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	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More &#187; Reactionary Causes</title>
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		<title>How Does Jim Carrey Playing Multiple Roles in &#039;A Christmas Carol&#039; Benefit the Film?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/how-does-jim-carrey-playing-multiple-roles-in-a-christmas-carol-benefit-the-film</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Christmas Carol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carrey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Zemeckis]]></category>

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The idea of one actor playing multiple characters in a film isn&#039;t a new one even though many people begin and end the conversation with Eddie Murphy for his performances in films such as Nutty Professor and Norbit all while forgetting the comedy he brought us in Coming to America.

Before Murphy we had the likes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Woman is Still Questioning Why &#039;Jennifer&#039;s Body&#039; Failed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer's Body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Megan Fox]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20965</guid>
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I can understand exactly where i09&#039;s Annalee Newitz is coming from when she writes &#034;Did Stupid Marketing Kill Jennifer&#039;s Body?&#034; even if I think she is beating a dead horse. We all have movies we either like or love that we wish more people would have seen and supported. The thought behind this is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Roman Polanski Chatter is Simply Out of Control</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/this-roman-polanski-chatter-is-simply-out-of-control#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roman Polanski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know read what Debra Winger, standing in as Zurich Film Festival jury president, was quoted saying with regard to Roman Polanski&#039;s recent arrest? &#034;We hope today this latest order will be dropped [as] it is based on a three-decade-old case that is all but dead but for minor technicalities,&#034; she said. &#034;We stand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Michael Bay the Death of Cinema?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-michael-bay-the-death-of-cinema</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-michael-bay-the-death-of-cinema#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Bay]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20548</guid>
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Michael Bay&#039;s influence on films is undeniable, but in most cases his influence has inspired others toward comedy. &#034;South Park&#034; creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone delivered Team America: World Police, which was just as much a visual slam on Jerry Bruckheimer films as it was Bay, and they did it again in an episode [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#039;s a Film Critic? Am I? Are You?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/whos-a-film-critic-am-i-are-you</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/whos-a-film-critic-am-i-are-you#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>

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Photo: Walt Disney / Pixar


Awards Daily writer Sasha Stone has sparked an interesting conversation while pointing to IndieWire&#039;s Toronto Critics Poll, which takes a look at 34 films from the Toronto International Film Festival and sums up an overall opinion using a variety of online reviews a la RottenTomatoes.

Stone&#039;s commentary on the polling data has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caution! This Movie May Cause Motion Sickness!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/caution-this-movie-may-cause-motion-sickness</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[500 Days of Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battlestar Galactica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cloverfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[District 9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quarantine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Blair Witch Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Supremacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bourne Ultimatum]]></category>

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Photo: The Film Experience





  

The picture above came from a posting at The Film Experience and while Nathaniel makes fun of the use of the definitive article before &#039;hand held shooting style&#039;, I started thinking more about the use of hand-held camerawork in films nowadays and the complaining that comes as a result. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Examining Quentin Tarantino&#039;s Foot Fetish</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/examining-quentin-tarantinos-foot-fetish</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/examining-quentin-tarantinos-foot-fetish#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[From Dusk Till Dawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grindhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jackie Brown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kill Bill: Volume One]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulp Fiction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=19259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the less imaginative haters of Quentin Tarantino love to point out the writer/director&#039;s foot fetish and how it leaks into damn near every single film he has made. Of course, if Tarantino was trying to hide the fact feet light a fire where it counts it would perhaps be a little more disturbing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Reich Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels: Perhaps Audiences Are Stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/from-reich-minister-dr-joseph-goebbels-perhaps-audiences-are-stupid</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/from-reich-minister-dr-joseph-goebbels-perhaps-audiences-are-stupid#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18883</guid>
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The trailer begins saying, &#034;From Reich Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels,&#034; and Deadline Hollywood pot-stirrer Nikki Finke is in the kitchen with her All Clad and opening up a storm of stupidity, only this time she is in favor of and joining the crowd when it comes to answering &#034;yes&#034; to my recent &#034;Are General Audiences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is With the Knee-Jerk Aggression Toward &#039;The Fantastic Mr. Fox&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-is-with-the-knee-jerk-aggression-toward-the-fantastic-mr-fox</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/what-is-with-the-knee-jerk-aggression-toward-the-fantastic-mr-fox#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fantastic Mr. Fox]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18743</guid>
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Photo: Fox Searchlight


The opinion on the trailer for Wes Anderson&#039;s The Fantastic Mr. Fox seems to either be screams of delight or scowls of discontent. It seems as if it is just one more example of people forgetting completely about the story-telling aspect of movies and hoping the look fits into the nice little box [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Adaptations and Their Source Material, How Faithful Should They Be?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/film-adaptations-and-their-source-material-how-faithful-should-they-be</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/film-adaptations-and-their-source-material-how-faithful-should-they-be#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watchmen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I guess I shouldn&#039;t be surprised so many Harry Potter fans are banging down doors complaining about how Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince isn&#039;t a page-by-page faithful adaptation of J.K. Rowling’s book. A couple of the comments registered on my review read as follows:

&#034;Poor adaptation came across as a sickly romance/comedy rather than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To What Extent Does Word-of-Mouth Affect Your Movie Viewing Habits?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/to-what-extent-does-word-of-mouth-affect-your-movie-viewing-habits</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/to-what-extent-does-word-of-mouth-affect-your-movie-viewing-habits#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks there has been a lot of talk concerning &#034;word-of-mouth&#034; and how it affects a film&#039;s box-office performance. Obviously Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was a kick-off point as critics came down hard on the film while audiences experienced a mixed reaction trending more toward acceptance. The film has now managed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do MPAA Ratings Influence Which Movies You Want to See?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/do-mpaa-ratings-influence-which-movies-you-want-to-see</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/do-mpaa-ratings-influence-which-movies-you-want-to-see#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was going to write this up yesterday after Pamela McClintock at Variety began a recent article asking, &#034;After two recent PG-13 outings, the latest Harry Potter film is back to PG territory &#8212; so is that good news for Warner Bros.?&#034; However, I had my &#034;Why Should Filmmakers Try to Make Good Movies?&#034; editorial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Should Filmmakers Try to Make Good Movies?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/why-should-filmmakers-try-to-make-good-movies</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/why-should-filmmakers-try-to-make-good-movies#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terminator Salvation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformers 3]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=18002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I shouldn&#039;t really be surprised to see how many of the movie blogs around the Internet reported the story of the alleged soon-to-be Indiana Jones Part V b.s. story that sprouted up yesterday. The article was quoted as coming from The Insider when in fact The Insider is nothing more than a tabloid news aggregator [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critics Have Little-to-Nothing To Do With Box-Office Success</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/critics-have-little-to-nothing-to-do-with-box-office-success</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/critics-have-little-to-nothing-to-do-with-box-office-success#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Titanic]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=17821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When people say a movie is &#034;critic-proof&#034; it really doesn&#039;t mean anything since reviews for movies have very little to do with determining whether or not the majority of people are going to go see a movie. With that said, what is published in David Germain&#039;s AP story &#034;&#039;Transformers&#039;: Worst-reviewed $400 million hit?&#034; means absolutely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Day Later: Michael Jackson 1958-2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/one-day-later-michael-jackson-1958-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/one-day-later-michael-jackson-1958-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Jackson]]></category>

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&#034;I can&#039;t stop crying over the sad news. I have always admired Michael Jackson. The world has lost one of the greats, but his music will live on forever! My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. God bless.&#034;
~ Madonna

I had no intention of writing anything extra about Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember That TCM List of Influential Films? Here&#039;s a New Variation&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/remember-that-tcm-list-of-influential-films-heres-a-new-variation</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/remember-that-tcm-list-of-influential-films-heres-a-new-variation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2001: A Space Odyssey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizen Kane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jaws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psycho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pulp Fiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Godfather]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in mid-April Turner Class Movies (TCM) revealed a list of their Top 15 Most Influential Films of All-Time. Shortly thereafter Kris Tapley at InContention.com started polling his readers to come up with another variation of the list and today the results are in.

Some of the complaints about TCM&#039;s list had to do with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Watchmen&#039; Must be Hurting as Screenwriter Begs You to Go See It&#8230; Again</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/watchmen-must-be-hurting-as-screenwriter-begs-you-to-go-see-it-again</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/watchmen-must-be-hurting-as-screenwriter-begs-you-to-go-see-it-again#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Hayter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watchmen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hardcore Nerdity has posted an open letter from Watchmen co-screenwriter David Hayter asking for fanboys and fangirls, those he calls &#034;true believers&#034; who are dedicated for life to &#034;go see [Watchmen] again next weekend.&#034; The gist of the letter can be found in this paragraph:

You have to understand, everyone is watching to see how the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do So Many Romantic Comedies Suck?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[500 Days of Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zooey Deschanel]]></category>

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A reader sent in a link to E&#039;s interview with Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (featured to the right) and the interviewer asks the two stars of the upcoming 500 Days of Summer, &#034;Why do you think so many romantic comedies suck?&#034; A valid question and Deschanel beats around the bush to ultimately come to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: Entertainment Weekly&#039;s Top 50 Active Directors List Has Some Weird Rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/seriously-this-is-entertainment-weeklys-top-25-active-directors</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: This list has been updated from the previous version which only believed EW&#039;s list was made up of 25 directors and not 50. A commenter has pointed out there is a list of directors 50-26 and they have now been added to the list below.

Entertainment Weekly has put together a list of the 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Watchmen&#039; Fight Continues with &#039;Staggering Failure&#039; as the Latest Description</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Watchmen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, yesterday Matt Sellman mucked up the online waters by posting an early review of Watchmen, which meant breaking embargo and pissing off the masses. I recapped some of it right here and today Jeff Wells continues the rant only this time he has brought back up in the form of an anonymous journalist friend [...]]]></description>
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