentry that combines animations and (mostly altered) footage with an orchestral score by Philip Glass. Similar in style to films like
Baraka or Man with a Movie Camera.
It was ok but the main problem was it lacked any sort of narrative arc or purpose. Bodysong uses the same method but has a point - its showing human
life from conception to death - whereas this film doesnt. Even when the meaning of the title is revealed at the end it didnt seem to match up with
what i had just seen, it was all a bit too vague and even though some bits were excellent it didnt hold my attention for the whole hour and a half.
Because of this it needed to be either shorter or to have some sort of story or consistant theme to follow.
Theres two films previous to this one but im not going to actively seek them out.
Dumplings (2004)
Hong Kong psychological horror about an ex-abortinst doctor who discovers the secret to eternal youth...
I quite enoyed this - it was a simple tale, almost like a fable, but was quite disturbing in places and didnt ever get over the top (as i thought it
would) and was all the better for it.
Apparently its an expansion and slightly different take on the director's Three Extremes segment.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Watched it again as my girlfriend hadnt seen it before. Its a quailty film but i think i prefer Hero in some ways. I still need to see House Of Flying
Daggers and the new one coming out soon looks good, Curse of the Golden Flower
L' Âge d'or (1930)
The first Luis Buñuel film ive seen. I didnt really know what to expect. It was strange. Interesting rather than entertaining but there were some
amusing parts and even some quite shocking parts (as well as parts that made no sense to me... but i guess thats half the point?)
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Well I'm impressed. Anyone else?
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children of men
i really like this film, it has so many realistic characters and is filled with memorable images. both really sad and disturbing, and also beautiful
acts of sacrifice. funny how i found myself remembering the names of all the characters who help kee and her way along the way into "the tomorrow."
a word of warnign to those who haven't seen it yet. have with you a lot of tissues becasue this ride is full of tears. both sad and happy.
there can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.
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Last 5 movies would be:
Loser
Igby Goes Down
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Hot Fuzz
Pan's Labyrinth
What did I learn?
Higher education in American seems much more hectic than in Australia.
The Culkins are all annoying.
SMG was a much better Buffy
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright are geniuses.
Having your face smashed in with a bottle hurts.
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Philadelphia and Midnight Express, two excellent films
This is the most big english mistake I've ever seen !
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watched perfume: story of a murderer last night. i thought it was really great. i don't know why it got such mixed reviews, it would seem like a
typical critical favorite.
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| quote: | originally posted by glen
starsky and hutch at work. |
is that a sequel?
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| quote: | originally posted by darren
| quote: | originally posted by glen
starsky and hutch at work. |
is that a sequel? |
:)
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Spongebob Squarepants the Movie:
LÖLtastic.
The Great Escape:
Always a joy to watch. The theme song stays in your head for ages. Which is a good thing.
Casino Royale:
First proper Bond film since A View to a Kill. Probably the best Bond of them all.
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| quote: | originally posted by Oisín
Ick! Dumplings is a piece of crap :P
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero are both visually stunning films that are okay on first view, so-so on second view, and boring
after that.
House of Flying Daggers is really not worth it—there’s nothing in it that hasn’t been done by the other two, and the plot is even less
compelling and convincing than the otheres.
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id agree with what you say about the imapct of these type of films being much less the more you seem them - ive seen CTHD a few times and only Hero
once - id be interested to see what i thought of Hero after a few more viewings.
I thought dumplings was pretty good!
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The Passion of the Christ (2004)
I was interested to see it after hearing lots about it. I found it boring. Its a fairly long film and really not much happens; after a while i just
wanted it to end. Not because of his suffering (although the make up effects were well done) but because it was dull. The demon characters and effects
were an interesting addition and theres some nice shots in it but overal this film did nothing for me. Perhaps it would mean more to me if i was
Christian as then youre already emotionally invested in the story before the film even starts?
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The Prestige, excellent movie. About twice as good as I was expecting it to be.
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Tromeo and Juliet (1996)
My first Troma film. I can see why they are a cult thing. It was, in places, funny, disturbing and silly - although it could have done with being 30
minutes shorter. A fun throw-away movie for when youre drunk/stoned/whatever.
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tonari no totoro (1988)
:D
before that pan's labyrinth - can anyone tell me why it is called -pan's- labyrinth and not faun's? did i miss something?
and das leben der anderen.
pretty intellectual if i should say myself. don't tell anyone that i saw them within a week but haven't been to the cinema in years before that.
almost. long live pretentiousness.
edit:
wiki says: "It's original Spanish title is El laberinto del fauno, which refers to the faun of Roman mythology and directly translates to "The
Labyrinth of the Faun"; the English title refers to the faun-like Greek god Pan, though del Toro has stated that the faun featured in the film is not
actually Pan."
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| quote: | originally posted by Eva
tonari no totoro (1988)
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thats a really nice film. a channel here was showing a load of Studio Ghibli films so i got see a few. My favourite is The Cat Returns
(2002).
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| quote: | originally posted by Eva
before that pan's labyrinth - can anyone tell me why it is called -pan's- labyrinth and not faun's? did i miss something?
edit:
wiki says: "It's original Spanish title is El laberinto del fauno, which refers to the faun of Roman mythology and directly translates to "The
Labyrinth of the Faun"; the English title refers to the faun-like Greek god Pan, though del Toro has stated that the faun featured in the film is not
actually Pan." |
[15:02] trekker anyone seen Pan's Laabyrinth?
[15:02] Magnolia i did
[15:02] trekker and? liked it?
[15:02] Magnolia i never understood why it's called pan's tho
[15:02] Magnolia should be faun's
[15:02] trekker uhm
[15:02] Magnolia yeah i liked it
[15:02] trekker well
[15:02] trekker pan and faun are sema I guess
[15:02] Magnolia i know.. but in the movie and in the subtitles
[15:03] Magnolia it's called faun
[15:03] Magnolia also the spanish title says faun
[15:03] Magnolia and not pan
[15:03] BootiLuv4Life liv: check out the movie thread in mb
[15:03] trekker it's sth like aphrodite beeing greek and venus roman
[15:03] BootiLuv4Life eva has pondered the same thing
[15:03] trekker or sth
[15:03] trekker or maybe Pan was one of many fauns?
[15:03] trekker hmmm
[15:03] Magnolia really
[15:03] trekker dunno
[15:03] Magnolia clever girl eva
82% chance of rain
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I'm taking a course in gay cinema at my university, so that's what I've been watching:
Reflections in a Golden Eye
The Children's Hour
Victim
Different from the Others
The Times of Harvey Milk
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
My Own Private Idaho
Dark Habits
Morocco
Tea and Sympathy
The Gay Divorcee
etc, etc, etc...
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I watched Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs last night. Cool movies. And now I understand a lot more jokes from The Simpsons.
No pun intended.
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| quote: | Hedwig and the Angry Inch
My Own Private Idaho |
Only two from that list I’ve ever seen. First one was psychedelically weird; second one was just boring.
Edit: Hang on... you have entire courses in gay cinema?!? Well... why not, I guess?
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| quote: | originally posted by Oisín
| quote: | Hedwig and the Angry Inch
My Own Private Idaho |
Only two from that list I’ve ever seen. First one was psychedelically weird; second one was just boring.
Edit: Hang on... you have entire courses in gay cinema?!? Well... why not, I guess? |
Indeed, we do have a course entirely devoted to gay cinema. We're also reading books like 'And the Band Played On' about the AIDS epidemic.
For this professors classes, we have to watch at least 30 films on the subject outside of class for the quarter as well as writing six or seven essays
on different areas of the subject. It's worth it though... you definately learn a hell of a lot.
p.s. I thought My Own Private Idaho was alright and I LOVED Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
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flannel pajamas, it's a good movie.
humans don't live amongst nature, we live against it.
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^to ACobb61286
wow ... so, what's special about gay cinema ? what can you learn in such a class that you won't learn in a normal cinema class ? is it the
phylosophy behind the films ? the fact that there's been like a lot that happened last time about the public view of gay people, with gay marriages
being legal and all ?
must be quite interesting, that's for sure ... but can't they put all that in a philosophy course, in the form of a chapter ?
tell me tell me tell me I wanna know !
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| quote: | originally posted by PLeasedontFLOWsoFast
^to ACobb61286
wow ... so, what's special about gay cinema ? what can you learn in such a class that you won't learn in a normal cinema class ? is it the
phylosophy behind the films ? the fact that there's been like a lot that happened last time about the public view of gay people, with gay marriages
being legal and all ?
must be quite interesting, that's for sure ... but can't they put all that in a philosophy course, in the form of a chapter ?
tell me tell me tell me I wanna know ! |
It is possible to study that in a philosophy class and all of that, but as a film major, the professors offer different courses on
genre/autuer/movements after the introductory general cinema classes. And, because of my major, studying the formal qualities and the technical
aspects of the art of the films is important also. So, while it is a look at gays and their roles in film, it's also important to note that the way
gays are portrayed in the media and film have had a large part in shaping how people (in the USA at least) view them. If someone who was closeted,
who was used to seeing only straight men and woment in film, saw a gay person in a film, they would realize that they aren't the only one who has the
feelings they did.
The only thing is that, until maybe the 80's, the gays they saw in cinema were (in chronological order) the 'sissy' (played for laughs), the
crazed murder/ psychopath (Strangers on a train, some vampire movies, others) or those who feel such guilt for what they are that their only options
are to stay closeted or to commit suicide (like shirley mcclain in 'the children's hour).
So film has played a large part in both shaping and defining how both gays view themselves, and how non-gays view gays. I also have a suspicion that
because my professor is gay, he is anxious to teach this course. But it really is a fascinating area of study.
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I watched Magnolia last night. I loved PT Andersen's directing in Punch-Drunk Love; his use of light and color is just brilliant. Magnolia is quite
good. Keeps all 9 stories going simultaneously and shows how they (sometimes loosely) intertwine. The frog scene is unbelieveable. I had heard about
it before I watched it, and I thought it was going to be utter crap. Don't let the 3 hour mark on the movie scare you, it doesn't feel that long at
all. I was always interested because the characters/acting are just superb.
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| quote: | originally posted by virtualreason
I watched Magnolia last night. I loved PT Andersen's directing in Punch-Drunk Love; his use of light and color is just brilliant. Magnolia is quite
good. Keeps all 9 stories going simultaneously and shows how they (sometimes loosely) intertwine. The frog scene is unbelieveable. I had heard about
it before I watched it, and I thought it was going to be utter crap. Don't let the 3 hour mark on the movie scare you, it doesn't feel that long at
all. I was always interested because the characters/acting are just superb. |
I like Boogie Nights the best.
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| quote: | originally posted by ACobb61286
It is possible to study that in a philosophy class and all of that, but as a film major, the professors offer different courses on
genre/autuer/movements after the introductory general cinema classes. And, because of my major, studying the formal qualities and the technical
aspects of the art of the films is important also. So, while it is a look at gays and their roles in film, it's also important to note that the way
gays are portrayed in the media and film have had a large part in shaping how people (in America at least) view them. If someone who was closeted,
who was used to seeing only straight men and woment in film, saw a gay person in a film, they would realize that they aren't the only one who has the
feelings they did.
The only thing is that, until maybe the 80's, the gays they saw in cinema were (in chronological order) the 'sissy' (played for laughs), the
crazed murder/ psychopath (Strangers on a train, some vampire movies, others) or those who feel such guilt for what they are that their only options
are to stay closeted or to commit suicide (like shirley mcclain in 'the children's hour).
So film has played a large part in both shaping and defining how both gays view themselves, and how non-gays view gays. I also have a suspicion that
because my professor is gay, he is anxious to teach this course. But it really is a fascinating area of study. |
wow, quite interesting indeed ! being in a "film major" must be really awesome ... can you tell me about any other "subjects" that cinema changed
over the ages ?
woops getting off topic a bit ...
Just watched "les triplettes de belleville" , a french animation film, really well made ... but the character design and the way the characters are
depicted is aweful in my opinion, although well made also ... it's just the style that is quite unpleasant (to me, that is)
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| quote: | originally posted by Eva
tonari no totoro (1988)
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ghili films rock!!
i can wait to see gedo senki (tales from earthsea) and now there is talk
of miyazaki working in a new film called gake no ue no ponyo (ponyo on a cliff). see ghibli world: news.
there can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.
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| quote: | originally posted by PLeasedontFLOWsoFast
wow, quite interesting indeed ! being in a "film major" must be really awesome ... can you tell me about any other "subjects" that cinema changed
over the ages ?
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Well, I think that film more aids in some social changes rather than it being the sole catalyst. For example, the events of May 1968, along with the
French New Wave movement in general, when the French government made changes in their policies ultimately as a result of a film museum director (Henri
Langois) being fired. Then there was the whole Bolsehveik revolution in Russia and Nazi party's rise to power that were strengthend by
propagandistic films by the likes of Dziga Vertov, Sergei Eisenstein in Russia and Leni Riefenstahl in Germany.
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wow, almost forgot about Eisenstein ... have watched fragments of a movie of him in my art history class ... quite impressive, sometimes ... the most
interesting was, to me, the fact that the machine is shown as something really positive in that movie, as well as "factory work" ...
that aside, I'd like to know if the fact that you study film makes the "magical" side of it disappear ... do you still feel as emotive after seeing
some movies as before you knew how to analyze them (I suppose that you learn how to do so) ?
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