L'Avventura by Antonioni

Finally seen his italian, early masterpiece
released -60 and filmed -59

set on Aeolian islands and Sicily

while my mind oscillate
between passionate admiration
and confused indifference



like SnowBlack

most Beautiful character : ANNA (Lea Massari)

+ seven dwarfs

most Happy character : GIULIA (Dominique Blanchar)

most Grumpy character : CORRADO (James Addams)

most Sudden (Sneezy) character : GLORIA (Dorothy De Poliolo)

most Boring (Sleepy) character : SANDRO (Gabriele Ferzetti)

most Crazy (Dopey) character : PRINCE GOFFREDO (Giovanni Petrucci)

most Wise (Doc) character : PATRIZIA (Esmeralda Ruspoli)

most Bashful character : CLAUDIA (Monica Vitti)





or as Roger Ebert viewed this :

"...you would assume the movie was about the search for Anna. It is not. It is about the sense in which all of the characters are on the brink of disappearance; their lives are so unreal and their relationships so tenuous they can barely be said to exist. They are like bookmarks in life: holding places, but not involved in the story."





Whole Movie

7 Beauty (SnowWhite)

4 Joy (Happy)

5 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

2 Idea (Doc)

6 Mystery (Bashful)

= 35


I give from 1 to 7 stars
again by 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars


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my 55 Most Memorized 50's Movies

Never seen many movies at all from the 50's
but still more than I thought.

Since alot of 50's things feels very
meaningful now, I try to figure out
not which 55 I love most
rather which 55 I remember most of

which in turn reveals something
about how many times I have seen them
or how recently and
grade of great impression they've made

in order of reminiscence
....so far....


1

VERTIGO
by Alfred Hitchcock

2

20.000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
by Richard Fleischer
via Walt Disney
based on Jules Verne

3

WILD STRAWBERRIES
by Ingmar Bergman

4

LITTLE FRIDOLF....
[all three of four movies]

by Torgny Anderberg
based on Rune Moberg

5

THE MASTER DETECTIVE (BLOMKVIST) LIVES DANGEROUSLY
by Olle Hellbom
based on Astrid Lindgren

6

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
by Alfred Hitchcock

7

MIRACOLO A MILANO
by Vittorio de Sica

8

PETER PAN
by Luske, Jackson and Geronimi
via Walt Disney

9

RASHÔMON
by Akira Kurosawa

10

REAR WINDOW
by Alfred Hitchcock

11

IMITATION OF LIFE
by Douglas Sirk

12

ROMAN HOLIDAY
by William Wyler

13

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
by Alfred Hitchcock

14

ANASTASIA
by Anatole Litvak

15

AND GOD CREATED WOMAN
by Roger Vadim

16

ONE SUMMER OF HAPPINESS
by Arne Mattsson

17

THE SEVENTH SEAL
by Ingmar Bergman

18

THE WORD
by Theodor Dreyer

19

A MAN ESCAPED
by Robert Bresson

20

THE KARAMAZOV BROTHERS
by Richard Brooks

21

GIRL WITH HYACINTHS
by Hasse Ekman

22

LADY AND THE TRAMP
by Luske, Jackson and Geronimi
via Walt Disney

23

GOOD MORNING [OHAYÔ]
by Yasujirô Ozu

24

LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT
by Jacques Tati

25

FUNNY FACE
by Stanley Donen

26

SOME LIKE IT HOT
by Billy Wilder

27

I DUR OCH SKUR
by Stig Olin

28

RATATAA (or THE STAFFAN STOLLE STORY)
by Hasse Ekman

29

SPACE INVASION OF LAPPLAND
by Virgil W. Vogel

30

GODZILLA
by Ishirô Honda

31

THE MAGICIAN
by Ingmar Bergman

32

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
by Jack Arnold

33

PICKPOCKET
by Robert Bresson

34

JAILHOUSE ROCK
by Richard Thorpe

35

SINGING IN THE RAIN
by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly

36

RIO BRAVO
by Howard Hawks

37

SEVEN SAMURAI
by Akira Kurosawa

38

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
by Charles Laughton

39

JOURNEY TO ITALY
by Roberto Rossellini

40

SOLOMON AND SHEBA
by King Vidor

41

THE GREAT ADVENTURE
by Arne Sucksdorff

42

SAWDUST AND TINSEL
by Ingmar Bergman

43

LA STRADA
by Federico Fellini

44

THE SEARCHERS
by John Ford

45

PICNIC ON THE GRASS
by Jean Renoir

46

HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR
by Alain Resnais

47

UMBERTO D.
by Vittorio de Sica

48

THE 400 BLOWS
by Francois Truffaut

49

THE WILD ONE
by Laslo Benedek

50

HOPPSAN!
by Stig Olin

51

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE
by Jack Arnold
based on Ray Bradbury

52

THE RED BALLOON
by Albert Lamorisse

53

DREAMS /"WOMEN'S DREAM"
by Ingmar Bergman

54

MADAME DE...
by Max Ophüls

55

ALL ABOUT EVE
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz





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passing on portraits of poetic Kandre

from punk exhibition in Gothenburg

Recent House of Old New Music

 (Re)discoveries during End of 2016 and Start of 2017

17 song pieces through my Symbolical Spaces and Rooms



Roof Top

LIVERPOOL 8
(with my friend Rory)

Ringo Starr
[composed by David Stewart & Richard Starkey]
from Liverpool 8 -08



Front Door

UGLY LIGHTS

Miranda Lambert
from The Weight of These Wings -16



Hallway

VÄNNER I VARDAN ["FRIENDS IN EVERYDAY LIFE"]

Frida Hyvönen
from Kvinnor & Barn ["Women & Children"] -16



Kitchen

JAZZ-BACILLEN aka "THE PREACHER"

Siw Malmkvist
from EP -59



Workroom

GIVE IT BACK

Gentle Giant
from I Lost My Head -76



Bathroom

A WHALE OF A TALE
('bout the flapping fish and the girls I've loved :
Mermaid Minne, Typhoon Tessie, Harpoon Hannah)

Kirk Douglas (with Submarine Sailors)
from Verne /Disney movie 20.000 Leagues Under The Sea -54



Parlour

MUSIC! MUSIC! MUSIC!

Teresa Brewer
from single -49 (very close to beginning of -50)



Living TV Room

QUE SERA SERA
Doris Day

from Hitchcock movie The Man Who Knew Too Much -56



Stairway
(down...)

BURN THAT CANDLE!

Bill Haley & His Comets
from single -55



secret wardrobe

(What's Behind) THE GREEN DOOR

Jim Lowe
from single -56



Basement

OSYNLIGT BLÄCK ["INVISIBLE INK"]

Peter LeMarc
from Den Tunna Tråden -16



Bedroom

SWEET DREAMS (OF YOU)

Patsy Cline
from single -63



Stairway
(...up again)

TOM PILIBI

Jacqueline Boyer
from Eurovision Song Contest -60



Attic

MOMMA MISS AMERICA

Paul McCartney
from McCartney -70



Balcony
(of Backyard)

WATER WATER (everywhere, not a drop to drink)

Tommy Steele
from EP -57



Tool Shed

PICTURES OF A CITY

King Crimson
from In The Wake of Poseidon -70



Garden
(frozen)

OCCUPIED

Radio Dept.
from Running Out of Love -16





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Recently seVen seen : Wide-eyed Girls and Old Boys

in my SnowBlack Movie + Series Spiral

I give from 1 to 7 stars
again by 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars




SELMAS SAGA
a Christmas Calender
in 24 short episodes

by Per Simonsson & Stefan Roos
Sweden 2016


6 Joy (Happy)

3 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

4 Process (Sleepy)

6 Humour (Dopey)

5 Idea (Doc)

3 Mystery (Bashful)

7 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 37






BAND OF BROTHERS
non-european perspectives of WW II

finally seen last four of the ten big episodes

by many men
USA /UK 2001


4 Joy (Happy)

7 Conflict (Grumpy)

4 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

5 Idea (Doc)

2 Mystery (Bashful)

6 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 36






THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL
in San Francisco -76

by Marielle Heller
based on Phoebe Gloeckner

USA 2015


6 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

6 Thrill (Sneezy)

3 Process (Sleepy)

4 Humour (Dopey)

3 Idea (Doc)

2 Mystery (Bashful)

5 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 35






TARZAN FINDS A SON

by Richard Thorpe
USA 1939


6 Joy (Happy)

4 Conflict (Grumpy)

5 Thrill (Sneezy)

3 Process (Sleepy)

5 Humour (Dopey)

4 Idea (Doc)

2 Mystery (Bashful)

6 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 35






VICTORIA
a spanish woman in Berlin
"one city, one night, one take"

by Sebastian Schipper
Germany 2015


4 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

6 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

4 Idea (Doc)

4 Mystery (Bashful)

2 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 34






DEAD RINGERS

by David Cronenberg
Canada 1988


1 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

4 Process (Sleepy)

4 Humour (Dopey)

6 Idea (Doc)

6 Mystery (Bashful)

3 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 33






YURÎKA [EUREKA]

by Shinji Aoyama
almost four hours, sepia toned

Japan 2000


1 Joy (Happy)

5 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

5 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

3 Idea (Doc)

6 Mystery (Bashful)

7 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 32









Below and Above everyone, Weakest And Strongest


THE LITTLE PRINCE

by Mark Osborne
based on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

France /USA 2015


4 Joy (Happy)

5 Conflict (Grumpy)

2 Thrill (Sneezy)

4 Process (Sleepy)

5 Humour (Dopey)

6 Idea (Doc)

3 Mystery (Bashful)

5 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 34




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a small House of 16 Albums Released 2016

my favourites so far among the few full
albums I've heard (or at least half
anyway some songs on them many times)

personally placed in 16 Symbolical Spaces and Rooms



Roof Top

A MOON SHAPED POOL
Radiohead



Front Door

GOOD TIMES!
The Monkees



Hallway

VARMINTS
Anna Meredith



Kitchen

KVINNOR OCH BARN
[ = WOMEN AND CHILDREN]
Frida Hyvönen



Workroom

SUPER
Pet Shop Boys



Bathroom

THE LIFE OF PABLO
Kanye West



Parlour

FUCK EVERYONE AND RUN
Marillion



Living TV Room

BLACKSTAR
David Bowie



Basement

YOU WANT IT DARKER
Leonard Cohen



Stairway
(up again)

DEN TUNNA TRÅDEN
[ = THE THIN THREAD]
Peter LeMarc



Attic

COSMIC HALLELUJAH
Kenny Chesney



Bedroom

CHALEUR HUMAINE
Christine & The Queens



Balcony
(of Backyard)

GOOD KARMA
Roxette



Garden
(frozen)

ELLIPSIS
Biffy Clyro



Tool Shed

EFTER REGNET
[= AFTER THE RAIN]

Freddie Wadling
with some songs by Stina Nordenstam



Cave
(under whole house, deep in earth)

SKELETON TREE
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds






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Hitchcock Presents Splendid Everyday Mysteries

During last months I've seen 27 episodes of very First Season (only twelve to go...)

Here's my personal estimation of which episodes give life to the most marvellous ideas

Also mention the main psychological state I believe is an essential key for each [if it's already obvious - see it as a reminder!]



1. TRIGGERS IN LEASH (episode 3)

with Ellen Corby

by Don Medford and Richard Carr
based on Allan Vaughan Elston

key state : intervention



2. THE CASE OF MR. PELHAM (episode 10)

with Tom Ewell

by Alfred Hitchcock and Francis Cockrell
based on Anthony Armstrong

key state : identity /identities



3. INTO THIN AIR (episode 5)

with Patricia Hitchcock

by Don Medford and Marian Cockrell

key state : illusion



4. BREAKDOWN (episode 7)

with Joseph Cotten

by Alfred Hitchcock and Francis Cockrell
based on Louis Pollock

key state : helplessness



5. AND SO DIED RIABOUCHINSKA (episode 20)

with Claude Rains

by Robert Stevenson
based on Ray Bradbury

key state : consciousness



6. SANTA CLAUS AND THE TENTH AVENUE KID (episode 12)

with Barry Fitzgerald

by Don Weis
based on Margaret Cousins

key state : responsibility



7. THE DERELICTS (episode 19)

with Robert Newton

by Robert Stevenson
based on Terence Maples

key state : karma



8. A BULLET FOR BALDWIN (episode 14)

with John Qualen

by Jus Addiss
based on Joseph Ruscoll

key state : directedness



9. PREMONITION (episode 2)

with John Forsythe

by Robert Stevens and Harold Swanton

key state : avoidance



10. WHODUNIT (episode 26)

with Alan Napier

by Francis M. Cockrell
based on C.B. Gilford

key state : synchronization



11. DON'T COME BACK ALIVE (episode 4)

with Sidney Blackmer & Virginia Gregg

by Robert Stevenson and Robert Dennis

key state : expectation



12. THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN (episode 25)

with Estelle Winwood

by Robert Stevenson
based on Jerry Hackady

key state : nonchalance



13. THE LONG SHOT (episode 9)

with Peter Lawford

by Robert Stevenson and Harold Swanton

key state : substitute



14. THE BIG SWITCH (episode 15)

with Sam Dunleavy

by Don Weis
based on Cornell Woolrich

key state : control /uncontrol



15. THE OLDER SISTER (episode 17)

with Joan Lorring

by Robert Stevens
based on Lillian de la Torre

key state : saving (someone from)



16. SAFE CONDUCT (episode 21)

with Jacques Bergerac

by Juss Addiss

key state : trust



17. SHOPPING FOR DEATH (episode 18)

with Jo Van Fleet

by Robert Stevens
based on Ray Bradbury

key state : madness



18. BACK FOR CHRISTMAS (episode 23)

with John Williams

by Alfred Hitchcock
based on John Collier

key state : (un)predictiveness



19. HELP WANTED (episode 27)

with John Qualen featuring Lorne Greene

by James Neilson
based on Stanley Ellin

key state : loyalty



20. THE CHENEY VASE (episode 13)

with Darren McGavin

by Robert Stevens

key state : possession



21. REVENGE (episode 1)

with Vera Miles

by Alfred Hitchcock and Francis Cockrell
based on Samuel Blas

key state : delusion



22. THE PERFECT MURDER (episode 24)

with Mildred Natwick

by Robert Stevens
based on Stacy Aumonier

key state : gluttony



23. PLACE OF SHADOWS (episode 22)

with Mark Damon

by Robert Stevens

key state : guilt



24. YOU GOT TO HAVE LUCK (episode 16)

with Marisa Pavan

by Robert Stevens
based on S.R. Ross

key state : (mis)understanding



25. GUILTY WITNESS (episode 11)

with Judith Evelyn

by Robert Stevens
based on Morris Hersham

key state : overkill



26. SALVAGE (episode 6)

with Gene Barry

by Jus Addiss and Richard Carr
based on Fred Freiberger

key state : stupidity



27. OUR COOK'S A TREASURE (episode 8)

with Beulah Bondi

by Robert Stevens and Robert Dennis
based on Dorothy Sayers

key state : (home) blindness








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Recently seVen seen : shared isolation or isolated relations

in my SnowBlack Movie + Series Spiral

I give from 1 to 7 stars
again by 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars





ROOM

by Lenny Abrahamson
based on Emma Donoghue

Canada /Ireland 2015


5 Joy (Happy)

7 Conflict (Grumpy)

4 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

1 Humour (Dopey)

6 Idea (Doc)

7 Mystery (Bashful)

4 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 40






LASSIE COME HOME

by Fred M. Wilcox
based on Eric Knight

USA 1943


7 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

5 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

4 Idea (Doc)

4 Mystery (Bashful)

7 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 38






BREAKING BAD, season 4

Repeated the beginning
then episodes 5-10 now

created by Vince Gilligan
USA 2011


1 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

7 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

5 Humour (Dopey)

4 Idea (Doc)

3 Mystery (Bashful)

5 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 37






THE SAVAGE INNOCENTS

about inuits
in probably northern Canada

by Nicholas Ray
UK /France /Italy 1959

with actors from Mexico and Japan


6 Joy (Happy)

4 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

5 Process (Sleepy)

3 Humour (Dopey)

5 Idea (Doc)

3 Mystery (Bashful)

6 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 35






EN SOLITAIRE
"TURNING TIDE"

by Christophe Offenstein
with Francois Cluzet

France 2014


2 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

5 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

3 Humour (Dopey)

5 Idea (Doc)

4 Mystery (Bashful)

2 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 33






AGUIRRE, DER ZORN GOTTES
"AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD"

by Werner Herzog
Germany 1972

about a spanish expedition try to search for El Dorado


1 Joy (Happy)

5 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

3 Idea (Doc)

6 Mystery (Bashful)

6 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 32






PROFONDO ROSSO
"DEEP RED"

by Dario Argento
Italy 1975


1 Joy (Happy)

4 Conflict (Grumpy)

5 Thrill (Sneezy)

4 Process (Sleepy)

3 Humour (Dopey)

2 Idea (Doc)

6 Mystery (Bashful)

6 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 31









Below and Above everyone, Weakest And Strongest


TJUVHEDER
"DRIFTERS"

by Peter Grönlund
with Malin Levanon

(including the preceding short film
GLÄNTAN "THE CLEARING")

Sweden 2015


2 Joy (Happy)

7 Conflict (Grumpy)

7 Thrill (Sneezy)

5 Process (Sleepy)

3 Humour (Dopey)

4 Idea (Doc)

1 Mystery (Bashful)

2 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 31






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Recent House of Old New Songs

(Re)discoveries during Autumn-Winter

17 pieces through my Symbolical Spaces and Rooms



Roof Top

SNOWBIRD

with Elvis Presley
[by Gene MacLellan]

from Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) -70

Snowbird comes down early this year
and maybe Anne Murray follows soon



Front Door
feels like a funny fire brigade knocking at

NAUTILUS
Anna Meredith

from Varmints -16



Hallway

MILES FROM NOWHERE
Cat Stevens

from Tea For The Tillerman -70



Kitchen

THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN
(down a shady lane, near the sugar cane)

Burl Ives
from Burl Ives at His Very Best



Workroom

YOU WIN AGAIN
(so little time, doing nothing but compete)

Bee Gees
from E.S.P. -87



Bathroom

THE EMPEROR IN HIS WAR ROOM
(after choosing the ones you think should die,
lying on the hill, crawling over the window sill)

Peter Hammill
without his group, just piano

from In Camera -74



Parlour

EL DORADO part V : THE GRANDCHILDREN OF APES
Marillion

from Fuck Everyone And Run -16



Living TV Room

DAYDREAMING
Radiohead

from A Moon Shaped Pool -16



small extra Wardrobe

SILLY GIRL
Young Rascals

[composed by Cavaliere & Brigati]

from Once Upon a Dream -68



Basement

TREATY
Leonard Cohen

from You Want it Darker -16

(even if his early Dress Rehearsal Rag
is both best and darkest)



Stairway
(up again)

EN HELT NY JUL [ = A COMPLETELY NEW CHRISTMAS]

Amy Diamond
[composed by Robert Habolin]

from En Helt Ny Jul -08



Attic

FARMOR [ = GRANDMOTHER]
Frida Hyvönen

from To The Soul -12



Bedroom

SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT
Gordon Lightfoot

from The Way I Feel -67



Balcony
(of Backyard)

[FANTINE'S DEATH] COME TO ME
(Cosette, the light is fading....)

in LES MISÉRABLES
by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer and more

with Colm Wilkinson & Patti LuPone
from Original London Cast -85



Garden
(frozen)

HOME AGAIN
Carole King

from Tapestry -71



Tool Shed

DRUM BOOGIE

Gene Krupa
co-composed by Roy Eldridge
sung by Irene Daye -41



Cave
(under whole house, deep in earth)

DISTANT SKY
Nick Cave

from Skeleton Tree -16






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Nicest Signature Melody Ever!?!?!?!

a swedish children television version based on a Morricone composition

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F5-qIlXTOrI


Can the tune + pictures be more 70's than this?

Since I rediscovered it it has played in my head almost 78 rounds now.



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Another Brutal Dumont Mystery

Now finally "dared to" watch my third movie by Bruno Dumont

HUMANITY = L'HUMANITÉ
France 1999

from before both Twentynine Palms and Flandres
which I have some kind of love/hate-relationship to
and this was maybe even more so




To try to make the picture more clear
here's some directors I find Dumont (or at least this movie)
to have most common traits with :


a bit like David Lynch
in the mysteriousness, where some main characters seems to be almost monsters


a bit like David Cronenberg
in the socio-biological themes close to body (parts), discovering the borders between life and death


a bit like Robert Bresson
in the emotional potentialities, showed by zooming in on small gestures and symbolic signs, but possible to confuse with complete lack of emotion


a bit like Roy Andersson
in long, still, silent scenes... and long, still, silent scenes... portraying what can be caricatures (though much less comic in Bruno's works)


a bit like Dardenne brothers
in a narrow social context with foremost physical forces, a certain part of ordinary life


a bit like Quentin Tarantino
in the abruptness combined with chilly, maybe immoral characters


a bit like Pier Paolo Pasolini
in a childish or even animalistic kind of frame with concrete, non-refined acting


a bit like Alfred Hitchcock
in psychological turns around what could have been a plain detective story, but is rather about motives or experiences than intrigue or results




whole movie

3 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

5 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

1 Humour (Dopey)

2 Idea (Doc)

7 Mystery (Bashful)

2 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 32



I give from 1 to 7 stars
again by 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars



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Nice from Above