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| 56. Far from Heaven and Pan's Labyrinth. |
| -Movies that Are Stunningly Beautiful to Watch |
JCMach1 |
Dec-31-07 01:07 AM |
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I agree about The Last Emperor. |
Heidi |
Dec-31-07 01:09 AM |
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The DVD transfer of TLE is awful... |
regnaD kciN |
Dec-31-07 02:25 AM |
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I saw The Painted Veil somewhat recently. And Cholera also was pretty damn horrifying. |
alphafemale |
Dec-31-07 01:13 AM |
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I thought it was an excellent movie... just didn't catch on for some reason... |
JCMach1 |
Dec-31-07 01:30 AM |
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If you have Netflix or something similar, order Chronos. |
alphafemale |
Dec-31-07 01:44 AM |
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OMG didn't realize it was IMAX... saw a version |
JCMach1 |
Dec-31-07 02:00 AM |
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Metropolis, Au Hasard Balthasar |
jpgray |
Dec-31-07 01:16 AM |
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Animated or live action version? |
sakabatou |
Dec-31-07 06:09 PM |
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Live action. Though both had some great imaginative set pieces |
jpgray |
Dec-31-07 08:51 PM |
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I love 'Au Hasard Balthazar' |
bob_weaver |
Dec-31-07 06:24 PM |
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The shots of faces and hands in it are icredible. Japon is another beautiful film |
jpgray |
Dec-31-07 08:09 PM |
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Yep... |
bob_weaver |
Dec-31-07 10:12 PM |
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Some of mine: |
MiniMandaRuth |
Dec-31-07 01:20 AM |
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just dvr'd one the other day over the top gorgeous: Curse Of The Golden Flower |
bridgit |
Dec-31-07 01:23 AM |
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That was a stunning movie! |
VenusRising |
Dec-31-07 11:17 AM |
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stunning indeed, amazingly lush cinematography... |
bridgit |
Dec-31-07 05:45 PM |
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Good choice - it caused controversy in China because of all the cleavage, too |
NewJeffCT |
Dec-31-07 07:45 PM |
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Here's a few |
jgraz |
Dec-31-07 01:28 AM |
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I think LOTR, Fellowship of the Ring is the best of the 3 movies |
JCMach1 |
Dec-31-07 01:32 AM |
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It's a close call, but the battle for Minas Tirith did it for me |
jgraz |
Dec-31-07 01:39 AM |
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For me, the technology in the battle scene didn't |
JCMach1 |
Dec-31-07 02:17 AM |
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CGI |
XemaSab |
Dec-31-07 10:21 PM |
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I thought the scene with Theoden leading the charge of the Riders of Rohan |
NewJeffCT |
Dec-31-07 07:46 PM |
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Agreed. My first thought (and that of many others) was... |
mcscajun |
Dec-31-07 10:55 AM |
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Absolutely agree on Zhivago... I didn't add it to mine because |
JCMach1 |
Dec-31-07 01:36 AM |
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excellent list! |
tigereye |
Dec-31-07 12:41 PM |
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The Mission, Last of the Mohicans. nt. |
IndianaJones |
Dec-31-07 02:09 AM |
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The Mission had incredible music, too |
AllegroRondo |
Dec-31-07 08:33 AM |
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The Mission is my favorite soundtrack |
LynneSin |
Dec-31-07 08:45 AM |
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That was the first CD I uploaded to my new MP3 player |
malta blue |
Dec-31-07 10:15 AM |
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The Mission and Brokeback Mountain are... |
CBHagman |
Dec-31-07 11:11 PM |
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Solyaris. 1971 |
leeroysphits |
Dec-31-07 02:25 AM |
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Lem's book is a tripper, and gets more into *what* Solaris is, but I do like the film... |
bridgit |
Dec-31-07 02:44 AM |
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I, for one, loved BOTH movies & the book, all in different ways |
Frank Cannon |
Dec-31-07 06:00 AM |
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True, Solaris as envisioned; but the film didn't get into the 'sentient, colloidal nature'... |
bridgit |
Dec-31-07 10:44 AM |
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we love to read Lem stories to my son |
tigereye |
Dec-31-07 12:42 PM |
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The fake rain in the beginning? |
CGowen |
Dec-31-07 10:55 AM |
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Have you seen Andrei Rublyov? |
Der Blaue Engel |
Dec-31-07 03:39 PM |
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Days of Heaven... |
regnaD kciN |
Dec-31-07 02:28 AM |
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And by the same director, "Badlands" n/t |
elaineb |
Dec-31-07 06:20 AM |
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That would be my choice as well. |
Mz Pip |
Dec-31-07 10:16 AM |
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Amelie |
nytemare |
Dec-31-07 02:44 AM |
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Love that film as well... but not so much the |
JCMach1 |
Dec-31-07 02:53 AM |
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I forgot "Orlando" and "Thin Red Line" |
nytemare |
Dec-31-07 03:03 PM |
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City of Lost Children |
RainDog |
Dec-31-07 03:59 PM |
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Wolf Creek - except for the violent parts of course |
DS1 |
Dec-31-07 02:54 AM |
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Out of Africa |
FloridaJudy |
Dec-31-07 03:33 AM |
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Only movie that ever put me to sleep |
JCMach1 |
Dec-31-07 04:32 AM |
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Yes. The scenery in Out of Africa was out of this world. |
applegrove |
Dec-31-07 12:37 PM |
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Fantastic Planet (1973) |
Frank Cannon |
Dec-31-07 06:11 AM |
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HELL YES! |
EstimatedProphet |
Dec-31-07 10:59 AM |
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me too |
RainDog |
Dec-31-07 04:08 PM |
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I just ordered it from Amazon |
Frank Cannon |
Jan-01-08 05:57 AM |
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do they have a us compatible version now? |
RainDog |
Jan-01-08 05:49 PM |
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Here's the link on Amazon |
Frank Cannon |
Jan-01-08 06:13 PM |
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great to know |
RainDog |
Jan-01-08 06:50 PM |
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The English Patient, fabulous desert scenery |
48percenter |
Dec-31-07 07:02 AM |
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The Duellists and Blade Runner by Ridley Scott |
edbermac |
Dec-31-07 08:26 AM |
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Empire of the Sun |
Ryano42 |
Dec-31-07 08:31 AM |
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One of my favorite movies |
dropkickpa |
Dec-31-07 10:15 AM |
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Not only visually exciting, this movie |
stanwyck |
Jan-01-08 06:47 PM |
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Into the Wild |
YankeyMCC |
Dec-31-07 08:40 AM |
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Seven Years in Tibet |
LynneSin |
Dec-31-07 08:43 AM |
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Probably get flamed for this... |
texas1928 |
Dec-31-07 08:55 AM |
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I was going to say that |
XemaSab |
Dec-31-07 10:24 PM |
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Another, was The Man From Snowy River. |
texas1928 |
Dec-31-07 08:56 AM |
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"Dreams" - Akira Kurosawa . . . |
Bullwinkle925 |
Dec-31-07 10:07 AM |
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and 'Kagemusha' also by Kurosawa |
RadiationTherapy |
Dec-31-07 10:32 AM |
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"Girl with a Pearl Earing" & "A River Runs Through It" |
bif |
Dec-31-07 10:12 AM |
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"A River Runs Through It " was my first thought. |
Mendocino |
Dec-31-07 11:22 AM |
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Two of my favorites for brilliant cinematography! |
GenDem |
Dec-31-07 03:58 PM |
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"Girl With A Pearl Earring" was my first thought |
Godlesscommieprevert |
Dec-31-07 04:33 PM |
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Deliverance |
demnan |
Dec-31-07 10:13 AM |
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I think you are forgetting "Disorderlies" |
AngryAmish |
Dec-31-07 10:14 AM |
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Fando y Lis - Alexandro Jodorowsky |
RadiationTherapy |
Dec-31-07 10:34 AM |
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Panic in Needle Park |
rug |
Dec-31-07 10:51 AM |
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Barry Lyndon |
bikebloke |
Dec-31-07 10:56 AM |
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also a good one! |
bridgit |
Dec-31-07 06:10 PM |
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Blood Diamond has some awesome scenery. |
Feles Mala |
Dec-31-07 10:58 AM |
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Dr. Zhivago |
EstimatedProphet |
Dec-31-07 11:00 AM |
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Stunning scenes in these... |
mcscajun |
Dec-31-07 11:14 AM |
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I'll add one more... |
TWriterD |
Dec-31-07 10:25 PM |
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Fanny and Alexander (nt) |
Orrex |
Dec-31-07 11:16 AM |
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Far from Heaven and Pan's Labyrinth. |
chimpsrsmarter |
Dec-31-07 11:19 AM |
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Collateral. Michael Mann really knows how to pretty up Los Angeles |
DS1 |
Dec-31-07 11:25 AM |
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Never Cry Wolf |
Mendocino |
Dec-31-07 11:35 AM |
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Good pick! |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Dec-31-07 09:31 PM |
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Indochine |
elehhhhna |
Dec-31-07 12:07 PM |
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. |
Peake |
Dec-31-07 06:15 PM |
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Heaven's Gate |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Dec-31-07 03:22 PM |
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Death in Venice |
UndertheOcean |
Dec-31-07 04:09 PM |
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My vote, also! Every scene is a visual masterpiece! |
WinkyDink |
Dec-31-07 07:23 PM |
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Especially the final scene |
UndertheOcean |
Dec-31-07 07:33 PM |
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Gabbeh, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Kwaidan, Frida, and Tous les Matins du Monde |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Dec-31-07 04:20 PM |
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OK |
sakabatou |
Dec-31-07 06:11 PM |
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Spirited Away is cool, I'll toss in Cat Soup... |
bridgit |
Dec-31-07 06:13 PM |
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Most stunningly beautiful film made so far: |
bob_weaver |
Dec-31-07 06:17 PM |
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What Dreams May Come |
YellowRubberDuckie |
Dec-31-07 06:18 PM |
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"What Dreams May Come" was the first one on my mind |
Fox Mulder |
Dec-31-07 06:31 PM |
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Me too |
Blue_In_AK |
Dec-31-07 07:57 PM |
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Baraka |
NC_Nurse |
Dec-31-07 06:19 PM |
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Koyaaniisquastsi (sp) |
XemaSab |
Dec-31-07 10:27 PM |
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The Mistress of Spices |
GirlinContempt |
Dec-31-07 06:33 PM |
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The Grey Fox |
ThoughtCriminal |
Dec-31-07 06:55 PM |
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Winged Migration - nt |
Genevieve |
Dec-31-07 07:00 PM |
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March of the Penguins |
XemaSab |
Dec-31-07 10:28 PM |
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I should also add - Laputa: Castle in the Sky |
ThoughtCriminal |
Dec-31-07 07:04 PM |
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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love |
madrchsod |
Dec-31-07 07:27 PM |
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Shi mian mai fu -house of flying daggers |
madrchsod |
Dec-31-07 07:31 PM |
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Last of the Mohicans.... |
SaveElmer |
Dec-31-07 07:37 PM |
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What Dreams May Come. |
IntravenousDemilo |
Dec-31-07 07:40 PM |
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Most anything directed by Franco Zefferelli |
pink-o |
Dec-31-07 07:42 PM |
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I just flashed back... |
TWriterD |
Dec-31-07 10:22 PM |
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Mirrormask... NT |
baby_mouse |
Dec-31-07 07:45 PM |
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The New World.... |
Bennyboy |
Dec-31-07 07:48 PM |
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Lawrence of Arabia |
qwertyMike |
Dec-31-07 07:52 PM |
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Rabbit's Moon |
mitchum |
Dec-31-07 08:00 PM |
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Microcosmos and the cave episode of Planet Earth are great as well |
jpgray |
Dec-31-07 08:14 PM |
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Last of the Mohicans, Legends of the Fall, Out of Africa |
mentalsolstice |
Dec-31-07 09:32 PM |
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The movie Serenity has an amazing contrast between beauty and ugliness. |
DarkTirade |
Jan-01-08 12:07 AM |
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Depending on what you're looking for |
hyphenate |
Jan-01-08 12:33 AM |
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Out of Africa. |
Lex |
Jan-01-08 12:35 AM |
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the book's even better |
elehhhhna |
Jan-01-08 05:24 PM |
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The Secret of Roan Inish |
lost-in-nj |
Jan-01-08 05:43 PM |
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Once Upon a Time in the West |
YDogg |
Jan-01-08 05:49 PM |
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I actually saw LOA on the big screen last year |
HEyHEY |
Jan-01-08 06:30 PM |
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Excaliber and The Emerald Forest |
dotcosm |
Jan-01-08 06:38 PM |
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I love the look of Tim Burton movies |
stanwyck |
Jan-01-08 06:52 PM |
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Xipe Totec |
Jan-01-08 06:54 PM |
#129 |
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