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    Torgo checked Play Misty for Me 14 hours 8 minutes ago
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    Torgo commented on The Masquerader 1 day 14 hours ago
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    Weakest Chaplin short I've seen - guess everybody has to start somewhere ..
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    Torgo checked The Masquerader 1 day 14 hours ago
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    Torgo commented on Kid Auto Races at Venice 2 days 14 hours ago
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    Someone everyone wants to have seen at some point, although it's not great.
    Funny how much this short resembles an annoying prank sketch of Youtube (the way the tramp looks straight into the panning shot), more than other 1910s contemporaries do in my eyes.
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    Torgo checked Dronningen 6 days 14 hours ago

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    2019
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    Torgo commented on Madame Web, The Big Year and Max et Jane veulent faire du théâtre 1 week 2 days ago
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    Not as bad as the negative hype makes it, completely disappointing unneeded superhero origin sleepfest nonetheless
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    The lukewarmest of all movies
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    spoiler - still not that great of a Linder short
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    Torgo's award has been updated to 2 weeks ago
    IMDb's Sport Top 50 (bronze)

    IMDb's Sport Top 50 bronze award

    Films that have a sports setting (football or baseball stadium, arena, or the Olympics,...
    IMDb's Sport Top 50 (silver)

    IMDb's Sport Top 50 silver award

    Films that have a sports setting (football or baseball stadium, arena, or the Olympics,...
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    Torgo favorited Poor Things 3 weeks 1 day ago
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    Torgo commented on list Taschen's 100 Movies of the 2010s 3 weeks 1 day ago
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    That might be the wrong Mommy :D
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    Torgo's award has been updated to 3 weeks 3 days ago
    Stanley Kubrick, Cinephile (silver)

    Stanley Kubrick, Cinephile silver award

    A list of Stanley Kubrick's favorite films, from the article "Stanley Kubrick, cinephile"...
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    Torgo commented on La maman et la putain, On Dangerous Ground, Argylle, and 2 others , Six Shooter and The Second Death 3 weeks 5 days ago
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    Red flags: The Movie
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    Starts out like dozens other crime noirs you have seen (with hard-boiled cops and crooks).
    Suddenly becomes a film unlike any other noir you have seen.
    Very enjoyable despite all the obvious flaws - Ray wanted some melodrama in this film very hard.
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    What happened to Matthew Vaughn? This is kinda like Kingsman x Kick-Ass, only it sucks hard. The last half hour has a terrible scene after another and the movie just doesn't want to end.

    btw, featuring Henry Cavill so prominently in the advertising - he's in the center of the poster, ffs - is almost criminal. What's his screentime, 5 minutes? Bryce Dallas Howard, on the other hand, is completely miscast as the lead. A shame wasting Bryan Cranston for this.
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    Torgo's award has been updated to 1 month ago
    IMDb's Crime Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's Crime Top 50 platinum award

    Crime (gangster) films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals or mobsters,...
    IMDb's 1990s Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's 1990s Top 50 platinum award

    In the 90s, the belief was sustained that expensive, high-budget films with expensive...
    IMDb's 2000s Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's 2000s Top 50 platinum award

    The 2000s continued with the trend of big blockbusters, which drew in massive amounts of...
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    Torgo gained an award for list BFI's 100 Road Movies and Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films 2 months ago
    BFI's 100 Road Movies (bronze)

    BFI's 100 Road Movies bronze award

    From the earliest days of American cinema, the road movie has been synonymous with American...
    Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films (bronze)

    Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films bronze award

    In a 2010 survey, the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival asked 122 film professionals to vote...
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    Torgo commented on Wonka, Testo, Maestro, and 2 others , Alamar and Démanty noci 2 months ago
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    @Stacy_Yagami: Wait, Tim Burton died? F
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    Almost the same line-up as from 4 Blocks, but nowhere the quality. Constantly illogical and all over the place. At least the 2 hours fly by fast.
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    This needs to stop
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    Torgo's award has been updated to 2 months 1 week ago
    IMDb's Music Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's Music Top 50 platinum award

    Music films contain music performances by the cast, but necessarily not with a focus on a...
    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 (gold)

    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 gold award

    Film noir ('black film') is a branch of the crime/gangster sagas from the 1930s. Strictly...
    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 platinum award

    Film noir ('black film') is a branch of the crime/gangster sagas from the 1930s. Strictly...
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    Torgo added list Barack Obama's favorite movies of the year (ongoing) and Dox 3 months ago
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    Barack Obama's favorite movies of the year (ongoing)

    World's greatest film critic 2018: 1-15 (alphabetically) 2019: 16-33 (alphabetically)...
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    Dox

    like, not unreal
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    Torgo updated list Barack Obama's favorite movies of the year (ongoing) and Dox 3 months ago
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    Barack Obama's favorite movies of the year (ongoing)

    World's greatest film critic 2018: 1-15 (alphabetically) 2019: 16-33 (alphabetically)...
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    like, not unreal
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    Torgo commented on Anatomie d'une chute, Deep Sea, Passages, and 5 others , Geographies of Solitude, Dream Scenario, Incroyable mais vrai, Perfect Days and La sociedad de la nieve 3 months 2 weeks ago
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    A phenomenally dense and tight legal drama, not a single minute wasted over the course of two and a half hours. Sandra Hüller & the boy were outstanding, it's like a real case unfolding in front of us spoiler.
    A 2023-highlight.
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    Utterly insane visual bombardment. An everswirling CGI kaleidoscope of colors undersea, with more full RGB assault in every frame than you'll see in the rest of this year's animated movies combined - and yes, I am including the latest Spiderverse. That's how overloaded the animation is. The thought that this was screened in 3D in some places of the world (if you were lucky) makes my head explode!

    As for the story and characters, it heavily draws from Spirited Away with a bit of Howl and Ponyo (sure, given the setting), only lacking their heart and the grandmaster Miyazaki's ability to make the viewer understand what is going on.
    It's quite a mess, dividing the communities of Letterboxd and IMDb the same, but what an unique, glaring mess it is. Could become a milestone if others learn to borrow from it again. Or just let Yuasa direct an expensive 3D-animated film and see what happens ..
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    I'm used to assholes in movies and Tomas is one of the special kind. Having him in basically every single scene talking with a terrible accent, a lisp and the most annoying voice melody (all while hurting everyone around him) tested my tolerance a bit. How his both love interests fall for him again and again is jarring to me.
    Maybe Rogowski got the toxic flamboyant narcissist thingy down perfectly; I would've preferred someone else cast for the main role, personally. But I'm not Ira Sachs, so that's cool.
    Excuse me while I ride off on my road bike in a very messy temper.
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    Torgo commented on list IMDb Bottom 100 3 months 4 weeks ago
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    Still the coolest version of the list, thanks for keeping it up, mighty!
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    Torgo commented on Uninvited, The Babysitter, The Creator, and 12 others , Rollergator, Loose Change: Second Edition, Horror of the Blood Monsters, Eat My Shit, Umfeld, Anima Mundi, Roter Himmel, La boulangère de Monceau, Das Lehrerzimmer, Tori et Lokita, A Movie Trip Through Filmland and As bestas 4 months 2 weeks ago
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    Catception!
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    There are like two lines of real plot happening.
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    This movie had the best-looking futuristic, very down to earth worldbuilding I've seen in a long while.
    I am willing to forgive all the faults at logic and rather flat variations of Blade Runner et al. We need to see more of this in cinema, again.
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    Torgo's award has been updated to 4 months 2 weeks ago
    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 (gold)

    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 gold award

    Film noir ('black film') is a branch of the crime/gangster sagas from the 1930s. Strictly...
    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 platinum award

    Film noir ('black film') is a branch of the crime/gangster sagas from the 1930s. Strictly...
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    Torgo added list 8+ 20s and anim 4 months 4 weeks ago
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    8+ 20s

    a very nice decade
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    anim

    drawn stuff (but good)
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    Torgo updated list 8+ 20s and anim 4 months 4 weeks ago
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    8+ 20s

    a very nice decade
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    8+ 20s

    a very nice decade
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    8+ 20s

    a very nice decade
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    Torgo commented on Spacy, The Bloody Olive, Saw X and 1 other Dumb Money 5 months 2 weeks ago
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    Don't forget to bring along your epilepsy pills
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    Sprudelwasser!

    Soon to be on TSPDT's Noir list, no doubt.
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    Saw fans must've been really desperate for a not completely shit sequel since this at best alrightish entry gets so much hype, huh
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    Torgo gained an award for list BFI's 100 European Horror Films 5 months 3 weeks ago
    BFI's 100 European Horror Films (bronze)

    BFI's 100 European Horror Films bronze award

    Part of the BFI Screen Gudes series, this book provides thoughtful analysis on one hundred...
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    Torgo updated list Torgo<400 6 months ago
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    I want to be part of our poll.
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    Torgo's award has been updated to 6 months 3 weeks ago
    IMDb's Drama Top 50 (gold)

    IMDb's Drama Top 50 gold award

    Dramas are serious, plot-driven presentations, portraying realistic characters, settings,...
    IMDb's History Top 50 (gold)

    IMDb's History Top 50 gold award

    A genre of film that deals with a major historical event and the actual historical figures...
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    Torgo commented on Body Double, La gueule ouverte, A légy, and 9 others , Do pivnice, Schlagworte-Schlagbilder. Ein Gespräch mit Vilem Flusser, Talk to Me, Das indische Grabmal erster Teil - Die Sendung des Yoghi, Kramasha, No One Will Save You, Night Mail, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Das Verlangen 6 months 3 weeks ago
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    I think the more of a film buff you become, the more you appreciate a work like this.
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    Pain et ennui
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    I heard the sound of this long after after the short was over.
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    Torgo's silver Time Out's The 101 Best Action Movies Ever Made award has been updated to gold 7 months 3 weeks ago
    Time Out's The 101 Best Action Movies Ever Made (gold)

    Time Out's The 101 Best Action Movies Ever Made gold award

    "They get a bad rap from snobs, but don’t mess with action movies—they’re pumped up, loaded...
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    Torgo gained an award for list Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix 7 months 3 weeks ago
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    Cannes Film Festival - Grand Prix bronze award

    The Grand Prix is an award of the Cannes Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival...
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    Torgo commented on Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Babylon, Holy Spider, and 13 others , Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, No Hard Feelings, Syk pike, The Covenant, Elemental, Okul tirasi, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Whateverest, Water Birds, Alice in Wonderland, Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges, The Discipline of D.E. and Scream VI 8 months ago
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    10 years after The Office, those random camera zooms are so annoying to watch.
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    Upvote my comment if you liked the final sequence, downvote if you hated it (brb just going to dislike myself)
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    Beware - more harrowing than your usual American serial killer fare
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    Torgo commented on Crossing Brook on Step-Stones with Fishing Pole and Can 9 months ago
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    NSFWest Pre-1910 check so far :o
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    IMDb's Animation Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's Animation Top 50 platinum award

    Animations are not a strictly-defined genre category, but rather a film technique, although...
    IMDb's Music Top 50 (gold)

    IMDb's Music Top 50 gold award

    Music films contain music performances by the cast, but necessarily not with a focus on a...
    IMDb's Music Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's Music Top 50 platinum award

    Music films contain music performances by the cast, but necessarily not with a focus on a...
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    Torgo favorited Sorry to Bother You 10 months 1 week ago
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    IMDb's Horror Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's Horror Top 50 platinum award

    Horror films are designed to frighten and to invoke our hidden worst fears, often in a...
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    Torgo gained an award for list TSZDT's The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films, FilmTV's The Best Italian Films, Sitges Film Festival - El Kong Premi a la millor pel·lícula and 1 other ASC's 100 Milestone Films in Cinematography of the 20th Century 10 months 3 weeks ago
    TSZDT's The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films (bronze)

    TSZDT's The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films bronze award

    Horror is one of the most readily dismissed genres from critics and film buffs, yet is,...
    FilmTV's The Best Italian Films (bronze)

    FilmTV's The Best Italian Films bronze award

    Greatest Italian films according to 109 critics/scholars and 50 filmmakers. Note - this...
    Sitges Film Festival - El Kong Premi a la millor pel·lícula (bronze)

    Sitges Film Festival - El Kong Premi a la millor pel·lícula bronze award

    The Sitges Film Festival (Catalan: Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya)...
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    Torgo commented on Kocár do Vídne, Le rêve des marmitons, Le spectre rouge, and 17 others , Kickboxer, Fair Game, The Magic Sword, The Heartbreak Kid, A Visit to Peek Frean and Co.'s Biscuit Works, La légende du fantôme, Two for the Road, Ulzana's Raid, La marche des machines, Chapeaux à transformations, Mutable Fire, Ofrenda, Yak kozaky sil kupuvaly, Yshov tramvay N° 9, John Wick: Chapter 4, Le château hanté and L'agent a le bras long 10 months 3 weeks ago
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    What beautiful cinematography.
    The constant forest background reminded me of the fantastic samurai movies of this great movie era, the tense atmosphere more of a (tight, thrilling) western than a war-themed drama.
    Certainly a hidden gem, currently on 5 lists of which 4 are community-curated, mostly directly through ICM.
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    Better quality (maybe restored?):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNq9_RAU-dY

    If you go in unknowing, you might be surprised what you're about to see. It's not exactly a kitchen documentary :)
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    Alternative link, if you like to compare these things:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFVkwcsypUc (hand-colorized, pseudo-4K, 60 fps, so to give an oddly "real" feeling; seemed almost 3D at times!)

    I personally like my 1900s flicks more "dusty", but there's the clean version of the skully guy's shenanigans for ya.
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    Torgo's award has been updated to 11 months 4 weeks ago
    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50 platinum award

    Film noir ('black film') is a branch of the crime/gangster sagas from the 1930s. Strictly...
    IMDb's Music Top 50 (platinum)

    IMDb's Music Top 50 platinum award

    Music films contain music performances by the cast, but necessarily not with a focus on a...
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    Torgo updated list 8+ 12 months ago
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    8+

    I like these films.
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    Torgo's silver IMDb's 1930s Top 50 award has been updated to gold 12 months ago
    IMDb's 1930s Top 50 (gold)

    IMDb's 1930s Top 50 gold award

    The 1930s decade has been nostalgically labeled "The Golden Age of Hollywood" (although most...
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    Torgo commented on Crossroads, La petite vendeuse de soleil, The X-Ray Fiend, and 20 others , The Solar Eclipse, The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's), Fuses, Bibiheybatda neft fontani yangini, Grandma's Reading Glass, Le papillon fantastique, Japanese Acrobats, The Kiss, The Tantalizing Fly, La folie du Docteur Tube, Max prend un bain, Daisy Doodad's Dial, Max victime du quinquina, Scene from the Elevator Ascending Eiffel Tower, Les six soeurs Dainef, Le scarabée d'or, Panorama View, Street Car Motor Room, La lune à un mètre, The Little Match Seller and Les affiches en goguette 1 year ago
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    I was convinced that I could watch nuclear bombs go off all day long. Turns out the excitement wears off rather fast.
    Good thing the music set in after a third, as haunting the droning soundscape in the beginning may have been.
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    Fantastic 2K restauration on Youtube with English subs:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zFzoLExcSo
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    Haters will say it doesn't look real
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