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Old 04-14-23, 04:37 PM
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Re: The Official Arrow Films 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread

Originally Posted by rocket1312
Arrow has not released a full list of extras yet, but there doesn't appear to be much overlap at all with the Criterion. I assume all of the extras produced by Criterion will stay exclusive to that set and Arrow will have tons of newly produced extras in their set.

IMO the Arrow set smashes the Criterion to itty bitty pieces. The only thing the Criterion has over the Arrow is a superior presentation of Enter the Dragon.
I meant title overlap, but those extras are impressive.

Unfortunately I'm not a big enough of a fan of Bruce to double dip something like this, I've barely finished my Criterion box as it is.
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Re: The Official Arrow Films 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread

Originally Posted by milo bloom
I meant title overlap, but those extras are impressive.

Unfortunately I'm not a big enough of a fan of Bruce to double dip something like this, I've barely finished my Criterion box as it is.
What other movie titles were you expecting?
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Didn't WB announce at the beginning of the year that you should expect 50th anniversary 4K editions of Enter the Dragon and The Exorcist?
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Re: The Official Arrow Films 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread

Originally Posted by clckworang
What other movie titles were you expecting?
I may have been thinking of how Jackie Chan has so many movies and the different box sets he’s getting nowadays.
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Originally Posted by DJariya
The Arrow UK site shows what appears to be the same set but with different artwork. I actually like this one better. Is Arrow U.S. getting this or is this UK only?

https://twitter.com/ArrowFilmsVideo/...153621507?s=20


Currently it's about $148 USD converted if you pre-order this set now. Anyone feel like coughing up that much right away?
Definitely not. I grew up watching Bruce Lee but I don't revisit his movies all that often. Certainly not enough to plunk down that much cash.
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Re: The Official Arrow Films 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread

Amazon Amazon

Amazon UK has the Bruce Lee Golden Harvest 4K set for preorder

Looks like it's being sold at MSRP for now at 159.99 pounds, which is about $197.

Arrow site is a little cheaper.
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Are all Arrow Blu rays usually region free?
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Re: The Official Arrow Films 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread

Originally Posted by dvd-4-life
Are all Arrow Blu rays usually region free?
This isn’t bulletproof, but a general rule of thumb is that if it was released in both the US and the UK, you won’t have to worry about region-coding. If it’s UK-only, it’s almost certainly region B.
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Originally Posted by Adam Tyner
This isn’t bulletproof, but a general rule of thumb is that if it was released in both the US and the UK, you won’t have to worry about region-coding. If it’s UK-only, it’s almost certainly region B.
If they were released in the US and UK at the same time. I know, for example, Donnie Darko was first released in the UK and later released in the US, in that case they are both coded to their region. I don't know if there's many other examples but thought it was worth pointing out.
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Yeah, that’s a (mostly) necessary distinction. The Stuff is another one like that.
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UNLOCK THE SECRET…

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese directs this audacious adaptation of Brian Selznick’s award winning novel, a magical, mysterious adventure and an exhilarating ode to cinema itself.

Hugo Cabret is an orphan, living secretly in the walls of a Paris train station, tending to the many clocks, stealing what he needs to survive and hiding from the ruthless station inspector. But his clandestine life and precious secrets are threatened when he is caught thieving by the bitter old man who runs a toy booth at the station, and Hugo’s world becomes enmeshed with that of the shop owner and his bookish granddaughter. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo’s dead father are all connected to a place where dreams are made.

A heartfelt love letter to the magic of moving pictures, Hugo is a triumph of imaginative movie making and a gift for film-lovers everywhere. This epic Arrow Video edition marks the film’s debut on stunning 4K UHD and comes packed with a bounty of new extras.

4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• 4K Ultra HD (2160p) debut of the 2D version of the film
• Includes High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the film in 2D and 3D
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket
• Illustrated collector’s booklet with writing by film critic Farran Smith Nehme
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket

DISCS ONE & TWO – FEATURE & EXTRAS (BLU-RAY + 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
• 4K Ultra HD (2160p) presentation of the 2D version of the film in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the film in 2D and 3D
• DTS-HD MA 7.1 and 2.0 audio options
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Optional audio description for the visually impaired
• Audio commentary by filmmaker and writer Jon Spira, publisher of The Lost Autobiography of Georges Méliès
• Theatrical trailer

DISC THREE – BONUS DISC (BLU-RAY)
• Inventing Hugo Cabret, a new interview with Brian Selznick author and illustrator of the original novel on which the film is based
• Capturing Dreams, a new interview with director of photography Robert Richardson
• The Music of Dreams, a new interview with composer Howard Shore
• Ian Christie on Hugo, a new interview with the acclaimed film historian and editor of Scorsese on Scorsese
• Secret Machines: Hugo and Film Preservation, a new visual essay by filmmaker and critic Scout Tafoya
• Creating New Worlds, a new featurette in which French film historian and author Julien Dupuy examines the life and the legacy of Georges Méliès and his impact on cinema and special effects
• Papa Georges Made Movies, a new featurette in which film critic and historian Pamela Hutchinson explores the days of early cinema
• Méliès at the time of Hugo, a new a visual essay by filmmaker and writer Jon Spira
• Five archival featurettes on the making of the film - Shoot the Moon: The Making of Hugo, The Cinemagician: Georges Méliès, The Mechanical Man at the Heart of Hugo, Big Effects, Small Scale and Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

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Here are the specs on the Bruce Lee set:
When former child actor and Hollywood TV sidekick Bruce Lee returned to his native Hong Kong in 1971 to star in two films for fledgling company Golden Harvest, movie history was made thanks to one of the most iconic partnerships between star and studio that cinema has ever seen. In only a handful of films, Lee high-kicked his way into audiences’ imaginations forever, thanks to his blistering screen presence and his masterful ‘Jeet Kune Do’ fighting technique.

The first two starring vehicles for Lee, The Big Boss and Fist of Fury (both directed by Lo Wei), smashed all box office records in Hong Kong and made him the most famous face on the continent. Lee asserted his artistic independence by directing, writing and starring in The Way of the Dragon, arguably his most thrilling and personal film. Tragically, on the cusp of achieving the international stardom he had long strived for, Bruce Lee died suddenly in 1973, aged only 32. Not to be outdone by the tidal wave of ‘Bruceploitation’ films that followed, Golden Harvest completed two posthumous films using unreleased footage, 1978’s Game of Death and its 1981 sequel, as well as two official documentaries, the first of which hit cinemas only three months after Lee’s death. Today, five decades since his passing, Bruce Lee continues to be the most beloved and influential martial artist in the world.

This definitive collection, featuring fresh and exclusive 4K restorations by Arrow Video from the best available film materials, hours of brand new bonus features and previously unreleased footage - including the extended Mandarin Cut of The Big Boss, now ten minutes longer than any version ever released on video worldwide, and the never-before-seen ‘log fight’ from the original Game of Death shoot - is the ultimate tribute to Bruce Lee’s enduring legacy and fruitful collaboration with Golden Harvest.

LIMITED TEN-DISC UHD/BLU-RAY COLLECTION CONTENTS
  • Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
  • 200-page hardbound book featuring new writing by Walter Chaw, Henry Blyth, Andrew Staton, Dylan Cheung, David West and James Flower
  • Twenty-four lobby card reproductions
  • Ten glossy photos of Lee in action
  • Reversible poster with vintage quad poster artwork
DISC ONE - THE BIG BOSS (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
  • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) of the 99-minute 1983 version of The Big Boss, newly restored by Arrow Films from the original negative
  • Original newly restored lossless Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio
  • Two English mono options, the standard mix and a Japanese mix with alternate score
  • Newly translated English subtitles, plus optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing for the English dubs
  • Two brand new feature commentaries, one by David Desser and one by Brandon Bentley
  • Return to Thailand, a new documentary produced and presented by Matt Routledge exploring the original filming locations
  • Newly uncovered deleted and extended scenes, with optional commentary by Bentley
  • The Not-Quite-Biggest Boss, a video essay by Bentley investigating the scenes still lost, such as the ‘saw-in-the-head’ scene
  • Archive interviews with co-star Lau Wing and stuntman Tung Wai
  • Bruce Lee Vs. Peter Thomas, a short video essay about the music for the English version
  • Alternate credits sequences
  • Trailer gallery, including a 'Before The Big Boss' reel and the trailer for lost sequel The Big Boss Part II
  • Image gallery
DISC TWO - THE BIG BOSS: THE MANDARIN CUT (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
  • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in HDR10 of three alternate versions of The Big Boss with lossless mono audio, newly restored by Arrow Films: the 110-min Mandarin Cut, with restored Mandarin mono; the 100-min English Export Cut, featuring a rare alternate English dub track (some scenes in Mandarin); and the 100-min US Theatrical Cut
  • Newly restored English subtitles for the Mandarin Cut
  • Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on both English cuts
  • Axis of English, a brand new video essay by Will Offutt profiling the English dubbing actors for The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon
  • Unrestored raw scan of the Mandarin Cut (1080p only)
DISC THREE - FIST OF FURY (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
  • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible), newly restored by Arrow Films from the original negative
  • Alternate ‘English Export Cut’ viewing option with different opening and closing credits via seamless branching
  • Original newly restored Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio
  • Two English mono options, the standard mix and a Japanese mix with alternate music
  • Newly translated English subtitles, plus optional subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on the English dubs
  • Two brand new feature commentaries, one by Jonathan Clements and one by Brandon Bentley
  • Legend of the Dragon, a newly filmed 80-minute overview of Lee's life and career by film critic and historian Tony Rayns
  • Visions of Fury, a new featurette on Bruce Lee's collaboration with Golden Harvest and Lo Wei, featuring interviews with co-producer Andre Morgan and martial arts experts Michael Worth, Frank Djeng, John Kreng, Andy Cheng and Bruce Willow
  • Archive interviews with co-stars Nora Miao, Riki Hashimoto, Jun Katsumura and Yuen Wah
  • Alternate credits sequence
  • Trailer gallery, including a Chen Zhen trailer reel
  • Image gallery
DISC FOUR - THE WAY OF THE DRAGON (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
  • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible), newly restored by Arrow Films from original film elements, of the Hong Kong Theatrical Cut and the Japanese Cut via seamless branching
  • Original newly restored lossless Mandarin, English and Cantonese mono audio on the Hong Kong Theatrical Cut
  • Alternate lossless English mono audio on the Japanese Cut
  • Optional newly translated English subtitles
  • Subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on both English audio options
  • Two brand new feature commentaries, one by Frank Djeng & Michael Worth and one by Brandon Bentley
  • The Way of the Camera, a new documentary looking at Lee's filmmaking and fighting method in his directorial debut, featuring interviews with Golden Harvest producer Andre Morgan, martial arts experts Michael Worth, Jon Kreng, Andy Cheng, Frank Djeng, David Yeung, film historian Courtney Joyner and actors Piet (Peter) Schweer, Jon Benn and John Saxon
  • Meet the Italian Beauty, a newly filmed interview with star Malisa Longo
  • The Scottish Soldier Meets the Dragon, a newly filmed interview with on-set observer John Young
  • Newly recorded select scene commentary by ‘thug’ actor Piet Schweer
  • Archive interviews with co-stars Jon Benn, Bob Wall and Hwang In-shik and production managers Chaplin Chang and Louis Sit
  • Trailer gallery, including a Bruceploitation trailer reel
  • Image gallery
DISC FIVE - ENTER THE DRAGON (BLU-RAY)
  • 40th Anniversary Special Edition Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Home Video
  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the extended 1998 Special Edition of the film
  • 5.1 DTS-HD Surround English audio, plus additional audio options in Russian, Castilian, French, German, Italian, Polish and Latin Spanish
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, plus subtitles for other languages
  • Feature commentary by writer Michael Allin and producer Paul Heller
  • Featurettes: No Way As Way, Wing Chun: The Art that Introduced Kung Fu to Bruce Lee, Return to Han’s Island, Blood and Steel: The Making of ‘Enter the Dragon’, Bruce Lee: In His Own Words, Backyard Workout with Bruce
  • The Curse of the Dragon documentary
  • Interviews with Linda Lee Cadwell
  • 1973 archive featurette Hong Kong with ‘Enter the Dragon’
  • Theatrical trailers and TV spots
DISC SIX - GAME OF DEATH (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
  • 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentations in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible), newly restored by Arrow Films from original film elements, of the international cut and the Japanese cut via seamless branching
  • Original newly restored English mono audio on both cuts
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Brand new feature commentary by Brandon Bentley & Mike Leeder
  • The Song I’m Singing Tomorrow, a newly filmed interview with star Colleen Camp
  • Deleted and extended scenes from the Chinese-language versions of the film, including two alternate endings (contains some standard-definition material)
  • Archive interviews with co-stars Dan Inosanto and Bob Wall
  • Behind-the-scenes footage as featured in Bruce Lee: The Legend
  • Rare pre-production sales featurette from 1976 with new commentary by Michael Worth and producer Andre Morgan
  • Fight scene dailies directed by Sammo Hung
  • Locations featurette from 2013
  • Trailer gallery, including Bruceploitation and 'Robert Clouse at Golden Harvest' trailer reels
  • Image gallery
DISC SEVEN - GAME OF DEATH: ALTERNATE VERSIONS (BLU-RAY)
  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the Chinese version of the film
  • Original lossless Mandarin and Cantonese mono audio
  • Newly translated optional English subtitles
  • Archive interview with Casanova Wong from 2001 on his relationship with Sammo Hung, and Lee’s influence on him
  • Two alternate Cantonese and Mandarin versions of the film in High Definition via seamless branching, with different credits, ending and reinstated Ji Han-jae fight (contains some standard-definition material)
  • Archive featurettes on Lee’s life and impact: The Hong Kong Connection, Bruce Lee Remembered, Legacy of the Dragon, Dragon Rising and The Grandmaster & The Dragon, featuring interviews with Hung, Donnie Yen, William Cheung and many others
  • Archive interviews with Robert Lee, Phoebe Lee, Pat Johnson, George Lee, Gene LeBell, Van Williams, Joe Torrenueva, Jeff Imada, Linda Palmer, Fred Weintraub, Tom Kuhn, Paul Heller and James Lew
DISC EIGHT - GAME OF DEATH: BONUS DISC (BLU-RAY)
  • The Final Game of Death, a brand new three-hour video essay by Arrow Films that incorporates a new 2K restoration of all two hours of Lee’s original dailies from a recently-discovered interpositive
  • Game of Death: Revisited, an earlier attempt to reconstruct Lee’s original vision from 2001
  • Super 8 footage from 1974 of Dan Inosanto demonstrating the nunchaku
  • Brief archival interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar from 1976
  • Image gallery
DISC NINE - GAME OF DEATH II (BLU-RAY)
  • Brand new 2K restoration of the International Cut of the film titled Game of Death II by Arrow Films from original film elements
  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of Game of Death II as well as the Hong Kong Theatrical Cut titled Tower of Death (contains some standard-definition material)
  • Original lossless English mono audio on Game of Death II
  • Original lossless Cantonese, Mandarin and English mono audio on Tower of Death
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on Game of Death II, and optional newly translated English subtitles on Tower of Death
  • Brand new feature commentary by Frank Djeng & Michael Worth, co-producers of Enter the Clones of Bruce
  • Archive interview with co-star Roy Horan
  • Alternate Korean version with unique footage, presented in High Definition with original lossless mono audio and newly translated English subtitles
  • Alternate US video version in High Definition with lossless English mono audio, via seamless branching
  • Alternate end credits sequence for Game of Death II
  • Trailer gallery
  • Image gallery
DISC TEN - DOCUMENTARIES (BLU-RAY)
  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of Bruce Lee: The Man & The Legend (1973) and Bruce Lee: The Legend (1984)
  • Original lossless Mandarin mono audio for The Man & The Legend, and lossless English mono audio for both films
  • Newly translated optional English subtitles for The Man & The Legend, and subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing for both films
  • Alternate video version of The Legend, featuring different editing and credits (standard definition only)
  • Archive video of a tour of Golden Harvest Studios conducted in the mid-1990s by Russell Cawthorne, writer of Bruce Lee: The Legend
  • Alternate animated Hong Kong credits for Enter the Dragon
  • Trailers and image gallery for both films
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Re: The Official Arrow Films 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread

I'm on record as saying Bruce Lee's movies aren't that good, despite his obvious charisma and massive effect on the film industry, but holy moly that is one incredible set. The Mandarin cut of the Big Boss is obviously the crown jewel, but all significant variations of Game of Death and Game of Death II? Including the mythical Korean cut of Game of Death II? An 80 minute piece by Tony Rayns? Those are the things I'm most excited about. That and the new scans free from the tyranny of Ritrovata.
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As far as region free blu ray players available to play the above mentioned Bruce Lee set then what player would be the most recommended?

My current region free blu ray player only play's region free dvds.
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I'm really looking forward to their second Spaghetti western collection.
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Originally Posted by dvd-4-life
As far as region free blu ray players available to play the above mentioned Bruce Lee set then what player would be the most recommended?

My current region free blu ray player only play's region free dvds.
If you're just looking for standard blu-ray and not UHD, then there are a million options. Just make sure you buy it from a place like 220 Electronics so you know you're getting a properly modded player.
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Originally Posted by rocket1312
If you're just looking for standard blu-ray and not UHD, then there are a million options. Just make sure you buy it from a place like 220 Electronics so you know you're getting a properly modded player.
Just ordered a Sony region free dvd/blu ray player from 220 Electronics. It's the same model as the one I bought from Amazon. I will have it sitting above my Sony UHD player and I will just switch the lines depending on which one I want to use.
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Regarding Blackhat:
Blackhat News

We listened to your feedback about our release of Blackhat not including Michael Mann's revised director's cut of the film and we are very pleased to confirm that the original digital files have been found. It will now be included as a second Blu-ray Disc. To allow time for disc authoring and quality control, we have had to push the release date back to 4th September. We hope you understand the necessity for this delay and are as excited as we are to be able to feature this significantly different version of the film alongside the two previously announced cuts.
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Now that's a must-buy for me, even if the DC is only in HD.
Honestly, including the Euro cut makes no sense...
In the European version of the film, the description of Lozano and his affiliation with the "Los Zapotecas" gang at approx. 26 minutes into the film is shortened.
Maybe that's the only way they can release it in multiple regions or something, but with such a minor change, it seems redundant. Better to just have the TC and DC.
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I'm late to the discussion of the Bruce Lee set, but thought I would chime in. I'm a huge Bruce Lee fan. I don't think I can count how many times I've bought his movies on disc from multiple regions. I bought the Longstreet DVDs just to have his episodes. There was a time when I would have gone to the ends of the earth to own and be able to watch this upcoming Arrow set, but I think I'm past that time now. I admire the apparently unprecedented effort Arrow has put into the set. The big draws are obviously the longer, lost cut of The Big Boss and the massive Game of Death video essay featuring all of Bruce's dailies footage, but I'm very content without either of those in my collection. The Big Boss is my least favorite of Bruce Lee's movies and additional footage that primarily features more gore and more sexual content isn't going to make that movie any better, so the novelty doesn't really appeal to me. We're never going to see a fully realized version of Bruce's vision for Game of Death and the existing edits of his completed footage are more than enough to get a glimpse of what it could have been. I'm certainly interested to watch both of those unique offerings once if given the opportunity, but I'm not going to buy a region-free BD/UHD player and pay for the full set in order to have that opportunity.

Criterion's Bruce Lee set is a very solid compilation of his work and probably the last Bruce Lee set I will ever buy on physical media.
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UNMAN has been on my wanna-see list for about 40 years, ever since I skimmed across it in the Maltin guide as an early teen and was intrigued by the synopsis. I don’t recall a home video release, at least not in North America (and searching Amazon UK turns up nothing). I doubt it will be a hot seller considering its obscurity all these years later, so it will surely last into some future sale season.
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Nice, Weird Science in 4K. Glad I waited.
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The Last House on the Left remake is surprising to see. I still remember seeing walkouts in theaters. Not an easy watch but I might get that 4k release.
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Re: The Official Arrow Films 4K/Blu-ray Discussion and Release Thread

Originally Posted by Bluelitespecial
The Last House on the Left remake is surprising to see. I still remember seeing walkouts in theaters. Not an easy watch but I might get that 4k release.

Never saw it but it looks like the theatrical cut will be in 4K but the unrated will only be on BD.

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