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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 1996 |
 Mission
Report from Widescreen Weekend 1996
By Thomas Hauerslev
Seeing old prints, faded clips, looking for join lines, the smell of
magnetic sound, hearing tape hiss, seeing "Intermission" signs, is all part
of the show in Bradford. The week-end in Pictureville came to an end. I owe
much thanks to the staff there, especially Mr Bill Lawrence, Mr Tony Cutts,
Mr Duncan McGregor and Mr. Dick Vaughan for making it unforgettable, highly
interesting and for making me feel so welcome.
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Widescreeen Weekend 1996 |
 Widescreen
Weekend 1996
By Thomas Hauerslev
Bill Lawrence introduced the
show and told the story of how the staff had worked hard to make
this work. There was a big applaud for Tony and Duncan from the
audience, and Bill Lawrence continued: "Without the
International
Cinerama Rumour Factory this show
would never had taken place".
The Widescreen Weekend is a celebration of all that is extraordinary in large format film and
the audiences clearly prefer the curve to the flat screen.
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 1997 |
 3rd
Bradford Film Festival 1997
By Bill Lawrence
Following the highly
successful weekend in Bradford in March 1996, we are currently planning the
4th Widescreen Festival. The 4th Widescreen Film Festival will run through
the 3rd Bradford Film Festival, but the core special weekend 14 - 16 March
1997 will be full of
widescreen material. |
 Widescreen Weekend 1997
By Thomas Hauerslev
Some of the biggest news this spring has been the showing
of “Windjammer”,
at the Pictureville cinema in. The Eastman color print was of course faded into pink,
but it was a rare opportunity to see the film for the first time in
(probably) 30 - 40 years. The film was shown in the original 3 strip
version with Dutch narration on the huge Cinerama screen in Bradford,
England.
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1997 |
 Is "Windjammer" the Queen of Kitsch?
By Fans at the Widescreen Weekend
It is a grand movie! As a colleague of mine in London told me. It must be the queen of kitsch. But it was an incredible experience to see "Windjammer", the film all Norwegians have talked about since the original release in 1958. |
 Misconceptions
about the Bradford setup
By Bill Lawrence
“How The West Was Won” was shown at David’s insistence
despite my feelings that the soundtrack was too worn to
complete a full screening. However, the major problem with
“HTWWW” was that we had to try and carry out a major re-edit
on with a different soundtrack to 1996, as well as inserting
the English titles. This is a lengthy time-consuming project
at the best of times, in the heat of a film festival it is
almost impossible. We did not have sufficient time to allow
for a rehearsal and checking. |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 1998 |
 Widescreen Weekend 1998
By Thomas Hauerslev
The Wide Screen Weekend in Bradford,
England went really well this year.
All film prints were received in
time for the showings and Mr. Lawrence proudly opened the Wide
Screen Weekend Friday afternoon by introducing David Lean's
masterpiece "Ryan's
Daughter", using a rare, almost non-faded, 70mm print from
Norway.
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1998 |
 Mission
Report from Widescreen Weekend 1998
By Thomas Hauerslev
The audience often visited the
box/booth to ask the patient projectionists questions about
performance and 70mm prints. The projectionist crew, Duncan, Jennifer,
Juan and Tony, did a fantastic job working almost around the clock to
satisfy the desires of the ever-demanding 70mm aficionados in the
assemblage. They all got a rousing round of applause from the audience
at the end of Sunday for a job well done. |
 Projecting the Widescreen Weekend
By Thomas Hauerslev
The audience ask about the difference between the curved and flat
screen. They are very keen to see what happens on the different screens.
Some films are made to be shown on the Cinerama curve, and if it is well
done, it looks good and develops a more 3-dimensional aspect. You feel
more drawn into the picture. They forget everything else because of the
picture in front of them. The audiences clearly prefer the curve to the
flat screen. |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 1999 |
 Planning the Widescreen Weekend
By Thomas Hauerslev
Wide Screen Weekend organizer Mr. Bill Lawrence lets you see behind the scenes of his ideas on planning the 1998 Wide Screen Weekend |
 Widescreen
Weekend 1999
By Thomas Hauerslev
Bill Lawrence introduced Louis de Rochemont III who received
a standing ovation from the audience. Louis directed
"Windjammer" and had not seen the film in 40 years. The
experience was overwhelming, and I am almost certain that
Louis had a tear in his eyes. Louis signed many autographs
after the film.
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1999 |
 Mission Report
Widescreen Weekend 1999
By Thomas Hauerslev
This was the 5th
festival of its kind. Most of the films shown during the busy weekend
were in 70mm and 3-strip Cinerama, two very popular film formats among
the audiences. What follows here is a collection of memories garnished
with some pictures of guests and crew from the Pictureville Cinema. |
 "Orpheus
in the Underworld" - Introduction
By Ingolf Vonau
The film that you are about to see was the last 70mm production in East Germany. After 7 feature films and 2 documentaries
this production line came to an end. Why did the East German film company DEFA
decide to film in 70mm? |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2000 |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2000
By Thomas Hauerslev
I thought the Bradford Wide Screen Weekend 2000 was
terrific. How wonderful to see the movies one made for the
cinema instead of all the little multiplex houses, video or
cable. As I looked at many of the scenes in “Battle of the
Bulge” the thought passed through my mind - how the hell did
we set up that scene with all its tanks and action?!
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2000 |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2000 Review
By the weekend delegates
Reading through a copy of the Yorkshire Post Supplement for The
Bradford Film Festival, confirms that this is an event of international
significance throughout the film world, and a great accomplishment for
all those involved in what must surely be an exercise of enormous
complexity. Securing sponsors of such integrity, and that are willing
and confident to support so worthwhile a project, surely, is initially a
challenge and ultimately a triumph. |
 Ken
Annakin. Director in Todd-AO and Ultra Panavision 70.
By Thomas Hauerslev
For "Flying Machines" I leaned to the Todd-AO system because
the camera system was light, very easy to operate and fast
to load. Todd-AO really gave you results equal to 3-strip
printing. |
  Ken
Annakin. Director in Todd-AO and Ultra Panavision 70
Von Thomas Hauerslev
Doch was die
Entscheidung angeht, die „Fliegenden Kisten“ in Todd-AO zu drehen, so war dies
einfach die logische Wahl. Es war damals das größte Filmformat und ich wusste,
dass ich die Leinwand mit vielen Menschen und Flugzeugen füllen wollte. Wirklich
beeindruckend sind nun diese winzigen Flugzeuge in einem riesigen leeren Himmel,
und das erreicht man nur mit 70mm. |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2001 |
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Widescreen
Weekend 2001
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Wide Screen
Weekend 2001
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Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2001
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"Windjammer" Director Passed Away |
 Louis
deRochemont, III
By David Page
Louis was kind enough to
inscribe a "Windjammer" poster for me with the words...'To David Page
who has become part of the cruise'. Then, at the end of the weekend, I
drove Louis back to Heathrow where, at the departure gate, we bade
farewell. As he went through the gate, with a tear in his eye, he
turned, waved and returned home. |
 Creating the Widescreen Weekend
By Bill Lawrence
The Widescreen Weekend is a celebration of all that is extraordinary in large format film and has become a highlight on the film festival calendar. |
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"2OO1" IN 2001 |
 In
the history of motion pictures, a film occasionally has
captured some moment of the human adventure in a manner to
transcend its initial goal of entertainment. These films not
only are long remembered but become a vital part of our
culture.
In "2OO1: A
SPACE ODYSSEY" Stanley Kubrick has created such a
film. It offers entertainment in abundance. But no greater
compliment can be paid a motion picture than to use it as a
yardstick by which to judge other pictures in later years.
"2OO1: A SPACE ODYSSEY" is this kind of picture.
Robert H. O'Brien, President, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2002 |
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Confessions of a
Widescreen Weekend Fan
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What did
you think of the 2002 Wide Screen Weekend? |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2003 |
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Widescreen
Weekend 2003 report
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What did you think of the 2003 Wide Screen Weekend? |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2004 |
• 2004 Widescreen Weekend - my story
• Widescreen Weekend 2004 report
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What did you think of the 2004 Wide Screen Weekend? |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2004 |
 Recreating Sensurround
By Darren Briggs
We first brought "Earthquake" back in November 2003 at City Screen York. We were asked by Bill Lawrence to bring the re-creation to the Widescreen Weekend. |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2005 |
 Widescreen Weekend 2005
By Thomas Hauerslev
I had invited my daughter Maria with me again. Our flight was around 14:00 in the afternoon and I had scheduled our arrival in Bradford to be around 18:00 in the evening. |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2006 |
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Widescreen Weekend 2006
- what the audience thought about it
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2006 Widescreen Weekend report |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2007 |
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Widescreen Weekend 2007 - reviews |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2008 |
 Widescreen Weekend 2008
By Thomas Hauerslev
So far we have confirmed prints of "Windjammer", "This is Cinerama", "Star!", "The Sand Pebbles", "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Blade Runner", "Hamlet" and "Honeymoon". |
 Quality, Quantity and Width
By Mark Trompeteler
As said previously the widescreen weekend programme seemed fuller, more varied and better attended than when I first attended in 2006. A visit to Bradford 2008 |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2009 |
 WSW report 2009
By Thomas Hauerslev
What makes people fly in from all over the world to spend a “WSW” in Bradford and seeing films, which are sometimes faded and in most cases very, very old? |
 Widescreen Weekend 2009
By Thomas Hauerslev
70mm films everywhere, including a NEW Dimension 150 print of "The Bible...in the Beginning". Come and "Becket", "Where Eagles Dare", "West Side Story" and "How The West Was Won" at the 14th Widescreen Weekend in Bradford, England. |
 Widescreen Weekend review
By Ramon Lamarca
If I could make some petitions for the future would be to keep the showmanship at its best, I would wait a bit until closing the curtains for those of us who like to read who the carpenter was in the film.
More feedback |
 Jäger Der Verlorenen Filmschätze
Von Wolfram Hannemann
Es ist eines der Highlights, auf das ich mich jedes Jahr aufs neue freue: das „Widescreen Weekend“ im englischen Städtchen Bradford. |
 WSW 2009 introductions
By Sheldon Hall:
"Khartoum", Wolfram Hannemann:
"The King and I",
"The Bible...in the beginning" and
"West Side Story" and Dave Strohmaier:
"How the West Was Won". |
 Cinerama, D150, Ultra Panavision and much more!
By Mark Trompeteler
If you haven’t had the chance to attend a widescreen weekend before and you love cinema then do consider going. A visit to Bradford 2009 |
 Wide Screened and Wide Eyed
By Mark Trompeteler
Who amongst us, at certain times, has not totally lost our heart, imagination or disbelief whilst at the cinema? A visit to Bradford 2006 |
 The History of 70mm Short Subjects
By Randy Gitsch
An abbreviated history of ALL widescreen short subjects from July 1896's “Henry Regatta” in 70mm to "The Devil's Mine Ride" in Showscan. |
 "This is New Zealand"
By Bob Jessopp
Tena koto, Tena Koto, Tena Koto, Katoa. Welcome. Here is a little background information to New Zealand’s one and only 3 camera, 3 projector wide screen Film Production. |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2010 |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2010 Events
By Jim
Barg
It was a trip that I had
been planning in my mind forever, but I
got lost from Forster Square to the
Midland Hotel. |
 Cinerama
Showcase
By Jim Barg
The idea was to be able to
show film in every possible format. We had 35mm, we had 70mm, why
not Cinerama? |
 John Harvey "Mr. Cinerama" in Bradford
Richard Greenhalgh
Sunday night the International Cinerama Society will put on a program about the history of Cinerama. It should be a grand time. |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2011 |
 "It's
Bloody Marvellous"
By The Widescreeners
What do I think about the Widescreen Weekend? Read
what the widescreeners think after spending 4 days in a
cinema in Bradford |
 Widescreen
Weekend Mission Report 2011
By Thomas Hauerslev
After a one year absence I was delighted to be back
at the Pictureville Cinema, and to see the movie family
of widescreeners again |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2012 |
 Loren
Janes - Widescreen Weekend Guest
By Tom March
He will be traveling
to Bradford as a
very special guest
and will be on stage
doing his home movie
presentation. He is
looking forward to
meeting and greeting
all the many fans of
Cinerama and 70mm
who are attending
the Festival this
year |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2013 |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2013
By Mark Trompeteler
The National Media Museum’s annual festival of all things widescreen was
again held earlier this year in Bradford, in the UK.
Mark Trompeteler reports on a very successful and enjoyable event which
included acknowledgement of Cinemascope’s 60th Birthday. |
 Anders
Olsson is reporting from Bradford, see the
pictures here:
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WSW 2013 gallery Friday
• WSW
2013 gallery Saturday
• WSW
2013 gallery Sunday
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WSW
2013 gallery Reception
As usual every film is introduced by experts,
read introductions here:
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2013 WSW
Introductions |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2014 |
 New
Cinerama
Restorations at
Widescreen Weekend
2014
By Dave
Strohmaier & Tom March
Dave Strohmaier and Randy Gitsch returned to Widescreen Weekend for
their eighth appearance bringing along two new Cinerama restorations,
“Seven Wonders of the World” and “Search for Paradise”
which were digitally scanned at Image Trends in Austin, Texas. Here are some
“Cinerama Highlights” from this year’s Widescreen Weekend. |
 Attending
the Widescreen
Weekend from 10 to
13 April 2014
By Gerhard Witte
2006 had been the
last time I visited
Bradford's
Widescreen Weekend.
At the time, of
course, I was
particularly
impressed by the
3-strip screenings
of "Windjammer" and
the all-time hit
"How the West Was
Won". All projected
onto the deeply
curved screen in the
Pictureville Cinema.
Now, 8 years later
the great
opportunity watching
the last two
Cinerama `holy
grails´ "Seven
Wonders of the
World" and "Search
for Paradise" on the
curved Cinerama
screen. That was the
reason why I
travelled to
England. |
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 2014
Widescreen Weekend
Introductions
Having dubbed Wood
as well as Moreno,
Nixon felt she
deserved a cut of
the movie-album
royalties. Neither
the movie nor the
record producers
would bow to her
demands. Leonard
Bernstein broke the
stalemate by
volunteering a
percentage of his
income, a gesture of
loyalty-royalty
since Nixon had been
a
performer-colleague
of his at New York
Philharmonic
concerts. He ceded
one-quarter of one
percent of his
royalties to her |
 Cinerama
Birthday Bradford Celebrates Cinerama’s 60th. Anniversary
By Mark Trompeteler
The largest number of core delegates, in the region of 180, that the
museum staff can ever remember attending the Widescreen Weekend gathered
at the museum’s Pictureville Cinema in late April. Not only to
celebrate all things widescreen, but particularly this year [2012],
Cinerama’s sixtieth birthday. |
 Widescreen
Weekend – It is
tradition!
By
Ulrich Rostek
Unhealthy lifestyle
is also a kind of
tradition during
Bradford Widescreen
Weekend. High speed
food intake during
the short breaks
between the movies
is not really
recommended by
nutritionists but at
least we are all in
a hurry. Watching
movies all day long
is a hard work to
do. We are not there
for fun.
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2015 |
 2015
Widescreen Weekend
Introduction
By
Wolfram Hannemann
To get the look he wanted for the film, director Norman Jewison
told Director of
Photography Oswald
Morris, to shoot the
film in an earthy
tone. Morris saw a
woman wearing brown
nylon hosiery,
thought "That's the
tone we want," asked
the woman for the
stockings on the
spot, and shot the
entire film with a
stocking over the
lens. Morris did shoot the film in anamorphic Panavison on 35mm film
stock and it was blown up to 70mm for roadshow engagements. |
 Wide
Screen Weekend 2015
By Mark Lyndon
Having been cancelled, for reasons which remain unclear, the Wide Screen
Weekend strand of the sadly defunct Bradford International Film Festival,
returned triumphantly to the Pictureville Cinema, following intense behind
the scenes lobbying of the Science Museum hierarchy. The Picturehouse
organisation can feel justly proud of their achievement.
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Francois
Carrin's trip to the Widescreen Weekend |
 Douglas
Trumbull's "Silent
Running" screens in
Bradford
By Lisa Brook,
Widescreen Weekend
Coordinator
As a very
special addition to
Widescreen Weekend
2015 our keynote
guest Douglas
Trumbull presents
his directorial
sci-fi masterpiece
"Silent Running",
offering an in-depth
introduction to this
much loved classic.
In a future where
Earth’s vegetation
is extinct the last
examples of plant
life are cultivated
in eco-domes aboard
vast space craft
Valley Forge. |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2016 |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2016
Widescreen Weekend will take place
from 13 - 16,
October 2016 and
will feature new
Cinerama
restorations,
classic 70mm
screenings and
demonstrations of
the latest ways to
enjoy immersive
cinema. Widescreen Weekend commences on
Thursday evening and concludes after the last show on Sunday evening.
We will be announcing programme information in August 2016.
We hope to see you all as we celebrate the joys of wide gauge
film once again.
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Bradford, England |
 The
Magic of Large
Format Cinema
By Mark
Trompeteler
The 2015 event very
nearly did not
happen. The Museum
had announced in the
previous year that
it would not be
holding any of its
regular film
festivals in 2015.
Given the time that
this particular
event had spent over
the years building
up an international
audience, that
travelled from all
over the world to
attend it, and the
real concern that if
it broke the pattern
by not holding the
event for a year, it
would begin to start
losing that audience |
 Widescreen
Weekend 2015 / Widescreen 2016
By Mark Trompeteler
I have had a couple of enquiries from overseas friends and colleagues about
all kinds of things they are hearing about Bradford's National Media Museum
and the fate of WSW. From what I am seeing in the UK press and from the
recent discussions on behalf of BKSTS I have had with them at NMM I believe
the situation is as follows. |
 Memories
from Bradford
By Hannemann, Lyndon &
Rostek
By
unanimous decision, or else, of the Awards Committee of the Praesidium of
the Supreme Soviet of the Academy of Seriously Large Format Kinematographic
Systems, of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, it gives me great
pleasure to award the highest accolade that the Academy can bestow, the
Vladimir Ilyich Leninerama Gold Medal for Heroic Socialist Labou |
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WIDESCREEN
WEEKEND 2017 |
Widescreen
Weekend 2017
Cinerama pioneers
Dave Strohmaier and
Randy Gitsch return
to our shores once
more and enable us
to screen their
final digital
restoration of the
historic 3-panel
Cinemiracle
travelogue
"Windjammer",
showing on
Pictureville’s
deeply curved,
louvered Cinerama
screen.
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Widescreen Weekend
Introductions
By
Hannemann & Williams
"The
Untouchables" was released
under the Theatre Alignment Programme created by LucasFilm in 1983. 70mm
prints went out with
a letter in De
Palma’s name
advising
projectionists that
70mm prints were
hard matted to the
2.35:1 aspect ratio,
meaning bars could
be visible at the
top and bottom of
the screen and
offering guidance on
the best
presentation. |
 The
Wonderful World of
the Brothers Grimm
in Bradford
By Johan Wolthuis
"Windjammer: The
Voyage of the
Christian Radich"
digitally restored
movie looked great
on the large curved
screen. From the
original 3-panel
elements it was
possible to save
this great movie for
future generations.
Producers David
Strohmaier and Randy
Gitsch did a great
job! Beautiful
images - a feast for
the eyes and ears. |
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