Quentin Tarantino may be many things — perverted, profane, whipsmart, cocky, a little too enamored with his own cleverness — but subtle he is not. He’s not even in the ballpark. Matter of fact, if that ballpark blew up, he wouldn’t hear the sound for another three days. Nah, Tarantino’s a guts-glory-chicks-and-explosions kind of director, and that imagination of his? In the name of Le Royale with Cheese does it dream up some wild-n-twisted trips.

Mark ”Pulp Fiction” down as one of the wildest. Every nanosecond of this humdinger’s 154 minutes contains something warped/crazy/effortlessly cool to behold: philosophical discussions about foot massages, the nature of miracles and a gold watche that has been places no watch should go; murders both coolly calculated and comically accidental; a frightful drug overdose; kinky sex (think S&M with an Alabama drawl and a gimp); and, last but not least, a sinfully delicious $5 milkshake. Random as this catalogue seems, Tarantino’s film is far more scattershot. The action doesn’t adhere to a simple timeline; instead, there are three stories that run parallel, then smash together, then diverge only to reconnect in ways that boggle the mind upon repeat viewings. “Pulp Fiction” is a genius noir/gangster combo that keeps us guessing. Guess long enough, though, and patterns start to emerge from the madness.

Sort of. Since Tarantino makes it nearly impossible to understand how these stories pool into a cohesive ending, let’s tackle one beast at a time. First, there’s “Vincent Vega and Marcellus Wallace’s Wife,” the tale of L.A. hitmen Vince (John Travolta) and Jules (a perfeclty cast Samuel L. Jackson) heading to do a job ordered by their loose-cannon boss Marsellus (Ving Rhames). Since Marsellus recently threw a guy out a high-rise window for giving his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) a foot massage, Vince has the jitters about taking her out on the town. His plan is simple: “Chew my food with my mouth closed, laugh at her fucking jokes, and that’s it.” Of course, trouble has a tendency to follow Vince, so things don’t go that smoothly.

Smoothness doesn’t much like Butch (Bruce Willis) either, which we discover in ”The Gold Watch.” A talented boxer with a sweetly innocent girlfriend (Maria de Medeiros), Butch shovels some dirt on his own grave by winning the fight Marsellus paid him to throw. But his neat double-cross turns messy through a series of freak coincidences, the most interesting involving two pawn shop owners who plumb forgot to pack their manners (not to mention their morality) when they left the Deep South. ”The Gold Watch” leads into “The Bonnie Situation,” a conclusion of sorts where Tarantino himself shows up as Jimmie Dimmick, a pal of Jules who begrudgingly agrees to help him clean up an accidental hit (“my gun went off! I don’t know why!” insists the a brain matter-spattered Vance) with help from Winston Wolf (Harvey Keitel). What’s on Wolfe’s business card we can’t be sure, since the terse mystery man only offers “I solve problems” as his job description.

It’s offhand comments like these that demonstrate one of Tarantino’s greatest strengths: revealing character traits with one or two stray lines of dialogue. He’s a student of human nature, and he knows the ways people fill time by arguing over whether foot massages are sensual or wondering what cheeseburgers are called in France (see above). And yet everything these characters say tells us something about themselves or the story. Christopher Walken, in his lone scene, delivers a howling-good speech that seems like comic relief, but the subject — the gold watch — comes back into play. Jules spouts a nonsensical version of Ezekiel 25:17, but it reveals his own moral code. Thurman, who finds jumpy loneliness in Mia, parlays a terrible joke about tomatoes into a real connection with Vince. Haphazard though they seem, these lines are the threads that knit everything together.

What else dazzles about “Pulp Fiction”? There’s the abundance of lurid violence — much of it comical (including an uncomfortably funny rape scene), some of it truly shocking, none of it gratuitious. Jackson and Travolta are one hell of two-man team, while Willis registers a pulse and Eric Stoltz has wit to burn. Ultimately, though, it’s the manic, fearless force of Tarantino that makes “Pulp Fiction” a sweet, sweet joyride, indeed.

Grade: A

David Bowie is a compulsive liar who gets a job as a bartender at some upscale hoity-toity restaurant, and ends up becoming involved in a staged robbery of the place.

that alone was enough to get me wanting this movie.

this little forgotten (it isnt even commercially available) gem tells a quaint, cute, and touching romantic tale. Bowie, a recent immigrant on the prowl for a ‘green chard marriage’ finds and even falls for Rosanna Arquette. the two of them, along with her friend (who has a huge crush on Bowie’s character) decide to rob the restaurant that she and Bowie work at. then things take a turn for the worst… a weird turn for the worst.

at first while i was watching this movie i was worried. the story was bland. it seemed like a million other romantic comedies and i was finding myself confused by why Bowie (especially in his mindset in 1991) would agree to such a… well… bland film. but then the movie throws the twist at you. i wont ruin the twist here, but i will say that it comes totally out of left field and is quite hilarious.

throughout the film i actually laughed out loud many times and smiled through most of the rest. the dialogue is just funny. the two girls have a wonderful and realistic chemistry and are very believable as quirky best friends, while Bowie plays his part better than the script could have even asked for. his charm and off the cuff wit seem to be more ad-lib than script. his chemistry with Rosanna is actually amazing. i found myself caring about the two… and i must say, i am NOT a romantic comedy fan.

in the years since the film has come out, the director has decided that it isnt what his vision was and has ended up somewhat disowning it. and that is a shame because this film is a charming film. the dialogue and the casting was just perfect. the story, for the hour or so before the twist, is bland and uninspired, but it almost didnt matter because of the other things going so right the whole time.

i recommend this movie. it can be found around the internet under a few different titles, including ‘The Robbery’ and the bizarre and questionable title, ‘Shag-o-rama’… there are a few copies left on amazon HERE, some info on it HERE, and a little more HERE.

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‘After Hours’ was released in 1985, written by Joseph Minion and directed by Martin Scorsese. I remember seeing it maybe 10 years ago, and it featured Harvey Keitel back then, now it features Griffin Dunne!  Seems I had ‘Mean streets’ mixed up with ‘After Hours’…

So, poor old Paul Hackett has a shitty job and thinks it’s temporary, lives alone and seems to be as lonely as can be. One night, he goes out to a cafe and reads a Henry Miller book, he meets a nice but obviously crazy woman named Marcy Franklin that’s perfectly played by Rosanna Arquette, end up getting her phone number and phones her asap…. Then his night turns into a nightmare, which is something you knew as soon as she came into the picture, the rhythm of the film speeds up: The bar tender is the first clue, he does strange dance moves, then when he goes to meet her afterwards, the taxi driver drives like a nut, and of course when he arrives she’s not there and it’s her sculptor friend that welcomes him with less than a smile, it smells like lofty coky arty Soho….You can feel the trap, you feel the poor regular man starting to lose it. She and him can’t communicate, he’s a nice guy in a regular life and she’s a mystery and will/wishes to remain so. He escapes the scene but his troubles are just starting, many insignificant but consequent things happen to him, like the metro fare has gone up overnight and he doesn’t have enough money to go home, the only guy who would help him can’t open his bar’s cash register to give him change and of course it’s raining like hell! From then it’s a series of situations where Paul goes deeper and deeper into the shitter, most of those situations would be banal if not funny, but they become surreal yet down to earth when you know what happened and start expecting what is about to. . . .

Even though you are sorry for the poor lad you can help but laugh, it’s going so far into the opposite of what he’s after, and when the end comes, you feel like screaming ‘I knew it’ and realise the genius of the writer and director! Then you go on the internet to check a couple of things and discover that the idea for the end was from the late Michael Powell who ‘was around quite a lot while the film was being made’, and how many times must we tell you that he was a great film maker, 1? 2? 3?

Enjoy !

I’m prepared to scour the the Earth for that motherfucker. If Butch goes to Indochina, I want a nigger waiting in a bowl of rice ready to pop a cap in his ass.

–Marsellus

It has been fifteen years since the release of Pulp Fiction, which ushered Quentin Tarantino in the mainstream. The movie has been heavily quoted since its release. It did win for Best Original Screenplay. That’s says a lot. It was also nominated for seven Oscars. It’s currently #5 on the Top 250 of All Time on IMDb. It belongs there.

I owned the VHS of this movie and played it repeatedly. I could quote almost every line from the film. It sucked that my brother’s former girlfriend took the tape with her when they broke up.

It been awhile since I have seen this. After watching Inglourious Basterds, I wanted to see this movie again. I still enjoy the dialogue, the classic music and most of the performances. This fringe movie bent the rules of the Academy. It deserved a lot more acclaim.

If you don’t know the plot of the story – shame on you – revolves around multiple narrative that intercept and become jumbled up. It starts with a pair of robbers, Ringo and Yolanda (Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer) holding up a restaurant where two hit men who had a interesting day on the job, Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield (John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson).

In his signature broken narrative, there is also stories about Vincent taking his boss’s wife, Mia (Uma Thurman) on a night on the town, dealing with a skuzzy drug dealer, (Eric Stolz). The boss, Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) dealing with an aging boxer, Butch (Bruce Willis) to throw a fight.

Tarantino is known for his long, drawn out dialogue scenes with some sprinklings of violence. One sequence still bothers me to this day. It’s the moment about the origin of “the gold watch”. It didn’t make any sense to me. Why was that in the movie? Why was that the motivation to Butch?

Judgment: If you haven’t seen this movie, return your movie snob card immediately.

Rating: ****1/2

“Procura-se Susan Desesperadamente” (1985)

Procurar filmes na TV a cabo em madrugadas modorrentas ou quando deixo de lado o vício da internet me permitiram, por vezes, descobrir algumas pequenas pérolas cinematográficas que até então mal tinha ouvido falar. Não minta aí do lado, você, que gosta dos grandes medalhões do cinema, que quando procura filmes na SKY vê se na sinopse tem um Woody Allen, Truffaut, Kurosawa etc. Eu faço isso, pô. O que, convenhamos, não é nenhum demérito. O mundo seria um lugar melhor se houvessem mais pessoas fãs desses diretores.

Para, digamos assim, ampliar o meu conhecimento cinematográfico e não ir só nos diretores habitués, às vezes bate a louca em mim e assisto ao filme que está passando no primeiro canal que eu mudar. E não assisto apenas filmes “cult” (seja lá o que for o real significado dessa palavra); eu gosto de filmes ditos “comerciais”, com referências pop e até uma boa comédia americana (recentemente assisti o Se beber, não case e gostei, por exemplo). Não tente pagar de inteligente dizendo que ama o Tarantino porque os filmes dele são “para a nata intelectual” quando na verdade são cheios de referências pop. Kill Bill, por exemplo, guardadas as devidas proporções, é quase um filme do Jackie Chain quero causar polêmica, com o diferencial das boas atuações, da melhor direção e dos diálogos inteligentes e bem elaborados. E ainda assim, pra mim, o Tarantino continua sendo genial.

Mas o assunto não é Tarantino, portanto, vamos logo a listinha “robfleminguiana” é que é. A lista é aleatória, não tem um que eu goste mais que o outro. Tem filme cult, pop, e todas essas rotulações que o povo gosta de colocar mas que eu costumo chamar apenas de bom cinema.  Um filme para cada post.

O primeiro filme estrelado por Madonna depois de alcançar a fama mundial no mundo da música é uma comédia leve, com um enredo simples, despretensioso e descontraído. Este filme eu conheci por conta de uma promoção que O Liberal (ou era a Isto é?) fez e que, entre outros filmes, trazia uma VHS de “Procura-se Susan Desesperadamente”. Assisti sem maiores expectativas e acabei viciadinha nesse pequeno clássico dos anos 80 que, com certeza, é o filme mais legal estrelado por Madonna, e é onde ela tem sua melhor atuação também. E a trilha, embalada por “Into the Groove”, a-h-a-z-a! No livro “Mate-me Por Favor” dizem que o personagem que faz o namorado da Madonna é o Richard Hell (ex-Television), mas isso é balela. Dirigido por Susan Seidelman (?).

Estrelado também por Rosanna Arquette, a estória se passa em Nova York com as personagens Roberta Glass (Arquette) e Susan (Madonna) tendo suas vidas entrelaçadas por conta de anúncios em classificados de um jornal local. Entediada com o casamento e sua vidinha mais ou menos, a dona de casa Roberta começa a ler nos classificados recados trocados por Susan e seu namorado, usados como forma de comunicação entre eles. Como uma voyeur, Roberta passa a seguir os passos do casal e fica fascinada com o entrosamento dos dois e pela figura de Susan – uma mulher rebelde, despojada e de um estilo sem igual (o visual que mais marcou a Madonna, na minha opinião). Em um dos momentos que vai atrás dos dois, Roberta acaba sofrendo um pequeno acidente que a faz ter perda temporária de memória. No mesmo dia, coincidentemente, um amigo do namorado de Susan vai busca-lá no local para oferecer lugar pra dormir. Sem ter tanta certeza de que era a real Susan, confia na intuição e se baseia nas características físicas e na vestimenta (um casaco “do Jimi Hendrix” que Susan vendeu em um brechó e Roberta acabou comprando) da mulher para levá-la pra casa. Aí é só o começo da confusão. O filme ainda tem o climinha suspense por conta de um roubo de brincos, que envolve a “encrenqueira” Susan, quase uma Ferris Buller.

David Arquette

 

 

 

David James Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and former professional wrestler. He became known during the late 1990s, after having starred in several Hollywood films, including the films of the Scream trilogy. He has since had several television roles, including playing Jason Ventress on ABC’s In Case of Emergency. In addition to his acting career Arquette took a brief foray into professional wrestling in early 2000, competing for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and becoming a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion; a booking decision often cited as being pivotal to the degradation of the title and the downfall of WCW.

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He is a member of the Arquette family of actors.

Trivia:

He is the 1-800-CALL-ATT Guy.

Dated Ellen Barkin. [1995]

Brother of Richmond Arquette, Alexis Arquette, Patricia Arquette and Rosanna Arquette.

Son of Lewis Arquette and Brenda Denaut.

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He is in a rock band called EAR2000.

On “WCW Thunder” (1998) on 4/27/00, he became the WCW Heavyweight Champion in a special tag match, pitting him and his partner Diamond Dallas Page against Jeff Jarrett and Eric Bischoff. The stipulation was that whoever got the pin would become champ, and after his involvement in previous matches, Arquette was able to pin Bischoff and win the title.

Grandson of Cliff Arquette, better known as Charley Weaver from “Hollywood Squares, The” (1968)_.

Formerly brother-in-law of Nicolas Cage, who was married to his sister, Patricia Arquette.

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His wedding to Courteney Cox was held at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral.

Is the voice of Eddie Wachowski, a character in the EA Sports Big game SSX Tricky (2001) (VG) (for Playstation2, Nintendo Gamecube, Xbox).

Since radio host Howard Stern continually referred to his wife as “Courteney Cock” in a 2000 interview, Arquette responded by calling the King of All Media “Howard Sperm”.

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He was among two people to be a non wrestler and hold the WCW World Title, the other was Vince Russo, a booker. Another non wrestler who held another title was Eric Bischoff, as WCW Hardcore Champion. The company was sold within a year of all of this.

On a 2002 episode of “WWF Raw Is War” (1997), he sat behind announcers Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross for the entire show while holding a sign reading “Former WCW Champion”. He was there simply as a fan, and the announcers never acknowledged him.

Owns the former booking chair from the West Hollywood Police Department which was sat in by a number of different stars when they were arrested, among them Hugh Grant. David has mentioned this to Hugh, and publicly offered to give the chair to him on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” (1993) in October of 2003.

Attended The Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies in Los Angeles, California.

He played a character whose last name is “Geller” in Never Been Kissed (1999). His wife Courteney Cox plays “Monica Geller” on “Friends” (1994). He appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), the title role of which was later portrayed in the TV show of the same name by Sarah Michelle Gellar, who appeared in Scream 2 (1997) with Arquette.

13 June 2004: birth of his daughter, named Coco Riley Arquette.

During a live televised event in Los Angeles, the WWF was “fighting” an invasion from WCW and ECW. Arqutte, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins and Arnold Schwarzenegger were all in attendance at the event in one night. This is interesting for that fact that David was a former WCW talent, Billy was a loyal ECW supporter and Arnold had always been a WWF supporter. The WWF showed each one of them on screen. David got a huge laugh for wearing a mask and then ripping it off to show who he was.

Born on the same day as model Brooke Burke and actor Henry Thomas.

He, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and Liev Schreiber are the only four actors to appear in all three “Scream” films. Although Jamie Kennedy also appeared in all three films, his character only appeared on a videotape in the third movie.

Attended Mid-City Alternative school on the corner of Adams Blvd. and Arlington Avenue in the mid 1970s. His sister, Patricia Arquette, and brother, Richmond Arquette, also attended this school.

Jennifer Aniston is the godmother of his daughter Coco. She co-starred with his wife, Courteney Cox, on “Friends” (1994).

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Former brother-in-law of James Newton Howard. He was married to his sister, Rosanna Arquette.

Brother-in-law of Thomas Jane.

In 1990, he managed to appear in two unsuccessful television series based on popular movies: Parenthood (1989) (in which he played the role originally played by Keanu Reeves), and The Outsiders (1983) (in which he played the role originally played by Emilio Estevez).

He and Robert Duvall, who preceded him in the role of Augustus McCrae, have also both shared a role with a member of the Sheen family. Duvall played Robert E. Lee in Gods and Generals (2003), a role previously played by Martin Sheen in Gettysburg (1993). Arquette played Two-Bit Matthews in the television series The Outsiders (1983), a role previously played by Emilio Estevez.

Is a descendant of explorer Meriweather Lewis.

Was succeeded in the role of Augustus McCrae in the “Lonesome Dove” film series by Steve Zahn. He and Zahn have both appeared on episodes of “Friends” (1994).

Was considered for the role of Detective Shane Vendrell on “The Shield” (2002).

Is of French and Jewish descent.

Rosanna Arquette tries to sexy her way out of trouble in The Whole Nine Yards.

Rosanna Arquette gets all naughty in The Whole Nine Yards.

After Hours seemed to start out a little bit slow for me, but I will admit, it was reeling me in for events about to happen. This film follows Paul Hackett, played by Griffin Dunne, through the events of an evening. Starting off trying to hook up with Marcy, played by Rosanna Arquette, Paul finally calls her and agrees to meet her at her friends house in Soho. Certain events happen (not giving too much away here…just check out the film) that evening and the only thing Paul wants to do is tell his story to the cops and go home. Anything that could happen to Paul, does happen. His world slowly crumbles and he seems to go to deeper darker places in the nightlife world of Soho. There are some great characters throughout the movie, Terri Garr (Tootsie) plays Julie the emotionally unstable waitress, Will Patton (Armageddon) plays a leather enthusiast and Catherine O’Hara (Best In Show) plays a plaster sculpture.

This film was directed by Martin Scorsese. After Hours is a very good dark comedy, something I wasn’t expecting from a director know for violence, having directed Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, and more recently The Departed. The movie does seem dated in its style and music, but it still seems to work. Even though it seems a bit out of the norm for Scorsese, this is a very entertaining film. And if seems to start out slow for you, hang in there with it. This one is worth checking out when you in the mood for a black comedy.

–The Singing Hot Dog

Un film del 2009, regia di Baltasar Kormákur, con Diane Kruger / Dermot Mulroney / Rosanna Arquette / Eduardo Ambriz DeColosio. Prodotto da ()

Drammatico

Una coppia di genitori lotta per far ottenere un trapianto polmonare alla figlia in fin di vita in Messico. Dopo aver aver dato il loro consenso all’operazione però, i due scoprono che l’organo impiantato alla loro bambina non è stato prelevato in maniera legale da un donatore consenziente.

Did you ever see that movie “Desperately Seeking Susan”? It has Madonna in it and Rosanna Arquette. The whole movie, Roseanna goes around desperately seeking this Susan character.

As a person who survivied incest and child sexual abuse, I continually seek safety in my life. I generally choose the safer of any options. I live my life safely. I hardly drink. I do not use non-prescription drugs and never have. I dated women, because I felt they were safer than men.

Did you ever hear that quote “Ships in the harbor are safe, but that’s not what ships are built for”? When I first read that quote, my immediate thought was “Yeah, but they’re safe. What could possibly be better than being safe?”

I wonder if, without the sexual abuse, I might have lived a different life. I wonder if I would have been pursuing my dream of singing onstage somewhere. I have always been a feminist. I wonder if I would have done something with that. I wonder if I would have had sex and enjoyed it before my husband, with other men?

I can’t even count the many ways in a day that I choose the safer option. Like locking myself in my room instead of being in the rest of the house, or even dare I say it, going outside for a walk. I can’t help but think about Warrior, who spends her life being courageous. I want to be like that, but safety always wins out. This is why you shouldn’t fuck kids.

Kino visiem seriāla “Lie to Me” cienītājiem – tieši šeit aktieris Tims Rots ieguva slavu kā visai progresīvs maindfakeris. Dispozīcija ir sekojoša: divi policisti (Rūkers un Kriss Penns) tur aizdomās mūsu Timu par Renē Zelvēgeres slepkavību, tādēļ izmanto galējo pratināšanas metodi, pieslēdzot viņu pie asinsspiediena mērītāja un printera simbiozes, tautā pazīstama kā melu detektora. Taču mūsu Tims nav vienkāršs čalis, nē, viņš po žizņi visādas inčīgas narkotikas aizdzer ar pudeli absinta, piedevām vēl sirgstot ar retu epilepsijas paveidu. Pašiem detektīviem arī ir savi tarakāni darbā un personiskajā dzīvē – viens iegāzies pamatīgos parādos bukmeikeru mafijai, otru māca aizdomas par dzīvesbiedres uzticamību kaujas laukā. Ellišķā tumsā iegrimušie personāži divas stundas skaidro attiecības līdzīgi kā…kā…lūk, teiksim, jums nav nekad ienācis prātā uzvest darbu “Usual Suspects” uz Dailes teātra skatuves?

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Un film del 2009, regia di Baltasar Kormákur, con Diane Kruger / Dermot Mulroney / Rosanna Arquette / Eduardo Ambriz DeColosio. Prodotto da ()

Drammatico

Una coppia di genitori lotta per far ottenere un trapianto polmonare alla figlia in fin di vita in Messico. Dopo aver aver dato il loro consenso all’operazione però, i due scoprono che l’organo impiantato alla loro bambina non è stato prelevato in maniera legale da un donatore consenziente.

Buscando a Susan Desesperádamente (1985) Susan Seidelman

Tarde perezosa de domingo sin muchas pretensiones de moverme del sofá, nada mejor que visionar alguna película, entretenida y sin pretensiones. Y eso es lo que hice, me dispuse a ojear este film (que ya iba siendo hora) todo un clásico de los 80’s, más que nada por estar protagonizado por la diva del pop Madonna interpretando el papel de Susan, compartiendo protagonismo junto a mi adorada Rosanna Arquette y Aidan Quinn.

Rodado en 1985 bajo las órdenes de Susan Seidelman (Smithereens, Fabricando al Hombre Perfecto…) narra las desventuras de Roberta Glass (Rosanna Arquette), una aburrida ama de casa, subestimada por su triunfador marido y que por un giro del destino es confundida con Susan (Madonna), una díscola joven con una vida totalmente diferente, lo que la llevará a peculiares situaciones y enredos.

Pese a perder algo de rítmo en algunas secuencias no deja de cumplir con su cometido, ser entretenida. Ideal para los amantes de los 80’s, las comedias románticas, los fans de Madonna o los que les vaya el rollo estética video-clip musical.

Madonna en el papel de Susan

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I don&t understand why we have adopted a Gnostic approach to the faith, where the brain is bad, but the spirit is sound. I thought when God saved a man, he saved Him intact – brain, reason, logical ability, the whole nine yards. …

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