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Mulholland Drive [Blu-ray] [2021]
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Colaborador | David Lynch, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates, Laura Harring, Naomi Watts |
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Duración | 2 horas y 27 minutos |
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- Director : David Lynch
- Formato multimedia : Blu-ray, PAL
- Tiempo de ejecución : 2 horas y 27 minutos
- Fecha de lanzamiento : 31 enero 2022
- Actores : Naomi Watts, Justin Theroux, Jeanne Bates, Laura Harring
- Estudio : Studiocanal
- ASIN : B09P4834FG
- País de origen : Polonia
- Número de discos : 1
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AEC
5,0 de 5 estrellas
A gripping mystery
Revisado en Reino Unido el 5 de julio de 2023
I really enjoyed this film. From the energetic jitterbug start through the pressures of interested parties on film directors and the confirmation that nothing is more than a recording to the rage of failing as a film star to eventual demise following failure. The story line is an enigma that the viewer must piece together from clues.
stefano
4,0 de 5 estrellas
Edizione che rende giustizia al capolavoro di David Lynch.
Revisado en Italia el 5 de octubre de 2022
Ho preferito questa edizione Studio Canal UK alla italiana Eagle per la migliore qualità video e per la presenza di un blu-ray anch'esso desunto dal recente restauro (mentre edizione 4kult della Eagle presentava il vecchio blu-ray). Sono presenti i sottotitoli di lingua inglese ma non quelli in lingua italiana. Molto belle le art work dei due dischi.
SMRH94
5,0 de 5 estrellas
Mulholland Drive 4K Bluray
Revisado en Reino Unido el 28 de diciembre de 2022
Simply a Classic movie 🎥.
customer
5,0 de 5 estrellas
superb film and great 4k picture
Revisado en Reino Unido el 20 de julio de 2022
one of the best of david lynch's films. complex, but superb.
Bookworm
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Mulholland Drive - post Weinstein
Revisado en Reino Unido el 14 de noviembre de 2023
This 2001 film directed by David Lynch is rated one of the best films ever made. It was originally shot as a TV pilot for an eight-episode series for ABC. It was presented to the company in 1998 and rejected. About two years later Studio Canal agreed to release it as a film and Lynch added 20 minutes and I presume re-edited much of the rest of the film as there must have been numerous plot lines that would have to be sacrificed. This may explain some of the anomalies in the plot and the script. As the scenery and props had been recycled and some of the actors would have had other commitments, I do not think many scenes were reshot. If the series had been completed it is likely that some characters would have been developed, such as Dan, Aunt Ruth, Diane Selwyn's neighbor, and perhaps the third actress, Camilla Rose.
The cast includes:
Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn - Naomi Watts
Rita/Camilla Rose - Laura Harring
Adam Kessler, the unstable film director - Justin Theroux
Jo, the Hitman and pimp - Mark Pellegrino
the investigating officers - Robert Forest, Brent Driscoe
The Bum - Bonnie Aarons
Actor and Lothario - Chad Everett
Dan - Patrick Fischler
The Pool Man - Billy Ray Cyrus
Kessler's wife - Lori Heuring
Adam's mother/Coco - Ann Miller
The Cowboy - Layfayette Montgomery
Brooker, the duff director - James Keren
What happens? It's almost impossible to say and there are a lot of scenes, some just a few seconds long. What follows is the sequence of 'events' as best as I can remember - I have made no attempt to rationalize the film by linking earlier to later scenes.
The film begins with a collage of figures performing an energetic dance, with Betty's excited face superimposed, alongside the faces of an elderly couple (Irene and her husband).
The credits roll over a limousine winding along Mulholland Drive. The car stops and we see Rita in the back seat, holding a large handbag, a man in the front seat pulls out a gun and is about to shoot her when a speeding car strikes the limousine, seemingly killing everyone except Rita. Rita in a fugue state staggers down the slope from Mulholland Drive, crossing Franklyn Avenue and Sunset Blvd at 4200, until she reaches an upscale villa and falls asleep in the garden.
The next morning she is woken when the owner of the villa, who is clearly going away, loads a taxi and while she does this Rita slips into the house and hides.
Meanwhile, Betty and the elderly couple arrive at the airport and say their goodbyes, and Rita hires a taxi to take her to Hazelhurst Drive, which meets Sunset Blvd near the Hotel Marmont. The taxi takes her to the villa where Rita has fallen asleep.
At Winklies on Sunset, two men are talking. They do not seem to be in an equal relationship and could be a psychologist and patient. The patient Dan is talking about a repetitive dream he has about a monster. The other man challenges him to confront his fear and they walk to a dumpster behind Winkies where Dan sees The Bum and collapses.
In a big room, the director Adam Kessler is being confronted by some menacing men in suits who are telling him who will be the lead actress in his film. Adam is petulant, storms out, and smashes up the chauffeur-driven car of one of the 'mafia'. Adam storms off in his sports car to receive a call from his PA telling him the film has been shut down and the cast laid off.
It is not Adam's day. When he gets home he finds his wife in bed with the pool boy. Things get nasty and the pool boy strikes him on the nose and he goes to a seedy motel.
At the motel, he is told that the 'mafia' knows he is there and his credit has been cut off. He must go and see the Cowboy who lives at the top of Beechwood Canyon, near the Hollywood sign and the start of the trail which becomes Mulholland Drive.
The Cowboy tells him that he must select Camilla Rose (Mellisa George) as his leading actress and, if he is good he will see the Cowboy once more, if not he will see him twice.
In a seedy office, Jo the Hitman is talking with a man who could be an agent or a pimp, and after a friendly conversation, Jo shoots him, taking his black book (which no doubt contains the names of actresses who will provide services and their clients). Jo is not very professional and accidentally wounds and kills two witnesses.
In the meantime, Betty has found 'Rita', who has lost her memory and assumes she is staying with Aunt Ruth until she receives a call from her aunt. They open 'Rita's' handbag to find a triangular blue key and several large wads of notes. They hide "the money and the key" in a hatbox. They go to Winkies and are served by a barmaid called Diane. Rita remembers she was going to Diane Selwyn's house, before the accident. They return to the villa and find only one Diane Selwyn in the directory and agree to visit her home.
In the meantime,, Betty has been offered an audition as the lead in film and Betty and Rita rehearse the scene. Betty attends the audition for the part in The Sylvia North Story, is introduced to Brooker, the rather dim director, and the cast, and then repeats the scene, this time with the old Lothario. The male actor exudes sexual menace and makes advances to which Betty in part consents. She is then whisked off to Adam Kessler's set, and their eyes meet and there is obvious chemistry between them. Then Betty remembers her commitment to visit Diane Selwyn with Rita, apologizes, and leaves. Adam Kessler continues with the auditions and chooses, as he has been told, Camilla Rose (Melissa George).
On their way to Diane Selwyn's flat Betty and Rita have to avoid several sinister men, who could be detectives, gangsters, or clients. They knock on number 12, which is occupied by an ex-flatmate of Diane Selwyn, who states that she has swapped with Diane, who now lives at 17. The two go to 17. There is no answer. Betty climbs in through a sash window and they find the body of a blonde woman, played by a different actress from Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, or Melissa George. They leave in terror.
Back at Winkies Joe is interrogating a prostitute, asking whether she has seen any new girls. The prostitute resembles Betty, the barmaid, and Melissa George. Joe seems to be looking for Rita.
On returning to the villa, Rita breaks down and tries to cut her hair. Betty finds a blonde wig for her to wear. They go to bed together, engage in sex, and fall asleep. In her sleep, Rita repeats over and over "Haya na banda". Betty wakes Rita who insists that they go to Club Silencio, even though it is 2 am. They observe a bizarre cabaret where musicians pretend to perform music and magicians perform illusions - the compere announces "All is an illusion". Betty has some form of breakdown.
Back at the villa, Betty seeks sexual comfort from Rita, who tells her their intimacy has to stop. This begins Betty's rapid emotional decline and Rita disappears from the flat. In the shortest scene, Aunt Ruth opens the door to the now-empty bedroom, looks around, and shuts the door.
Events now follow each other in quick succession. Betty (now heavily made-up), watches a rehearsal in which Adam Kessler shows a junior director how to use a rehearsal to persuade Rita to engage in sexual intimacy during the scene (Adam would now seem to be the Director of the Sylvia North Story and Rita = Camilla Rose).
Back at the villa, there is an altercation between Rita and Betty/Diane, Rita leaves again, Betty imagines she is back, only to see herself, and in desperation attempts to pleasure herself. Rita calls her and invites her to a party at 6980 Mulholland Drive.
A limousine arrives and takes the same route and stops at the same place as the limousine during the opening credits. This time Rita knocks on the car window and leads Diane up the steps to the back of a luxurious villa, owned by Adam Kessler's mother (played by Ann Miller). Diane is quizzed about her relationship with Rita and how she became an actress. Diane tells us she won a jitterbug contest and had an aunt called Ruth who died leaving her some money. She auditioned for the same part as Rita in the Sylvia North Story and since then Rita has helped her out getting her small parts. At this point, Rita and Adam (who is now divorced) announce that they are engaged to be married. The Cowboy and one of the 'mafia' are guests at this party. Presumably, Adam has been good.
Back at Winkies Dianne and Joe are sitting at a table, being waited on by the same waitress, who is now Betty. Money is exchanged (but a much smaller amount than in Rita's handbag). Diane shows Joe a picture of Rita and gives him the money. Joe shows her a blue latchkey which he will give her when the job is done. Diane asks what the key opens but Joe does not answer.
At Diane Selwyn's apartment, the neighbor from 12 knocks and asks for her belongings. Diane has packed them in a box. The neighbor tells her two men have been asking for her. They could be the police officers investigating Rita's disappearance or murder, gangsters, or clients. The two were once friends but are now on bad terms. The blue key is on the coffee table. After the neighbor leaves the Cowboy wakes Diane up, and if this is the second time she has seen him she has definitely been bad. Diane starts to hallucinate, seeing a tiny Irene and her husband walking under the door and harassing her. Dianne opens a blue box with a blue latchkey, and someone is knocking at the door. In terror, Dianne pulls a gun out of the draw and shoots herself.
Back at the Club Silencio, a woman with blue hair repeats "Silencio" several times.
What to make of all this? For fuller analysis see the reviews by LondonCityGirl and Twin Perfect. This review will concentrate on the biographical references to be found in the film and I am going to suggest that it is less surreal and more about the real experiences of actresses in Hollywood. The film is almost certainly about the Hollywood dream, which for most becomes the Hollywood nightmare. Both Betty who is or who becomes Diane and Rita who is or becomes Camilla Rose are subject to exploitation in the film. Rita is a Hollywood success but achieves success by seducing or being seduced by Hollywood's big hitters. She is prepared to pay the price for preferment. She is prepared to be ruthless and would seem to treat Betty ruthlessly. I think the small parts that she may offer Betty include minor actors. Not all the predators in Hollywood are men.
Betty is the jobbing actress. She has gone to Hollywood with a small amount of money and lived by taking small parts, serving as a waitress, and using Winkies and its payphone to provide services to whoever may want them. It is highly likely that the man who is shot by Joe is a pimp, who provides keys to rooms and takes his share. It is likely that Joe, while an incompetent hitman, may be an efficient pimp, controlling the curb-crawlers around Winkies. It is quite likely that the suspicious men that Diane meets are johns. Both David Lynch and Naomi Watts have described Mulholland Drive as symbolic of Hollywood as a whole. Many things both good and bad are thought to have happened in the houses above and below Mulholland Drive. Naomi Watts has described it as a road she drove along for ten years, from failed audition to failed audition, and that on occasion she felt like driving off it. She also noted that the houses above Mulholland Drive were upscale and the further down the slope were the houses of the less successful.
Mulholland Drive climaxes with the opening of the blue box with the blue latchkey by Betty. Inside the blue box is The Bum, a frightening specter, representing all that is seedy and malevolent about Hollywood. It is the repository of all of Hollywood's dirty little secrets. It would seem that only Betty, that is the jobbing actress can open the box. The blue box is Pandora's box. The black book contains everything the actresses had to do to get even minor roles and all of the expectations of their clients. The film ends in Club Silencio and everything that is implied by the film (and for the most part it is implied) can be done because of the Hollywood code of silence. This code of silence resembles that of the mafia, and this I think is why the Hollywood executives are dressed like and behave like a mafia in the film. At the end of the film, though Diane opens Pandora's box she has either been driven to suicide or has been killed. She has been silenced, hence the film ends with the repetition of silencio. David Lynch has acknowledged in post-Weinstein interviews that the film comments in part upon the conduct and behavior of those in authority in Hollywood. He has made a point of saying that Hollywood has always been a place of dreams but also of exploitation. One critic has described the film as Lynch's poison pen letter to Hollywood.
Another biographical element is of course Kessler's struggle with the Hollywood mafia. When talking about the creative process Lynch has stated that if as a director you give up control over just one element of a film the rest is quickly taken by the studio. Kessler wants to choose the leading actress for the Sylvia North Story but is forced to comply with those who exercise authority in Hollywood. This seems to reflect Lynch's own experiences with Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive.
When reviewing Sunset BLvd I will comment on the links between that film and this - but this review is already too long. I have given the film four stars to reflect that it is not the work Lynch intended and though rewarding it takes several views to begin to understand what it is trying to say. Naomi Watts, who had up to this point been a jobbing actress puts in an impressive performance as Betty, who aspires to the Hollywood Dream, and Diane, the disillusioned wannabe at the end of her tether.
The cast includes:
Betty Elms/Diane Selwyn - Naomi Watts
Rita/Camilla Rose - Laura Harring
Adam Kessler, the unstable film director - Justin Theroux
Jo, the Hitman and pimp - Mark Pellegrino
the investigating officers - Robert Forest, Brent Driscoe
The Bum - Bonnie Aarons
Actor and Lothario - Chad Everett
Dan - Patrick Fischler
The Pool Man - Billy Ray Cyrus
Kessler's wife - Lori Heuring
Adam's mother/Coco - Ann Miller
The Cowboy - Layfayette Montgomery
Brooker, the duff director - James Keren
What happens? It's almost impossible to say and there are a lot of scenes, some just a few seconds long. What follows is the sequence of 'events' as best as I can remember - I have made no attempt to rationalize the film by linking earlier to later scenes.
The film begins with a collage of figures performing an energetic dance, with Betty's excited face superimposed, alongside the faces of an elderly couple (Irene and her husband).
The credits roll over a limousine winding along Mulholland Drive. The car stops and we see Rita in the back seat, holding a large handbag, a man in the front seat pulls out a gun and is about to shoot her when a speeding car strikes the limousine, seemingly killing everyone except Rita. Rita in a fugue state staggers down the slope from Mulholland Drive, crossing Franklyn Avenue and Sunset Blvd at 4200, until she reaches an upscale villa and falls asleep in the garden.
The next morning she is woken when the owner of the villa, who is clearly going away, loads a taxi and while she does this Rita slips into the house and hides.
Meanwhile, Betty and the elderly couple arrive at the airport and say their goodbyes, and Rita hires a taxi to take her to Hazelhurst Drive, which meets Sunset Blvd near the Hotel Marmont. The taxi takes her to the villa where Rita has fallen asleep.
At Winklies on Sunset, two men are talking. They do not seem to be in an equal relationship and could be a psychologist and patient. The patient Dan is talking about a repetitive dream he has about a monster. The other man challenges him to confront his fear and they walk to a dumpster behind Winkies where Dan sees The Bum and collapses.
In a big room, the director Adam Kessler is being confronted by some menacing men in suits who are telling him who will be the lead actress in his film. Adam is petulant, storms out, and smashes up the chauffeur-driven car of one of the 'mafia'. Adam storms off in his sports car to receive a call from his PA telling him the film has been shut down and the cast laid off.
It is not Adam's day. When he gets home he finds his wife in bed with the pool boy. Things get nasty and the pool boy strikes him on the nose and he goes to a seedy motel.
At the motel, he is told that the 'mafia' knows he is there and his credit has been cut off. He must go and see the Cowboy who lives at the top of Beechwood Canyon, near the Hollywood sign and the start of the trail which becomes Mulholland Drive.
The Cowboy tells him that he must select Camilla Rose (Mellisa George) as his leading actress and, if he is good he will see the Cowboy once more, if not he will see him twice.
In a seedy office, Jo the Hitman is talking with a man who could be an agent or a pimp, and after a friendly conversation, Jo shoots him, taking his black book (which no doubt contains the names of actresses who will provide services and their clients). Jo is not very professional and accidentally wounds and kills two witnesses.
In the meantime, Betty has found 'Rita', who has lost her memory and assumes she is staying with Aunt Ruth until she receives a call from her aunt. They open 'Rita's' handbag to find a triangular blue key and several large wads of notes. They hide "the money and the key" in a hatbox. They go to Winkies and are served by a barmaid called Diane. Rita remembers she was going to Diane Selwyn's house, before the accident. They return to the villa and find only one Diane Selwyn in the directory and agree to visit her home.
In the meantime,, Betty has been offered an audition as the lead in film and Betty and Rita rehearse the scene. Betty attends the audition for the part in The Sylvia North Story, is introduced to Brooker, the rather dim director, and the cast, and then repeats the scene, this time with the old Lothario. The male actor exudes sexual menace and makes advances to which Betty in part consents. She is then whisked off to Adam Kessler's set, and their eyes meet and there is obvious chemistry between them. Then Betty remembers her commitment to visit Diane Selwyn with Rita, apologizes, and leaves. Adam Kessler continues with the auditions and chooses, as he has been told, Camilla Rose (Melissa George).
On their way to Diane Selwyn's flat Betty and Rita have to avoid several sinister men, who could be detectives, gangsters, or clients. They knock on number 12, which is occupied by an ex-flatmate of Diane Selwyn, who states that she has swapped with Diane, who now lives at 17. The two go to 17. There is no answer. Betty climbs in through a sash window and they find the body of a blonde woman, played by a different actress from Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, or Melissa George. They leave in terror.
Back at Winkies Joe is interrogating a prostitute, asking whether she has seen any new girls. The prostitute resembles Betty, the barmaid, and Melissa George. Joe seems to be looking for Rita.
On returning to the villa, Rita breaks down and tries to cut her hair. Betty finds a blonde wig for her to wear. They go to bed together, engage in sex, and fall asleep. In her sleep, Rita repeats over and over "Haya na banda". Betty wakes Rita who insists that they go to Club Silencio, even though it is 2 am. They observe a bizarre cabaret where musicians pretend to perform music and magicians perform illusions - the compere announces "All is an illusion". Betty has some form of breakdown.
Back at the villa, Betty seeks sexual comfort from Rita, who tells her their intimacy has to stop. This begins Betty's rapid emotional decline and Rita disappears from the flat. In the shortest scene, Aunt Ruth opens the door to the now-empty bedroom, looks around, and shuts the door.
Events now follow each other in quick succession. Betty (now heavily made-up), watches a rehearsal in which Adam Kessler shows a junior director how to use a rehearsal to persuade Rita to engage in sexual intimacy during the scene (Adam would now seem to be the Director of the Sylvia North Story and Rita = Camilla Rose).
Back at the villa, there is an altercation between Rita and Betty/Diane, Rita leaves again, Betty imagines she is back, only to see herself, and in desperation attempts to pleasure herself. Rita calls her and invites her to a party at 6980 Mulholland Drive.
A limousine arrives and takes the same route and stops at the same place as the limousine during the opening credits. This time Rita knocks on the car window and leads Diane up the steps to the back of a luxurious villa, owned by Adam Kessler's mother (played by Ann Miller). Diane is quizzed about her relationship with Rita and how she became an actress. Diane tells us she won a jitterbug contest and had an aunt called Ruth who died leaving her some money. She auditioned for the same part as Rita in the Sylvia North Story and since then Rita has helped her out getting her small parts. At this point, Rita and Adam (who is now divorced) announce that they are engaged to be married. The Cowboy and one of the 'mafia' are guests at this party. Presumably, Adam has been good.
Back at Winkies Dianne and Joe are sitting at a table, being waited on by the same waitress, who is now Betty. Money is exchanged (but a much smaller amount than in Rita's handbag). Diane shows Joe a picture of Rita and gives him the money. Joe shows her a blue latchkey which he will give her when the job is done. Diane asks what the key opens but Joe does not answer.
At Diane Selwyn's apartment, the neighbor from 12 knocks and asks for her belongings. Diane has packed them in a box. The neighbor tells her two men have been asking for her. They could be the police officers investigating Rita's disappearance or murder, gangsters, or clients. The two were once friends but are now on bad terms. The blue key is on the coffee table. After the neighbor leaves the Cowboy wakes Diane up, and if this is the second time she has seen him she has definitely been bad. Diane starts to hallucinate, seeing a tiny Irene and her husband walking under the door and harassing her. Dianne opens a blue box with a blue latchkey, and someone is knocking at the door. In terror, Dianne pulls a gun out of the draw and shoots herself.
Back at the Club Silencio, a woman with blue hair repeats "Silencio" several times.
What to make of all this? For fuller analysis see the reviews by LondonCityGirl and Twin Perfect. This review will concentrate on the biographical references to be found in the film and I am going to suggest that it is less surreal and more about the real experiences of actresses in Hollywood. The film is almost certainly about the Hollywood dream, which for most becomes the Hollywood nightmare. Both Betty who is or who becomes Diane and Rita who is or becomes Camilla Rose are subject to exploitation in the film. Rita is a Hollywood success but achieves success by seducing or being seduced by Hollywood's big hitters. She is prepared to pay the price for preferment. She is prepared to be ruthless and would seem to treat Betty ruthlessly. I think the small parts that she may offer Betty include minor actors. Not all the predators in Hollywood are men.
Betty is the jobbing actress. She has gone to Hollywood with a small amount of money and lived by taking small parts, serving as a waitress, and using Winkies and its payphone to provide services to whoever may want them. It is highly likely that the man who is shot by Joe is a pimp, who provides keys to rooms and takes his share. It is likely that Joe, while an incompetent hitman, may be an efficient pimp, controlling the curb-crawlers around Winkies. It is quite likely that the suspicious men that Diane meets are johns. Both David Lynch and Naomi Watts have described Mulholland Drive as symbolic of Hollywood as a whole. Many things both good and bad are thought to have happened in the houses above and below Mulholland Drive. Naomi Watts has described it as a road she drove along for ten years, from failed audition to failed audition, and that on occasion she felt like driving off it. She also noted that the houses above Mulholland Drive were upscale and the further down the slope were the houses of the less successful.
Mulholland Drive climaxes with the opening of the blue box with the blue latchkey by Betty. Inside the blue box is The Bum, a frightening specter, representing all that is seedy and malevolent about Hollywood. It is the repository of all of Hollywood's dirty little secrets. It would seem that only Betty, that is the jobbing actress can open the box. The blue box is Pandora's box. The black book contains everything the actresses had to do to get even minor roles and all of the expectations of their clients. The film ends in Club Silencio and everything that is implied by the film (and for the most part it is implied) can be done because of the Hollywood code of silence. This code of silence resembles that of the mafia, and this I think is why the Hollywood executives are dressed like and behave like a mafia in the film. At the end of the film, though Diane opens Pandora's box she has either been driven to suicide or has been killed. She has been silenced, hence the film ends with the repetition of silencio. David Lynch has acknowledged in post-Weinstein interviews that the film comments in part upon the conduct and behavior of those in authority in Hollywood. He has made a point of saying that Hollywood has always been a place of dreams but also of exploitation. One critic has described the film as Lynch's poison pen letter to Hollywood.
Another biographical element is of course Kessler's struggle with the Hollywood mafia. When talking about the creative process Lynch has stated that if as a director you give up control over just one element of a film the rest is quickly taken by the studio. Kessler wants to choose the leading actress for the Sylvia North Story but is forced to comply with those who exercise authority in Hollywood. This seems to reflect Lynch's own experiences with Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive.
When reviewing Sunset BLvd I will comment on the links between that film and this - but this review is already too long. I have given the film four stars to reflect that it is not the work Lynch intended and though rewarding it takes several views to begin to understand what it is trying to say. Naomi Watts, who had up to this point been a jobbing actress puts in an impressive performance as Betty, who aspires to the Hollywood Dream, and Diane, the disillusioned wannabe at the end of her tether.
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