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PotOnWheel
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Posted 7/14/2003 3:11 AM (GMT -6)

At the Movies, with DLW

(All invited!)

Edited by - PotOnWheel on 07/15/2003 8:12:34 PM

DLW
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Posted 7/15/2003 1:29 PM (GMT -6)

Okay, this-uh-title-will-do!

I-uh-base-uh-good-a-portion-of-uh-my-personuh-on-uh-Roberto-Bernigni-in-real-life! As well as Garrisson Keillor, who actually grew up in Blaine, right next to where I grew up. I had the same speech instructor as him. She was the one who told him he had a good voice and should be an actor. Course, he's not that good-lookin and so radio does seem to be the proper medium for him. My dad had his nephew for two semesters of calculus at Bethel. He looked just like his uncle, but since none of his peers had any clue who Garrisson is he got along just fine.
dlw

I-uh-scream-uh,
You-uh-scream-uh,
We-all-uh-sceam-uh for
Ice-uh-cream-uh!!!

Roberto Bernigni in
Down by Law.

ahehmAmericanzituhsen! This is varrrrrybaadfuryurCuntry! VarrrrrrrybaadfuryurCuntry!
Roberto Benigni in
Johnny Stecchenino.

Edited by - DLW on 07/15/2003 9:28:09 PM

DLW
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Posted 7/15/2003 1:57 PM (GMT -6)

Heyyyy, Ah jussst happen to-uh-like-uh-the-movies-of-Roberto-Bernigni-n-so-uh-I-feel-its-uh-good-uh-use-uh-space-to-uh-write-uh-some-of-his-uh-favorituh-quotes-uh!!!!!!!!
dlw

I-uh-scream-uh,
You-uh-scream-uh,
We-all-uh-sceam-uh for
Ice-uh-cream-uh!!!

Roberto Bernigni in
Down by Law.

ahehmAmericanzituhsen! This,varrrrrybaadfuryur
Cuntry! Varrrrrrrybaadfuryur
Cuntry!
Roberto Benigni in
Johnny Stecchenino.

PotOnWheel
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Posted 7/15/2003 3:06 PM (GMT -6)

Can we trust you on that DLW?

PotOnWheel
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Posted 7/15/2003 3:07 PM (GMT -6)

PotOnWheel
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Posted 7/15/2003 3:10 PM (GMT -6)

DLW
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Posted 7/24/2003 9:37 AM (GMT -6)

I saw Bruce Almighty last night.

It was received well here in MX, where I am now again.

Lots of others have written about it, but I think overall it was the sort of movie like TM, a movie that can serve as a bridge to talking about the Gospel with a non-Christian or a nominal Christian.

dlw

I-uh-scream-uh,
You-uh-scream-uh,
We-all-uh-sceam-uh for
Ice-uh-cream-uh!!!

Roberto Bernigni in
Down by Law.

ahehmAmericanzituhsen! This,varrrrrybaadfuryur
Cuntry! Varrrrrrrybaadfuryur
Cuntry!
Roberto Benigni in
Johnny Stecchenino.

DLW
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Posted 7/25/2003 4:02 PM (GMT -6)

I just saw T3(spoiler alert). I thought it wd be good to contrast it with MR. The special effects were alright, though lacking the grace of MR. I, fortunately, was able to cover my eyes before all of the bad parts where TX kills people, since I'm sensitive to violence.

Interestingly enough, it affirms both freewill(on the part of Arnold the cyborg) and predestination(the dude's coincidental meeting with his future wive, i.e., there was nothing that could be done about the coming of judgement day.).

Apparently, T1's exercise of free-will was just part of predestination. A very classical-theistic movie.

I also found out Arnold's big line for if he gets elected gov'r of California. He will say to Gray Davis, "You are now officially terminated."

I also bought some DVD classics. Faraway, So Close! The German film where an angel becomes human and ultimately gives his life so others can live. And two joint films:The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ(1905) and From the Manger to the Cross(1912). These are black and white classics that apparently were made for the purpose of evangelism at the beginning of the century. I will let you know how they are when I watch them.

dlw

I-uh-scream-uh,
You-uh-scream-uh,
We-all-uh-sceam-uh for
Ice-uh-cream-uh!!!

Roberto Bernigni in
Down by Law.

ahehmAmericanzituhsen! This,varrrrrybaadfuryur
Cuntry! Varrrrrrrybaadfuryur
Cuntry!
Roberto Benigni in
Johnny Stecchenino.

Edited by - DLW on 07/26/2003 12:52:03 PM

PotOnWheel
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Posted 7/29/2003 4:30 AM (GMT -6)

http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/june01/JUN01.html

DLW
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Posted 8/6/2003 8:21 AM (GMT -6)

Saw the HBO movie, The Road to War last night and it moved me a lot. It was a hard movie to watch cause there were people there telling LBJ that this was not a good war to fight and that he should get out all along the way.

I quit watching it right before the segment where MLKjr and Bobby Kennedy were going to be assasinated in a relatively short period of time.

What a tragic time for our country.

Our faith in number-crunchers like McNamara led us to underestimate how people would be willing to give their lives for something they believed in, like the quaker who set himself on fire outside of McNamara's office-window.

very sad, but I think a film worth watching.

dlw

Niebuhr thought that sustained moral energy in politics depended on religion's power to mobilize reason along with self-transcending love. The prophetic tradition, meanwhile, gave Jews and Christians some protection against the temptation to identify their social causes with God's will. Lincoln's second inaugural address expressed the prophetic insight, "The almighty has His own purposes."

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