the brown bunny is a 2003 american independent art house drama film written , produced , shot , edited and directed by vincent gallo about a motorcycle racer on a cross-country drive who is haunted by memories of his former lover .

following its world premiere at the 2003 cannes film festival , the film garnered a great deal of media attention because of the explicit final scene between gallo and actress chloë sevigny , as well as a war of words between gallo and film critic roger ebert , who stated that the brown bunny was the worst film in the history of cannes , although he later gave a re-edited version his signature " thumbs up " .

the film stars gallo and sevigny in the two central roles , as well as a cameo performance by american former model cheryl tiegs .

it was photographed with handheld 16 mm cameras in various locations throughout the united states , including new hampshire , massachusetts , ohio , missouri , utah , nevada , and california .

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the brown bunny <EOT> the brown bunny ( film 2003 ) . | cinema | pinterest | bunny , films and movie

“i loved the ‘ the brown bunny ’ ! the insects on the windshield…” waters shouted back .

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more dull than hypnotic , the brown bunny is a pretentious and self - indulgent bore .

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but seiichi tsukada , an executive at kinetique , the japanese company that provided the financing for the brown bunny , told the observer that “i was at cannes . i felt injustice . the bashing in cannes is not for brown bunny . i think they’re bashing vincent . i don’t know why . ”

movie actress chloe sevigny has been dumped by the william morris agency , because of her unsimulated oral sex scene in controversial movie brown bunny .

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since this is the 10th anniversary and all , let me make the requisite case for the brown bunny being generally misunderstood and underappreciated . understand that i’m not here to recommend the brown bunny , because it’s not a movie i’d expect anyone to like or even be able to finish . instead , i’d like to merely acknowledge that it exists , because people sometimes forget that movies like the brown bunny can still exist and find an audience .

actress chloe sevigny insists her graphic sex scene in the upcoming movie the brown bunny will make " more sense " when audiences get to see it .

mr . tsukada declined to comment , but did say that kinetique had gotten offers from independent distributors to release the brown bunny in the u . s .

the details of the ebert - gallo feud have been rehashed many times : ebert eviscerated the brown bunny ; gallo responded by putting a curse on ebert’s prostate and calling him a “fat pig with the physique of a slave trader” ; ebert said footage of his own colonoscopy would be more entertaining than the brown bunny . what doesn’t get rehashed as much is that when ebert watched a new version of the brown bunny with 26 minutes excised from the cannes version , he actually liked the movie . “it is said that editing is the soul of the cinema ; in the case of the brown bunny , it is its salvation , ” he wrote upon the theatrical release . over the years , the brown bunny seemed to have stuck with ebert ; he referenced the film in his review of paul thomas anderson’s the master , of all places . ( judging by the star rating , ebert liked the reedited bunny more than the master . )

' the brown bunny ' has received strong backlash from cannes film festival critics for an oral sex scene , although actress chloe sevigny is annoyed by the response .

“the brown bunny” to be “the worst film in the history of the festival . ” the war of words got personal , as the two traded insults over the course of the next few months , and included gallo

" i will one day be thin , but vincent gallo will always be the director of the brown bunny " . r . i . p . roger ebert .

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i can’t recall the last time i’ve seen a film with so much nasty critical baggage , let alone one selected for the toronto international film festival , as vincent gallo’s the brown bunny .

this week marks the 10th anniversary of the brown bunny ’s theatrical release , which occurred 15 months after roger ebert called it the worst film to ever play the cannes film festival , more or less sealing the film’s commercial and critical fate . i didn’t realize the anniversary was coming up when i opted to rewatch the brown bunny . no , i decided to watch the brown bunny just because i had been thinking about it a lot lately . i wanted to see it for fun . basically , my face hurt and i was compensating by applying a narcotic glaze ; the brown bunny had given me a similar feeling in the past without the benefit of oral surgery and drugs . it seemed like a natural element to introduce into my headspace at the time .

through flashbacks , mr . gallo said the viewer learns that bud is in a “real relationship” with daisy , played by ms . sevigny . the brown bunny of the title is her pet .

the brown bunny stars gallo as a brooding biker on a cross - country odyssey through the us , who finds himself haunted by memories of an ex - girlfriend ( chloe sevigny ) .

do you hear that drag performers of the world ? someone start working on a proper sevigny drag homage . the woman deserves it after all the world put her through for that brown bunny scene .

, with another of bunny ' s sisters , shirley , making andrew his nephew .

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2004 second edition in standard jewel case . different black & white cover art . the first 5 tracks are from the film the brown bunny . the last 5 tracks were written before the movie and used as inspiration during filming .

the movie has provoked outrage because it features a graphic ten minute scene in which sevigny actually performs fellatio on real - life former lover and brown bunny co - star / director vincent gallo .

actor - director vincent gallo has denied apologising for his derided road movie the brown bunny - and dismissed us film critic roger ebert as a " fat pig " for saying that he did .

so if you ever meet gallo - and his handful of champions want him to bring brown bunny to the edinburgh film festival in august - do the guy a favour and say you were mightily impressed .

the man with the velvet voice , singer extraordinaire joel “bunny” brown has been involved in the music business from 1972 . bunny first started singing in the church at age 9 in the junior choir and this lit a thirst for performing that is still burning bright . he continued in the church and school choir and he became a member of “the falcons band” . as the lead vocalist he introduced dennis brown as another vocalist , who became the crown price of reggae . bunny went on to form a vocal and dance group called the chosen few with errol brown , franklyn spence and richard mcdonald . derrick harriott produced a hit album titled “hit after hit” with five number one singles : “ebony eyes” , “you’re a big girl now” , “shaft” , “queen majesty” and “everybody plays the fool” . bunny brown was the lead vocalist on all of these singles except “shaft” .

mr . gallo took issue with a piece in the trade magazine screen international that reported the filmmaker had “apologised” to “financiers and audiences for his film the brown bunny , which had a disastrous reception at cannes . ”

first edition in hard cover digipak package with photo booklet attached . also comes with insert . the first 5 tracks are from the film the brown bunny . the last 5 tracks were written before the movie and used as inspiration during filming .

now the rest of the movie makes sense . why bud clay stops to talk to / kiss girls who have names of flowers . lilly . daisy . violet . rose . the " brown bunny " was daisy ' s bunny . it makes sense that clay looks depressed throughout the whole movie . * / spoilers end *

for the record los angeles times thursday august 05 , 2004 home edition main news part a page 2 national desk 1 inches ; 44 words type of material : correction " brown bunny " - - an article about vincent gallo ' s " the brown bunny " in wednesday ' s calendar section said the theatrical version of the movie was 26 minutes longer than the one screened at the cannes film festival in 2003 . the theatrical version is 26 minutes shorter .

bad bunny never took formal music lessons , nor studied any instruments . he is a singer ,

responsible , i never lacked food or anything material , “reveals bad bunny about his personal life .

it’s possible to attach a lot of big thoughts to this film . the brown bunny can be viewed as a depiction of the neediness and alienation at the core of traditional masculinity . its final scene is perhaps best read as a critique of pornographic imagery , and a demonstration of how disturbing real live sex onscreen can be when human feeling isn’t forcibly removed . but more than anything , the brown bunny is a movie about a person who spends a lot of time staring out of car windows , and it intends to evoke the feelings one has when spending a lot of time staring out of car windows . it’s the opposite of pretentious — the brown bunny is exactly what it purports to be .

today , bunny resides in kingston and on a farm located in the interior of jamaica ( saint thomas ) , according to bob marley ' s official website . bunny wailer and beverley kelso are the only surviving members of the original wailers .

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and though merideth finn , director of acquisitions and producer for fine line in new york , said the film was not right for her company , she found the brown bunny a “really interesting film” that came from “a good place . ”

the album is now released and is doing very well in europe . the taste of jamaican life was invigorating to bunny who threw himself into recording , production and promotion and quickly became a jamaican household name for the second time . among his projects since his return home has been the production of an album “father and son” with daniel brown , the son of the late superstar dennis brown .

chloe sevigny is the subject of playboy ' s january 20q feature , and in the interview she talks about the final season of ' big love , ' her infamous oral sex scene in ' brown bunny ' and her frustrations dating in new york .

bunny wailer toured with the wailers in england and the united states , but soon became reluctant to leave jamaica . he and tosh became more marginalized in the group as the wailers became an international success , and attention was increasingly focused on marley . bunny subsequently left the wailers in 1973

if staring at landscapes while listening to sad songs is something you do all the time , then you already “get” the brown bunny . this movie might even end up being a good friend that you can hang out with without speaking to all that much .

going by the standard playbook of movie publicity , these initiatives may seem ill - advised , even crazy . but ' ' the brown bunny ' ' is , of course , not a standard film . and mr . gallo is not a standard filmmaker .

maybe this is just an impossible movie to talk about . merely describing it sounds like criticism . just trust me when i say that the brown bunny is a comfort when you’ve been maimed and drugged , and i mean that as a compliment .

“it happened , " she says . " i wish i had the confidence i had now . i was insecure . everyone says , ‘what do you regret ? ’ and i know that they want me to say the brown bunny , but i won’t . ”

in spite of the fighting talk , gallo seems devastated by the hostile reception to brown bunny . the viciousness of the attack on ebert ( made all the more unpleasant by ebert ' s announcement that he did indeed have cancer ) seems less like gallo ' s humour than a sign that the man is unravelling .

gallo spoke about taking the film to cannes , changes that were made to the final cut , the sex scene , and the brown bunny billboard that he designed for sunset blvd . , which was taken down less than a week after it went up because of the reaction by some to the advertisement’s graphic content .

it fills me with great sadness that the incredibly harsh reception this film received effectively killed vincent gallo’s career and desire to work again in the film industry . between buffalo 66 and the brown bunny he’s proven to be one of my favourite filmmakers , and his command of material and…

pity " the brown bunny , " vincent gallo ' s cinematic meditation about emotions that just won ' t die . early screenings were disastrous . gallo has been pilloried for his self - indulgence and self - promotion , charges inflamed by a controversial sunset boulevard billboard showing the writer - director receiving oral pleasure from co - star chloe sevigny . in short , " the brown bunny ' s " prerelease hype has been bad enough to be good : who doesn ' t want to see a movie that evokes such extremism ?

cad never got back to me , but out of the blue i got an email from gallo saying he would be interested in the doing the film , but " please , could you wait until i ' ve finished editing my movie " . the rumour in la was that the editing of brown bunny was not going well . bitchy stories on the internet referred to the film as brown turkey , and gallo was tearing his hair out trying to turn the film around in the edit .

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bunny also recorded “strawberry letter 23” as a solo artiste . this recording went to the top 30 on the british charts . it was following this success with emi records , that bunny was featured in the village voice and went to america to promote the single . while in america bunny brown toured with heatwave , performing with earth , wind & fire , the o’jays , billy joel , evelyn “champagne” king and yoko ono . in the studio he worked with luther van dross ( recording commercial jingles ) , curtis blow , the main ingredients , lisa fisher and manhattan transfer’s kenwood dennard and delmar brown . he also recorded an album “funky weekend” produced by tony sylvester of the main ingredients which was never released because of contractual agreements .

“i was with chloë every minute , ” mr . gallo said . “and i never saw her cry . ” ms . sevigny’s publicist , amanda horton , concurred and also pointed out that the brown bunny received a standing ovation that she put at 10 minutes .

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actor and musician vincent gallo takes on the role of writer , director , editor , cinematographer , and star with his second filmmaking effort , the brown bunny . motorcycle racer bud clay ( gallo ) drives his van across the country in search of his lost love , daisy ( chloë sevigny ) . he stops at her parents ' house and sees the brown bunny she left behind . along the rest of the way , he stops for gas , rides his bike , and makes out with a woman at a roadside rest area ( cheryl tiegs ) . he meets up with daisy when he finally arrives in los angeles , leading to the revelatory conclusion in his hotel room . the brown bunny premiered in competition at the 2003 cannes film festival in a working cut of 119 minutes that was widely panned ; a 93 minute final edit was shown at subsequent festivals and premiered in the united states in the summer of 2004 .

chloe sevigny has received strong backlash towards her recent film ' the brown bunny ' , after critics attacked her over an oral sex scene . the actress is upset by the critical response to the scene between her and vincent gallo , defending it as " romantic " and " beautiful " , as opposed to gratuitous .

there were other , more positive reactions , too . according to a urltoken translation of france’s le monde , the paper’s film critic wrote that though the brown bunny was not “a masterpiece , ” it was a “beautiful film , dense , courageous , singular , inventing its own form . ”

critics who saw the film last autumn at the venice and toronto festivals walked in expecting the disaster they ' d read about from cannes . here is bill chambers of film freak central , writing from toronto : " ebert catalogued his mainstream biases ( unbroken takes : bad ; non - classical structure : bad ; name actresses being aggressively sexual : bad ) . . . and then had a bigger delusion of grandeur than ' the brown bunny ' s ' gallo - centric credit assignations : ' i will one day be thin but vincent gallo will always be the director of ' the brown bunny . ' "

cannes is the place where chloë sevigny gained notoriety in 2003 , when the brown bunny featured the actress and vincent gallo in an unsimulated fellatio scene . how times have changed in the intervening period ; this week i met with the 41 - year - old in cannes , where kitty , the short film that she directed , is closing the critics’ week section of the festival .

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on friday , i had three wisdom teeth pulled out of my skull and was subsequently prescribed vicodin for the pain . a few days later , i decided to revisit the brown bunny , vincent gallo’s hugely divisive , deeply weird , and conspicuously bugs - splattered road movie . you could say these things were related .

the brown bunny is definitely not the worst movie i ' ve seen ( that honour goes to another sevigny film , gummo ) , but it certainly is the most controversial i’ve seen in recent memory . at the very least , gallo should be commended for offering something brash and new - even though the film may never see the light of day at a theatre near you .

' ' i think that was the scariest three days of my life , ' ' mr . gallo said , of the sex scene , filmed in a motel room , adding : ' ' if people are sitting there watching ' the brown bunny ' and waiting for the motel scene , then i just can ' t relate to them . ' '

here ' s the rub . the edited version of " the brown bunny , " roughly 30 minutes shorter than the one that sparked audience mayhem at the cannes film festival , is a good film . self - indulgent ? sure , but it ' s equally self - loathing . an idiosyncratic document of sexual obsession and guilt , it alienates as easily as it mesmerizes .

irony . no matter how bad a rabbit is , it must be tender . i’m not bad or good , just a bad bunny . “

mr . ebert also e - mailed me a copy of a piece he wrote for the sun - times , which was scheduled to run on june 4 . in it , he wrote : “i had a colonoscopy once , and they let me watch it on tv . it was more entertaining than ‘the brown bunny . ' ”

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at the time the controversy appeared to threaten her career , and she was terminated from her agency . this weekend sevigny appeared at provincetown international film festival to promote her first directorial effort kitty , a short film about a girl who transforms into a cat . in conversation with indiewire at the event about her latest achievement , the brown bunny controversy was dragged up again .

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sex isn ' t the point of " the brown bunny , " a film about intimacy and relationships , maintains ryan werner , head of theatrical distribution for wellspring . his company acquired the movie a year after cannes . the landmark chain , he says , has been particularly supportive , booking the movie for a two - week run at the nuart in los angeles and a prime art house in manhattan . on sept . 3 , " bunny " is set to expand to boston , chicago and san francisco , and could be playing in the top 15 markets by the following week .

neither an atrocity nor a revelation , ' ' the brown bunny ' ' is a very watchable , often beautiful - looking attempt by mr . gallo to reproduce the kind of loosely structured mood pieces that found american and select foreign - language cinemas of the 1960 ' s and 70 ' s often at their most adventurous , with monte hellman ' s 1971 ' ' two - lane blacktop ' ' the most obvious touchstone . like mr . hellman ' s laid - back masterpiece , ' ' the brown bunny ' ' begins with a race ( mr . hellman ' s driver wins , mr . gallo ' s motorcyclist loses ) and quickly tries for an air of cool detachment . but while mr . hellman ' s directing remains consistently detached no matter how hot the cars or emotional entanglements , mr . gallo is happy to lavish his lead performer with love , perhaps because in addition to serving as the director , writer , producer , editor and director of photography on ' ' the brown bunny , ' ' mr . gallo is also the film ' s star .

profound and deep melancholy filtered through a meandering and fragmented lens . the first hour of the brown bunny drifts along hypnotically through highways and sunsets , and our protagonist bud clay appears directionless and empty as the roads he drives . until of course we eventually settle in on the inevitable final half hour where he is forced to confront the thing he has been simultaneously running from and ploughing headfirst towards .

the only british hope , peter greenaway ' s the tulse luper suitcases , which will be shown today , is a 50 - 1 outsider . one hopeful soul has even placed a euro on gallo ' s aforementioned brown bunny at 1 , 000 - 1 . mr malcolm invoked the bookie ' s sacred oath of omerta when pressed on who this might be .

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in scenes like this , " the brown bunny " works like an expressionist painting in motion , where empty external landscapes reflect bud ' s devastated internal geography . the camera links the two by alternating skewed close - ups with detached distance , effectively inviting the viewer into the character ' s alienated mind . it ' s a sad and lonesome place , and it gets sadder and more lonesome as the movie progresses .

hey folks , harry here . . . wow . . . ya know , i don ' t believe i can remember reading a single review of the brown bunny from this year ' s cannes that said the film was a blow - up from a vhs copy and unfinished . that ' s a pretty major detail to not include in the slams . it ' s odd , from this review , it sounds like brown bunny is a remake of girl on a motorcycle , but guy on a motorcycle . i ' m very curious to see this film now . also , i don ' t know if chloe sevigny has ever been as adorable looking as in these pictures below .

gallo doesn ' t have an agent . he uses a trusted friend who lives on sunset boulevard called cad to field requests for him . cad told me that vincent was deep in editing his new movie brown bunny , the long - awaited follow - up to buffalo 66 . " how much you paying him ? " cad asked .

in may of 2003 i walked out of the press screening of vincent gallo ' s " the brown bunny " at the cannes film festival and was asked by a camera crew what i thought of the film . i said i thought it was the worst film in the history of the festival . that was hyperbole - - i hadn ' t seen every film in the history of the festival - - but i was still vibrating from one of the most disastrous screenings i had ever attended .

the negative reaction had little , if anything , to do with the brown bunny ‘s fabled sex scene . mr . ebert wrote in one of his dispatches from cannes : “the film consists of an unendurable 90 minutes of uneventful banality . ” in another , he wrote that if “gallo had thrown away all of the rest of the movie and made the sevigny scene into a short film , he would have had something . ”

controversy is nothing new to gallo ' s " the brown bunny , " an unfinished version of which elicited boos at the 2003 cannes film festival . film critic roger ebert called it the worst picture ever to be screened at the event . dismissing the possibility it could land a distributor , entertainment weekly ' s lisa schwarzbaum wrote : " no one in america will ever see a frame of this film . "

but then a funny thing happened . gallo went back into the editing room and cut 26 minutes of his 118 - minute film , or almost a fourth of the running time . and in the process he transformed it . the film ' s form and purpose now emerge from the miasma of the original cut , and are quietly , sadly , effective . it is said that editing is the soul of the cinema ; in the case of " the brown bunny , " it is its salvation .

' ' if you go to see ' the brown bunny ' without hating me - - or resenting me as a filmmaker - - then there ' s a beautiful film there , ' ' he said . ' ' but if you can ' t get past your feelings about me , then you can ' t see that . ' '

" the brown bunny , " though , is pretty in its own way . it ' s a somber poem of a film sure to frustrate those who prefer resolution to ambiguity . controversial hype aside , that indeterminacy is its primary draw . what ' s unsolvable makes us think , and , like an inscrutably bad dream , lingers on .

the movie was howled out of cannes last year . filmmaker vincent gallo and his leading lady , chloe sevigny , were practically led to the film critics ' equivalent of a scaffold . it wasn ' t pretty . people hated , just hated " the brown bunny . " of course , everyone managed to fit the movie into their schedule , since the movie also had a graphic sex act in its final section .

i was pleasantly surprised to discover that vincent gallo ' s notorious the brown bunny isn ' t a horrible film . though the film may be surprising , it isn ' t by any stretch pleasant . gallo ' s effort—which he wrote , directed , edited , and produced ( among other duties ) —is a sincere one , and arguably a good one : a psychological snapshot of a damaged loner as seen in contrast to the girl who means everything to him . eagerly defiant of audience expectations , gallo takes the long way around to his physically and emotionally raw " climax . " even the brown bunny ' s defenders will have to admit it ' s a vanity project ; the film ' s detractors—and who but the director would blame them ? —can ' t get on gallo ' s trip .

to dispatch with the obvious : as movie newshounds and numerous los angeles drivers know , ' ' the brown bunny ' ' features a sexual act between the director and his co - star chloë sevigny that ' s generally found in bedrooms and wherever else people have sex as well as in those disposable entertainments shelved in the back room of your local video store . earlier this month , a blurred image from the scene in question , branded with a lurid ( and spurious ) xxx rating , loomed in a billboard above los angeles ' s sunset boulevard , causing a teapot media tempest during an otherwise slow movie - news month . the sign was taken down after several days , but its provocation lingers , principally because a budget - conscious movie like ' ' the brown bunny ' ' needs manufactured controversy as much as the entertainment media does .

a “fat pig with the physique of a slave trader , ” and ebert responding with , “it is true that i am fat , but one day i will be thin , and he will still be the director of ‘the brown bunny . ’ ” it was all settled when gallo entered a new cut of the film at the toronto film festival ( 26 minutes shorter , but blowjob scene intact ) , which ebert respected much more . while

urltoken was present at the 2004 press roundtable for filmmaker vincent gallo ' s controversial film , the brown bunny . infamously , famed film critic roger ebert called the original version , which played at the 2003 cannes film festival , " the worst film in the history of cannes . " gallo cut the film by 25 minutes , which was enough for ebert to then give the re - edited version a positive review . the film stars gallo and chloe sevigny , and features an unsimulated sex scene that drew outcry and was released unrated .

in the next few days , mr . ebert may help mr . gallo’s film even more , though probably not intentionally . the day after mr . gallo strafed the film critic on page six , the same column reported that mr . ebert was “crafting a reply” to mr . gallo that he would air on the nationally syndicated tv show that he co - hosts with film critic richard roeper - a response that is sure to draw even more attention to the brown bunny .

' ' the brown bunny ' s ' ' path to public ignominy began in earnest at the 2003 cannes film festival , where it received a hostile , noisily rude reception from the press at its premiere . merit aside , the larger trouble with that fateful screening wasn ' t mr . gallo ' s artistry or his ego , both in evidence and subjected to attack , but context . shown in competition rather than in one of the festival ' s less prestigious , less visible programs , ' ' the brown bunny ' ' was savaged by a media all too happy to give the dregs of hollywood and official art - house cinema a free pass . the hullabaloo did furnish the bored press comic relief , always a good thing during a lackluster festival . and now , many months later , it has inspired mr . gallo to claim that the much - derided version presented at cannes was , in actuality , unfinished .

people are grossly offended by that one scene , dismiss the whole idea of the film and unbothered to give a fair criticism to the film itself . if anything that ending is the most exciting part of the movie after a long tedious “ride” . it’s mostly misunderstood , and rejected by many due to the infamous exchange of insults between vincent , the director , and roger eberts . nonetheless , the portrayal of a psychologically broken man is quite intense . what’s hard to grasp was the the decision making the brown bunny into a feature length , it would’ve been utterly fine as an hour short film .

the brown bunny came to international attention when critics blasted a rough cut of it at last year ' s cannes film festival . it was essentially a movie where a guy drove around for a long time , then got a blowjob . even more famous was the mini - war of the words between writer / director / star vincent gallo and film critic roger ebert , which ended with ebert calling a film of his colonoscopy more enjoyable than the brown bunny . later , to keep the flames of self - promotion burning , gallo put up a billboard of co - star chloe sevigny fellating him in hollywood , with the actual act just out of view . he recut the film , allegedly trimming close to half an hour of him driving around , and the final result is not as bad as what initially screened . there is decent amount of emotion in the film , but it still comes off as self - indulgent and boring .

the year was 2003 and people thought chloë sevigny ' s acting career was over almost as soon as it had begun . the former downtown it girl and sassy magazine intern rose to wider fame thanks to 1996 ' s kids , picked up an oscar nomination in 2000 for boys don ' t cry , gained status as a queen of indie cinema , and then took a part in 2003 ' s brown bunny .

not that the film was lacking a profile . even before mr . gallo had set foot in the south of france , the brown bunny had become a topic of much discussion once word leaked that the film culminated in a scene in which mr . gallo’s co - star chloë sevigny , whom he once briefly dated , gives him a very real - looking blowjob . but by the time mr . gallo and ms . sevigny traversed the red carpet at the grand theatre lumiere - capacity 3 , 200 - for the film’s official may 21 premiere , the advance word on the brown bunny had grown much uglier . the first press screening of the film , which had occurred the previous evening - mr . gallo was not there - “was remarkable for the unrestrained hostility of the audience , ” wrote new york times film critic a . o . scott , who noted among the reactions to the film that “every time” mr . gallo’s “name appeared in the end credits ( which was often ) , they whistled some more , and gave voice to that french form of abuse that sounds like a cross between the lowing of a cow and the hooting of an owl . ”

she could have gone hollywood then . she could have gone romcom , happy endings , sides of buses , but instead , after a handful of critically acclaimed roles in leftfield , " difficult " films including american psycho and lars von trier ' s dogville , she agreed to perform unsimulated oral sex on co - star and director vincent gallo in 2003 ' s the brown bunny . the film was panned , loudly , with sevigny ' s scene the punchline to many critics ' jokes . the new york times , however , asked readers to " give the woman credit… she says her lines with feeling and puts her iconoclasm right out there where everyone can see it . she may be nuts , " wrote manohla dargis , " but she ' s also unforgettable . " her agents saw things differently , and after the brown bunny ' s release at the cannes film festival dropped her as a client .

undaunted , we track gallo down to the cannes film festival a month later , where he has flown in with the finished cans of film for brown bunny . he believes that if he entrusts them to anyone else , he will be screwed over in some way or a copy will appear suddenly on the internet . he is in a foul mood , we are told by a publicist . this is not a good time to approach him .

their reaction has been chronicled endlessly , filling a new chapter in the gallo legend : they hooted and hollered ; roger ebert afterward called the movie the worst in the festival ' s history . mr . gallo later called mr . ebert a ' ' fat pig ' ' and said that with the help of the filmmaker kenneth anger he had put a curse on the critic ' s prostate or maybe his colon . mr . ebert responded that he had enjoyed watching a video of his own colonoscopy more than ' ' the brown bunny . ' '

“i felt like , on a certain level , he wanted to remove himself from calling [ the brown bunny ] the worst film ever made , ” gallo told the a . v . club in 2004 . “and the new version gave him an opportunity , because it was different from when he saw it . so he could say , ‘the film got a lot better . you made some really important changes . ’ the truth is , those changes could not possibly take the film from that extreme to another extreme . it just couldn’t . ”

we might only imagine how peeved some republicans are that vincent gallo has named himself one of them . the former calvin klein model and recent guest star in jay - z and mark romanek ' s music video , " 99 problems , " made something of a hubbub in may when his second film , the brown bunny , screened at cannes , to catcalls and walkouts , and roger ebert ' s much - quoted declaration that it was the " worst film in the history of the festival . "

vincent gallo ' s self - indulgent experiment that succeeds on some levels and fails on others . controversial because of the " real " sex scenes , the brown bunny has limited mainstream appeal and a growing cult following . the problem here is that gallo has about 30 minutes of good material and about 90 minutes of screen time to fill . characters take literally minutes to say two or three words . the end result is a film that ' s sometimes interesting and often excruciating .

bunny continued to tour and record , and also worked as a producer and arranger . he toured with “electric avenue” and “living on the frontline” star , eddie grant as well as on solo concerts . in 2003 , bunny was offered a production deal by sir coxsone dodd of studio one and returned to jamaica ( moving from atlanta his base for some years and where he introduced reggae to rapper “little john” ) to record the album , “ready for the world” .

mr . ebert , who pointed out that he’d recently lost 30 pounds , then looked up his reviews of mr . gallo’s acting performances and said he’d never given him a bad review until the brown bunny . “i look forward to giving him another review , ” mr . ebert said . “he’s a good actor , and as a director he’s batting . 500 right now . lots of directors don’t do that well . ”

for all his speed on wheels , bud can ' t move beyond the past . " the brown bunny " opens with a motorcycle race emblematic of bud ' s emotional stagnation : round and round he goes across the same terrain , only to lose in the final lap . later , during his drive toward los angeles , he tries to outrun his memories by riding to the vanishing point - - only to turn around and come back . he ' s a loser , but he can ' t lose himself .

the list of films that have been booed at the cannes film festival is long and illustrious : inglourious basterds , twin peaks : fire walk with me , antichrist , the brown bunny , the tree of lif e and even martin scorsese ' s taxi driver , which was jeered when it won the festival ' s palme d ' or in 1976 . now you can add nicholas winding refn ' s the neon demon to that list , which premiered to a chorus of “resounding boos” following its premiere at the festival on thursday . now i want to see it more .

i can’t help but wonder what would’ve happened to gallo’s career if ebert had been a little more charitable early on to such an obviously deliberate , uncompromising film . make no mistake : i don’t blame ebert for the implosion of gallo’s career . gallo is a narcissist , and ebert calling the brown bunny the worst film to play cannes fed that narcissism . it encouraged gallo to embrace the worst , most bombastic sides of himself in the press , which ran contrary to ( and played a primary role in suffocating ) the slow , meandering movie he made .

however , he also had a dancehall / rockers edge that was best exemplified by the album bunny wailer sings the wailers in which he re - interprets some of the wailers material as a solo roots singer backed by a solid sly & robbie based roots reggae grouping . the album produced by bunny wailer , was recorded at harry j studio . some of these tracks are re - worked classic wailers tracks ( e . g . " dreamland " — a cover of el tempos ' " my dream island " with slightly reworked lyrics that became bunny ' s signature song . this was first recorded in 1966 by clement coxsone dodd , and later in 1970 with lee " scratch " perry , then , released as a 7 " in 1971 with a u - roy version on the b - side ) . another classic is " dancing shoes " , first recorded in the mid - 1960s as a driving ska / soul classic with bunny wailer as lead vocal .

it ' s the kind of question mr . gallo has been wrestling with over the last year or so , since his second movie , ' ' the brown bunny , ' ' had its premiere at the 2003 cannes film festival . he says the movie - - which is finally being released , on aug . 27 , in new york and los angeles - - is ' ' the most beautiful thing i ' ve ever done in my life . ' ' but during a now - notorious press screening at cannes , viewers found little beauty in it .

bing bunny is a very special project for us here in brown bag films ; we helped develop and design bing’s supporting cast in the early development stages , and are now in full swing of episodic production . working with acamar and tandem has been a thoroughly collaborative and rewarding endeavor . to bring bing to the screen , we are utilizing high end cg and have an incredibly talented and committed team putting their extensive experience into creating a series we believe bing’s audience will truly love .

· it has never happened before , and we may have to wait another 40 years for it to happen again . vincent gallo , the outrageous actor - director who fired both winona ryder and kirsten dunst before they even stepped onto the set of his film brown bunny , has apologised . not to them obviously , nor to christina ricci , anjelica huston and just about everyone else he has worked with in hollywood whom he insulted in the space of one , short press conference - but to the critics for his interminable film .

faithful readers will know that i admire long takes , especially by ozu , that i hunger for non - classical structure , and that i have absolutely nothing against sex in the cinema . in quoting my line about one day being thin , chambers might in fairness have explained that i was responding to gallo calling me a " fat pig " - - and , for that matter , since i made that statement i have lost 86 pounds and gallo is indeed still the director of " the brown bunny . "

not surprisingly , the film immediately acquired a sort of cult cachet . it became the rocky horror bunny show . since then , gallo , best known for his self - made indie " buffalo ' 66 , " has shaved off a good half - hour from the movie . there was a heck of a lot of driving in the original . and a large number of self - absorbed shots of gallo in this virtually one - character movie . now there ' s just a lot of driving , and the plot gets to its points quicker . it ' s hard to say if " the brown bunny " is any better . but it does roll by faster . the result : a strangely watchable oddity , whose deeper mysteries are known only to gallo , who wrote , directed , edited , produced and even co - filmed the indie film .

whether this payoff is enough for viewers to appreciate the brown bunny is questionable . but it certainly was ample for me to give it a recommendation . gallo effectively introduces a complicated character that certainly has his demons . his film style of deliberately misframing shots and using real - time sequences are deliberate attempts to depart from conventional filmmaking . indeed , his boldness is certainly punctuated when he captures sevigny actually performing felacio on him ( one sneaky audience member even took a still shot of the act ) .


how to beat the high cost of living is a 1980 american comedy film starring jane curtin , susan saint james and jessica lange .

also in the cast are dabney coleman , fred willard , richard benjamin , eddie albert , cathryn damon , and a cameo by jane curtin 's fellow saturday night live co-star garrett morris .

the movie was released in summer of 1980 , grossing approximately us $ 7.5 million .

this was the final american international pictures production before its merger with filmways .

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how to beat the high cost of living <EOT> how to beat the high cost of living . metro - goldwyn - meyer 1980 .

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the plot of how to beat the high cost of living ( 1980 ) is largely a reworking of the ' noir ' caper film the good die young ( 1954 ) . in addition to its female cast , the later film substitutes comedy for the bleak , pessmisitic ' noir ' ethos of the original , but the plotting of the story is still largely the same .

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oregon , 1980 : jane , elaine and louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford , as the title states , the high cost of living . jane cannot afford a babysitter or get . . . see full summary »

annual cost of in - home services : half weight ( ~ 3 . 57 points )

annual cost of adult day health care : full weight ( ~ 3 . 57 points )

total investment cost of the project may exceed hk $ 26 billion inclusive of the land cost . henderson’s shares closed 0 . 5 per cent higher at hk $ 50 . 20 before the tender result was announced .

susan saint james jane curtin & jessica lange film title how to beat the high cost of living directed by robert scheerer film company aip 11 july 1980 - * * warning * * this photograph is the copyright of the film company and / or the photographer assigned by or authorised by / allowed on the set by the film company at that time of this production & can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above film . a mandatory credit to the film company ( and photographer if known ) is required .

share of population aged 65 & older living alone : full weight ( ~ 1 . 79 points )

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share of population aged 65 & older living below poverty level : full weight ( ~ 1 . 79 points )

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the developer , owned by hong kong’s second - wealthiest family , beat out eight competitors to buy the first piece of prime commercial land offered for sale in central in two decades .

to help americans plan an affordable retirement while maintaining the best quality of life , wallethub’s analysts compared the retiree - friendliness of the 150 largest u . s . cities across 40 key metrics . our data set ranges from cost of living to retired taxpayer - friendliness to availability of recreational activities . read on for our findings , expert retirement advice and a full description of our methodology .

( 2 ) separation from known evil ( 14 : 5 ; 15 : 8 , 16 - 17 ) . i understand 14 : 5 , which says that asa removed the high places when compared with 15 : 17 , which says the high places were not removed , to mean that asa tried to remove all the high places , but that he wasn’t totally successful . but his heart was right .

setup fundamentals : you’ve done your scouting . you’ve gotten your gear . here’s how to set up and make the shot .

south african police beat women with clubs in durban , south africa , on on april 17 , 1962 , when the women raided and set fire to a beer hall in protest of police action against their home brewing activities .

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as with leasing rates , the cost of hunting ground varies widely depending on location and the perceived quality of the property . typically , the price is determined on a per - acre basis . if shopping , check around for land prices in your area , keeping in mind the location and layout . fifty acres of prime , tillable farm land may cost significantly more than 100 acres of clear - cut thicket , for example ( even though the clear - cut thicket may provide better hunting ) . increasingly , the hunting value is being considered in the overall per - acre cost of land in many areas .

parents of students picket glenfield junior high school in montclair , new jersey , to dramatize their effort to improve education for the school ' s students , 90 percent of whom are african - american , in montclair , new jersey , prior to the school board ' s decision on august 22 , 1962 to divide glenfield ' s 182 students among the wealthy suburb ' s three other high schools .

readers of wallethub will live longer than the average american . more education , income , and wealth are all correlated with longer life expectancies . readers in good health should seriously consider the possibility of living to 95 or 100 .

but seeking the lord means separation , not just from blatant evil , but also from the subtle evil of the “high places” of modern christianity , where we’ve brought the world into the church . we need to be gracious and gentle , but no matter how graciously and gently you chop down someone’s sacred shrine , you aren’t going to be popular with everyone !

a high wall of concrete blocks , topped with barbed wire , divides sebastian strasse in the kreuzberg district of berlin , germany , on february 15 , 1962 . to the left is the american sector and beyond the wall to the right is the russian sector .

many disabilities associated with advanced years cannot be addressed with pharmaceuticals or high - tech procedures ; caregivers are required . providing personal care for an aged invalid is a task few wish to undertake . already many lists of careers with the most job openings are headed by “caregiver” or “nurse’s aide , ” professions in which turnover is high .

with cost being a significant factor in retirement , our analysis assumes retirees will rely on a fixed income . the lower their expenses , the better retirees will fare in a particular city .

c h spurgeon comments of john kitto ' s work on judges writing that it is " exceedingly meritorious . refer to it frequently . " high praise from the prince of preachers ! ( commenting and commentaries )

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new defined contribution plans have replaced the previously mentioned defined benefit plans . these plans put nearly all the “pressure to perform” on the employee’s contribution and investment choices . employers do , usually , offer some type of matching contribution and it is very important that employees understand how it works and how to take full advantage of that option .

" my hope is that people think about how this is more than a transaction , " says one family therapist .

if you rent a tiller every year , the fees will soon equal what a new tool would cost . plus , owning a tiller means no more working with one eye on the clock .

there are 3 hospitals in sioux falls , sd where neither are recognized in any noticeable medical arena . please define how this location comes in at # 1 in healthcare and if this ranking was driven by external metrics , how was the data validated .

verses 13 and 14 give the conclusion toward which the evidence led asaph . if god is not blessing the righteous and cursing the wicked , the very thing promised in the old testament law ( deut . 27–28 ) , then what was the good of being righteous ? the cost of remaining pure was exceedingly high and the rewards for which asaph had looked went to the wicked instead . righteousness seemingly was not rewarded but punished . such religion certainly appeared to be vain . it looked contradictory to both god’s covenant and common sense .

124 there are two major ways of interpreting verses 10 - 14 . the first is to understand that it is the followers of the wicked who are speaking in verses 10 - 14 . they come to the conclusion of verse 11 ( how can god know ? ) and they justify it on the basis of their observations of the wicked , which are expressed in verses 12 - 13 . the wicked , they conclude , are getting away with it , and even prospering in their sin . they decide that godliness is in vain , and that god really doesn’t care ( vv . 13 - 14 , v . 11 ) . like those addressed in the book of hebrews , it would seem that they considered the cost of obedience too high , and have determined to give up . “if you can’t beat ‘em , join ‘em . ” the psalmist speaks for himself , then , only in verse 15 . he considered joining his peers in abandoning his faith , but decided against it .

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but , of course , nolan didn’t set out to present history the way scholars do it . historians’ careers rest on perfect accuracy , and nuance and complication are prized—even at the high cost of turning away nonprofessional readers . so , nolan makes choices in assembling , and sometimes inventing , his facts that academics would not . let’s look at these choices made in the name of dramatizing experience and check them against the evidence as embodied by eyewitness accounts and documentary sources .

no . they were real , but the genuine ones weren’t in living technicolor . quickly churned out by intelligence officers behind the lines on commandeered newspaper presses , such pamphlets encouraging a surrounded enemy to surrender were used by all sides throughout the war .

well it ' s not quite that easy . unless it is . that is the beauty— and the frustration —of the rut . it can be the ultimate in roller coaster experiences . here ' s how to hunt it .

many of the social developments that improve longevity—better sanitation , less pollution , improved emergency rooms—are provided to all on an egalitarian basis . but today’s public high schools are dreadful in many inner - city areas , and broadly across states including california . legislatures are cutting support for public universities , while the cost of higher education rises faster than inflation . these issues are discussed in terms of fairness ; perhaps health should be added as a concern in the debate . if education is the trump card of longevity , the top quintile may pull away from the rest .

scouting is the foundation to consistent deer hunting success . whether you’re hunting a small 10 - acre patch of urban timber or larger expanses of farmland , the effort you assert in understanding your property and how the deer use it will largely determine the outcome of your season .

for years , the american social trend has been away from “constant interaction with other people”—fewer two - parent homes , fewer children per home , declining participation in religious and community activities , grandparents living on their own , electronic interaction replacing the face - to - face in everything from work to dating . prosperity is associated with smaller households , yet the large multigeneration home may be best for long life . there are some indications that the great recession increased multigeneration living . this may turn out to boost longevity , at least for a time .

each unit will also have an advertised range for the flash . this tells you how far away a deer can be from the unit and still be illuminated by the flash . the longer the range , the better .

numerous manufacturers sell crossbows that run the gamut of prices , although they are typically more expensive than the average compound . if you’re shopping for a crossbow and want to know how to pick one from another , check out these guidelines :

after toiling in the workplace for decades , it seems only natural to expect financial security in our golden years . but few of us can look forward to a cushy retirement . according to the employee benefit research institute’s 2017 retirement confidence survey , six in 10 workers reported feeling at least somewhat confident that they’ll have adequate finances to retire comfortably , but only 18 percent reported a high level of confidence . nearly four in 10 , in fact , have little or no retirement savings whatsoever . many are even worried about covering basic living expenses once they leave the workforce .

the best answer to the question of how much to replace in retirement is , “how much income do you want to have ? ” when an individual or couple is closer to retirement ( say , 5 - 10 years ) , they have a very good idea of what their actual expenses are , or will be in retirement . then you can add in specific expenses , such as vacation , health care costs , to customize a savings plan based on the actual income goals .

some of the best bird photography of the year—a collection of the 2018 winners and runners - up .

president john f . kennedy , left , is the subject of cameras as he arrives on january 19 , 1962 at new york ? s 46th street theatre to attend a performance of the broadway play , " how to succeed in business without really trying . "

so you ' ve figured out where to hunt , how to scout that location , chosen your bow and / or gun and are ready to roll . soon you ' ll likely need to make the most critical decision in deer hunting : where to place your shot .

trails . as you are walking the property , make note of the deer trails you run across and the directions they are going . they will provide insight on how deer travel between feeding and bedding areas .

the first step in hunting the rut is determining exactly what phase of the rut you ' re dealing with . not all does will be ready to breed at the same time . and this will definitely impact how the bucks you ' re hunting behave .

a biblical faith does not require nor permit us to deny any of the attributes of god . we maintain not only that god exists , but also that he is good and great , a rewarder of the righteous and a judge of the wicked . how , then , do we explain the problem of the suffering of the saints and the success of sinners ? the psalmist takes us through the steps of his personal struggle in verses 2 - 28 , from the low point of his doubts and protest to the pinnacle of his renewed devotion and praise .

quality optics are essential for deer hunting , and there are three primary types to consider : binoculars , spotting scopes and rangefinders . although not all of them are necessary in every hunting situation , each is useful enough to justify owning them all . in the past , deer hunters were forced to choose between cheap optics that were often junk , or high - quality glass that cost a small fortune . today , there are numerous middle - of - the - road binoculars , rangefinders and spotting scopes that will do the job effectively , but at reasonable prices .

christopher nolan’s dunkirk is likely to be the most widely seen or read depiction of history released in 2017 . so how does a british historian who teaches and writes about world war ii rate it as history ?

the more difficult aspect of trail camera use is deciding exactly where to put it and how many to use . there are no set rules for either . the best place to put a camera is the place where you think it will provide you with the information you ' re looking for .

“today’s tender result sets a new benchmark for the local property market , ” said denis ma , head of research at jll . “it will be interesting to see how this affects pricing in the property and stock markets . ”

this hobson ' s choice is imposing a high cost on both individuals and society . many professional women reject motherhood entirely ; in switzerland 40 % of them are childless . others delay child - bearing for so long that they are forced into the arms of the booming fertility industry . some choose not to work at all , representing a loss to collective investment in talent . but a choice must be made . a study of graduates of the university of chicago ' s booth school of business by marianne bertrand and her colleagues found that , ten to 16 years after graduating , just over half of those who had chosen to have children were working full - time . about a quarter were working part - time and just under a quarter had left the labour force . it also leaves many former high - flyers frustrated . another american study , this time of women who left work to have children , found that all but 7 % of them wanted to return to work . only 74 % managed to return , and just 40 % returned to full - time jobs .

the high places were hills where the canaanites set up altars and shrines to worship baal . the hebrews did not at first set up these shrines as blatant idolatry . rather , they looked at the way the pagans worshiped and said , “hey , that’s a good idea - - let’s bring that into our worship of yahweh . ” and so true worship was subtly polluted with worldly religion . you can readily see how this is a danger in our day .

( 1 ) obedience to god’s word . “ [ asa ] commanded judah to seek the lord god of their fathers and to observe the law and commandment” ( 2 chron . 14 : 4 ; see 15 : 3 , 4 ) . there is no such thing as revival among god’s people without a return to his word as the basis for life and conduct . in fact it’s safe to say that your spiritual health today is in direct proportion to how well you understand and obey the word of god . please note that i did not say just “how well you understand the word , ” but rather , “how well you understand and obey , ” because knowledge without obedience leads to delusion ( james 1 : 22 ) .

the single best yardstick for measuring a person’s likely life span is education . john rowe , a health - policy professor at columbia university and a former ceo of aetna , says , “if someone walked into my office and asked me to predict how long he would live , i would ask two things : what is your age , and how many years of education did you receive ? ”

people underestimate inflation ( rising prices of goods and services , especially health care costs ) . if they see they have income from social security and a pension plan , combined with a small investment portfolio , and it appears these sources will provide an income to cover their current expenses , this may provide a false sense of security about the success of retiring early . however , pensions and social security have little or no adequate cost of living adjustments , so retirees see themselves losing purchasing power and growing “poorer” each year . the additional investment portfolio must be adequate to cover expenses plus inflation adjustments on the income from the pension and social security .

the faithfulness of god in the midst of present trials is further evidence of god’s faithfulness in the future . this is what paul spoke of in the fifth chapter of his epistle to the romans : “

the expansion of higher education has also boosted job prospects for women , improving their value on the job market and shifting their role models from stay - at - home mothers to successful professional women . the best - educated women have always been more likely than other women to work , even after having children . in 1963 , 62 % of college - educated women in the united states were in the labour force , compared with 46 % of those with a high school diploma . today 80 % of american women with a college education are in the labour force compared with 67 % of those with a high school diploma and 47 % of those without one .

how does not a single community in south carolina make the list ? it ' s one of the most affordable places to live with mild weather and a friendly tax environment . quality of life is fantastic in plenty of locations . fine with me . . . less crowding .

true , a guided deer hunt for a trophy buck on select ground can cost a small fortune . but joe hunter can also take a vacation day from work , grab his rifle and head to the wildlife management area down the road with reasonable hopes of returning home with a deer in his truck .

the good news is , even a small - time manager can improve his or her hunting with the addition of food plots , and good plots can be established with minimal equipment . it’s simply a matter of how hard you’re willing to work on them .

the framers would be aghast at the idea of a small cadre of unelected potentates lording it over the body politic for decades . when the constitution was written , no one could have anticipated how much life span would increase , nor how much power the supreme court would accrue . if democracy is to remain vibrant as society ages , campaign laws must change to help challengers stand a chance versus incumbents , and the constitution must be amended to impose a term limit on the supreme court , so confirmation as a justice stops being a lifetime appointment to royalty .

if you really want to get a look at the bucks in your area as the rut is closing in , it ' s hard to beat putting a camera over an active scrap . in fact , i ' ve had moderate success creating my own mock scrapes using nothing more than a sharp stick , an overhanging branch and a little pee ( deer or human , seems not to matter ) .

as longevity increases , so too does the number of living grandparents . families that once might have had one “oldest old” relative find themselves with three or four , all expecting care or money . at the same time , traditional family trees are being replaced with diagrams that resemble maps of the london underground . will children of blended families feel the same obligation to care for aging stepparents as they feel for biological parents ? just the entry of the phrase birth parent into the national lexicon suggests the magnitude of the change .

the question , “how can a good god allow the righteous to suffer ? ” reveals several fallacies in our thinking . the first is the assumption that suffering is always evil and therefore irreconcilable with god’s goodness . the second is a failure to understand righteousness , so far as it relates to the saint , the true child of god . in answer to the problem of pain , this psalm forces us to take another look at our definition of good , lest we accuse god of being the author of evil by allowing us to suffer . let those who suffer look to this psalm for a word of instruction .

a pastor’s wife reported that she was on a search for such easy answers one morning as she sat with thousands of others to listen to a retired missionary , a spiritual veteran near 80 . but what she heard was not an easy answer . rather , it was a profound principle stated as a metaphor which influenced her inner life with god from that moment on . she heard the old man quietly say , “untended fires soon die and become just a pile of ashes” ( gail macdonald , high call , high privilege , pp . 17 - 18 , quoted in partnership , jan . / feb . , 1984 , p . 51 . ) maintaining the fire within - - reality with the living god - - requires constant attention . though it was blazing yesterday , neglect it today and it will die .

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what financial factors should retirees take into consideration when deciding where to retire ? the cost for housing , nursing home , property tax , insurance , and general labor cost in the local market . what are some tips for living on a fixed income in retirement ? you need to cut expenses and spend the money wisely . downsize to a small home . try to take advantage of senior discounts . make reasonable budgets , based on the fixed income . what is the biggest mistake that people make when planning their retirements ? people tend to procrastinate and make their retirement planning too late . people should make retirement planning as soon as they start their first job . what percentage of income should you aim to replace in retirement ? the general rule is 70 - 80 % . in planning for retirement , what life expectancy should the average person use to make sure they have saved enough ? 85 for women , and 80 for men . should attracting more retirees be a priority for local government and if yes what should they do ? it really depends on which local government we are talking about . for areas lack of other business opportunities , senior living can become a revenue center . with more retirees coming to the town , their spending can generate many job opportunities for the local economy . in the meantime , retirees do not add any burden to local school systems , which is a usually a big ticket item for the local government .

at the outset of his struggle asaph assumed that affliction was inappropriate for the righteous . furthermore he believed that adversity was evil . if the consequence of sin is judgment and suffering , then how could adversity possibly have a beneficial effect in the life of the saint ? the success of sinners and the suffering of saints was a problem too great for the mind of the psalmist to grasp ; but when he worshipped god , asaph came to understand the blessing adversity had been in his life . on the other hand he was able to see that affluence had been detrimental to the wicked .

most leasing agreements are arranged on a dollars - per - acre basis . the rates per acre vary widely across the country . the perceived quality of an area’s deer hunting combined with area hunter demand and the quality of the actual dirt at stake determine the rate . prime farm country in the heart of southern illinois , a region known nationwide for producing big bucks , is probably going to cost more to lease than a heavily wooded west virginia hillside , for example .

corn poured straight onto the ground , or into a feed - on - demand “gravity feeder” – learn how to make one – is the better bet to start drawing in deer fast , especially older bucks . deer will often find a corn pile overnight if it’s established in a high - traffic area , and will continue to visit it even a day or two after the last kernels are consumed . a corn pile on the ground is one of the quickest , deadliest ways to get your deer on a small tract of ground that otherwise lacks top food sources . it’s especially effective early and late in the season .

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oregon , 1980 : jane , elaine and louise are all feeling the effects of inflation and cannot afford , as the title states , the high cost of living . jane cannot afford a babysitter or get married and if she wants privacy with her boyfriend , she has to sleep in the car . even worse , her war veteran father comes to live with her to turn her life upside down . louise lives a happy life with her veterinarian husband , albert . she runs an antique shop on the side , but since it doesn ' t take in any profit , the irs considers it a hobby . she needs to come up with the money to keep it going , or she will be trouble with the irs . elaine ' s husband has left her for another woman and without any money . she is in a constant struggle with banks , power companies , and gas stations . she needs money to get by and also catches the eye of police officer jack . the local mall is having a contest that features a giant money ball that states it will help fight the inflation . elaine comes up with a plan to steal the . . .

yes , the american hunter’s love for deer hunting – whitetail deer hunting in particular – has fueled an economic engine that’s kept companies like realtree going over the years . and that’s largely why we’ve compiled this “how to deer hunt” guide . you may be a grown woman , embarking on your first ever hunting season , with no clue how to begin . or you might’ve started hunting back when “just seeing a deer track was something to talk about . ”

droppings . this is easy enough to figure out . the freshness and amount of them will give you a clue to the number of deer living in a particular area . the size of the dropping tells a lot about the size of the deer that left them . large clumps indicate that a large deer is in the area , and because mature bucks often defecate as soon as they leave their beds , near a thicket will give you an idea where they might be bedded and the direction they are traveling from their bed .

( 3 ) the theology reflected in verse 11 is not one that is pagan in origin , but it is decidedly that of an israelite . when would a pagan refer to only one god , as opposed to many gods ? it was israel’s god who was known as “god” and the “most high” ( v . 11 ) .

you have longer to cover your own health insurance . medicare is not available for individuals until age 65 , even though you could draw social security as early as age 62 ( 60 if you are a widow or widower ) . if you leave employment , lose your health insurance and expect to cover that cost on your own , you will significantly deplete your retirement savings on that cost alone . depending on what happens with health care , working for an employer that provides health insurance , even for a few more years , might be your best option for retirement .

the seeking and chasing phase is the ideal time to employ calling tactics , particularly during the early stages of the phase . with competition for available does high , bucks are far more willing to respond to calling and rattling . grunt calls mixed with doe bleats can be dynamite . antler rattling simulates a fight between bucks over a hot doe , and can draw in bucks from long distances .

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if trail cameras have had the greatest impact on how we hunt over the past decade , the transformation of the modern compound bow probably ranks a close second if you ' re a bowhunter . today ' s compound bows are far more efficient , accurate and full of features than those of just a few years ago .

“seeking the lord” is a major theme in these chapters ( and in all of 1 & 2 chron . ; see 14 : 4 , 7 ; 15 : 2 , 4 , 12 , 13 , 15 ; 16 : 12 ) . the hebrew word literally means to trample under foot ; the picture is that of frequenting a place so often that you “beat a path” there . the verb has the nuance of seeking with care and of inquiring after knowledge , insight , or advice on a problem . so the idea is carefully to pursue the lord as the source of all wisdom and holiness . from chapters 14 and 15 we can see five strands of what it means to seek the lord :

how to hunt : the best tactics for hunting these post - rut deer are of the low - impact variety . scout food sources from afar before making a plan to hunt them . as in the early season , your best chance of taking a deer off a food source in the post - rut period is the first time you hunt the location . so make it count .

to continue with this theme of “time and interest , ” many individuals are intimidated by investments , and either avoid them or invest too conservatively , thereby not getting a high enough rate of “interest . ” this eliminates or reduces the second advantage of interest . many retirement plans now offer an age - based investment option . pick one that fits your age and seek the help of an investment advisor .

the key to successfully hunting public lands is to determine from the outset what you’re after . of course , whitetails have to live in the area . that’s a prerequisite regardless . but if you’re specifically looking to tag a big , old buck , you are usually going to seek out areas that are more remote and difficult to access . but if you simply want to spend a few days in the woods and have a reasonable expectation of killing a deer , you usually have more options . here’s how to narrow things down .

the sufferings of the psalmist were not god’s hand of judgment , as asaph had too hastily concluded , but his loving hand , a course in god’s school of suffering . he did not intend to drive asaph away , but to draw him to himself . in all of his trials god never left his side . he was guiding and guarding him throughout his ordeal . asaph’s experience of god’s care in the present brought assurance of his continued care and fellowship in the future , no matter how limited his understanding of this might be .

this was the policy of high - ranking officers on the spot , not because they were trying to be cruel but for three reasons : hope for france was essentially lost , the french military in the area was in such disarray that its policy about evacuation was unknown , and the ships evacuating men were british . churchill was strongly in favor of taking the french off the beaches to encourage france to keep fighting . some french officers made the heroic decision that they would not retreat and would cover their allies’ escape to fight another day .

don ' t hang them too high . remember , deer aren ' t as tall as most humans . try to aim the camera at your waist from a distance of about seven yards . this should get most deer . if you have the camera set over a mineral site , aim the camera on a downward angle by wedging a stick behind the camera .

the good news is , even a small - time manager can improve his or her hunting with the addition of food plots , and good plots can be established with minimal equipment . it’s simply a matter of how hard you’re willing to work on them . here’s a look at the general types of food plots , and who should consider planting them .

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i have chosen to title the theme of verses 13 and 14 in such a way as to emphasize a very important fact . the thoughts with which the psalmist toyed for a time were never shared until after he had seen how sinful they were . to put it more bluntly , asaph knew when to keep quiet . he did not share the soul - stretching questions of his heart until after he had found the answer to them . how often , in the name of honesty ( or , more piously , a “prayer request” ) we share unsettling questions and problems , only to create difficulties for others . i am deeply impressed with the honesty of the psalmist on the one hand and his sense of discretion on the other . when the confession of his sins could aid his fellow - saints , he did so , but when this would only tempt others , he agonized alone , until he had the answer he sought .

psalm 73 divides nearly evenly into two parts . verses 1 - 15 depict the trial of the psalmist’s faith when he observes the blessing of the wicked . verses 16 - 28 describe the triumph of asaph’s faith , when he turns from protest to praise , from doubt to the declaration of the goodness of god .

in my opinion , the american church has gone crazy with methods , but we’re anemic when it comes to trusting in the living god . i have to be careful preparing a sermon every week . it’s easy to use a method rather than to seek the lord and call upon him to anoint his word . it’s possible to have a good method for a quiet time or for witnessing or church growth , and subtly to fall prey to trusting the method rather than in god himself . learn from asa : build your army , but don’t trust it ; acknowledge your own weakness and trust in the lord .

when it comes to selecting the right pack , size should be your first concern . with the gear most whitetail hunters carry , having a pack that offers at least 1 , 200 cubic inches of pack space is a must ; if you’re one who tends to be gear heavy , packs of up to 2 , 000 cubic inches are even better . when you start piling in water , food , rainwear , jacket , rattling antlers , calls , camera , flashlight and all the other odds and ends we haul to the woods , the right pack with enough small pockets that allow you to organize and retrieve gear with as little movement as possible can be a plus while on stand . skip the cheap ones , too . for just a few extra bucks you can get a high - quality , comfortable pack that will last season after season . there are tons of pack options available today , but for overall quality it’s hard to beat what tenzing , alps , badlands and easton have to offer .

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scope . a budget deer rifle can still provide a lifetime of outstanding performance . but your scope is very much a get - what - you - pay - for piece of equipment . the advice outlined by brian strickland about binoculars in the optics section above goes doubly true for scopes . you don’t have to take out a second mortgage , but understand that it’s common for a good rifle scope to cost as much as the rifle you’re pairing it with .

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i’ve known people who emphasize bible knowledge , but they don’t allow the word to confront their sin . invariably , they’re arrogant and not growing in godliness . on the other hand , i’ve known christians whose lives had all sorts of problems because they didn’t even know what the bible says about how we are to live as god’s people . they were disobedient out of ignorance .

the wealthy were not only wicked , they were also popular and prominent . they had little trouble gathering a large following , which was yet another source of the psalmist’s distress . verses 10 and 11 are difficult to interpret , consequently there is disagreement among bible students as to exactly what is said . while the specifics of the expressions used here may be uncertain , the overall activity is clear and , i think , a matter of general agreement . 123 the wicked who prospered gathered others about themselves who had also tasted the “good life” ( they had “drunk waters in abundance , ” v . 10 ) and wished to imitate the wicked both in principle and practice . thus , they went so far as to say , “how can god know ? does the most high have knowledge ? ” ( v . 11 ) . 124

lock - on stands are the most common and simplest available today , and for the hunter on a budget , the most affordable as well . they secure to the tree with high - strength belts or chains and must be hauled into place with the use of screw - in tree steps or some type of climbing stick system . ideally , you want to hang the stand at least 12 to 20 feet from the ground and in a tree that offers a trunk that is at least 12 to 16 inches in diameter . this not only provides good cover to keep you hidden , but trees that size or larger sway less in strong winds and are obviously stronger . a relatively straight tree is ideal ; however , many hang - ons offer adjustable platforms and seats that provide the ability to use them in crooked trees . to learn how to hang a lock - on stand , watch this video .

but the story might have a happy ending . if medical interventions to slow aging result in added years of reasonable fitness , life might extend in a sanguine manner , with most men and women living longer in good vigor , and also working longer , keeping pension and health - care subsidies under control . indeed , the most - exciting work being done in longevity science concerns making the later years vibrant , as opposed to simply adding time at the end .

the nine justices on the first supreme court sat an average of nine years ; the last nine to depart , an average of 27 years .

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federal . the u . s . fish and wildlife service , bureau of land management and u . s . army corps of engineers manage millions of acres of land owned by the people of the united states , and much of it is open to public hunting .

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10 therefore his people return to this place ; and waters of abundance are drunk by them . 11 and they say , “how does god know ? and is there knowledge with the most high ? ” 12 behold , these are the wicked ; and always at ease , they have increased in wealth . 13 surely in vain i have kept my heart pure , and washed my hands in innocence ; 14 for i have been stricken all day long , and chastened every morning . 15 if i had said , “i will speak thus , ” behold , i should have betrayed the generation of thy children . ( nasb )

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yes . the british were rightly afraid of invasion with the developing collapse of france , and their main means of defense was the royal navy , not the army . that navy , along with the raf , would have to be counted on to sink an invasion flotilla as well as protect the flow of supplies over the north atlantic . so senior officers in westminster ordered the withdrawal of the best class of destroyers from the scene .

you know where to hunt and when to hunt . now it’s time to make a plan .

buying land is more expensive than leasing land . no doubt about that . but to many who do it , the extra cost is more than offset by the pride and satisfaction of having “your own place” to do with as you wish . shoot only big bucks . shoot all bucks . plant food plots . build box blinds . wheel in a mobile home , stake out some pink flamingos and throw a raucous party the night before deer season , if that’s what you like . the ground belongs to you .

jay olshansky’s latest research suggests that american women with no high - school diploma have experienced relatively small life - span increases since the 1950s , while the life expectancy of highly educated women has soared since then . today the best - educated americans live 10 to 14 years longer than the least educated , on average . “nothing pops out of the data like the link between education and life expectancy , ” olshansky says . “the good news is that the share of the american population that is less educated is in gradual decline . the bad news is that lack of education seems even more lethal than it was in the past . ”

* lang , john marshall , and thomas kirk . studies in the book ofjudges . 2 vols . in 1 . minneapolis : klock & klock christian publishers , 1983 . though all conservative believers boldly affirm that the bible exists in sixtysix books , most relegate the teaching of portions of judges to the early sunday school years . not so with the able scots who took on the task of explaining the relevancy of this section of scripture to our lives . lang concentrates on gideon , with incidental comments on the other judges . kirk focuses attention on samson . together they provide a satisfying work that covers the material and shows to readers how the incidents of the ot find a parallel in our day .