Whilst watching The Thieving Hand (1906) I noticed a matte painting of an alleyway next to a pawnbrokers. Matte paintings in old cinema are a wonderful thing. They usually depict landscapes so it was nice to notice one depicting a small detail of a city. 

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Outside the apartment is a gravel path through a wooded area. Heavy footed people sound like rock beasts chewing stone. Sometimes.  

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counting teeth 

dead in the soy 

a raven