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      <title>Sure Fire (Jon Jost, 1990)</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[section class=&#34;boxinfo&#34; markdown=&#34;1&#34;&#xA;div class=&#34;title&#34;&#xA;Sure Fire (Jon Jost, 1990)/div&#xA;div class=&#34;month&#34;&#xA;May/div&#xA;div class=&#34;dont-fill&#34;&#xA;/div&#xA;div class=&#34;daynr&#34;&#xA;31/div&#xA;div class=&#34;occasion&#34;&#xA;National Utah Day/div&#xA;div class=&#34;img&#34;&#xA;Sure Fire (1990)/div&#xA;div class=&#34;caption&#34;&#xA;The Utah landscape with part of the text from &#34;Doctrine and Covenants 3, The Lord’s course is one eternal round&#34; superimposed over it. It reads: …y come to naught, for God doth not walk in crook…. DP: Jon Jost./div&#xA;div class=&#34;txt&#34;&#xA;Wes has it all laid out. His business partner just needs to see it. And his wife. And the people from the West Coast, California, where there&#39;s smog and people and no space. They surely want a home, or a second home, in Utah. It&#39;s close to Vegas, sure they&#39;ll love it. The people.\&#xA;&#xA;  &#34;One cannot even be sure, whether it is a sect, a mystery cult, a new religion, a church, a people, a nation, or an American subculture; indeed, at different times and places it is all of these.&#34;&#xA;  ### – Sydney E. Ahlstrom, historian (1982)\&#xA;&#xA;With Sure Fire, director Jon Jost accomplishes that what Lynch tries. A mundane gem with an ominous undertow, but all without the need for mystery or eccentric characters.\&#xA;&amp;nbsp;&#xA;Just Utah, and its people./div&#xA;div class=&#34;tags&#34;&#xA;##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalUtahDay #JonJost #TomBlair #ErlingWold #religion #Mormonism #drama #Utah #USA #1990s ★★★½/div&#xA;/section ]]&gt;</description>
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<h4 id="sure-fire-jon-jost-1990-div" id="sure-fire-jon-jost-1990-div">Sure Fire (Jon Jost, 1990)</div></h4>

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<h6 id="the-utah-landscape-with-part-of-the-text-from-doctrine-and-covenants-3-the-lord-s-course-is-one-eternal-round-https-www-churchofjesuschrist-org-study-scriptures-dc-testament-dc-3-lang-eng-superimposed-over-it-it-reads-y-come-to-naught-for-god-doth-not-walk-in-crook-dp-jon-jost-div" id="the-utah-landscape-with-part-of-the-text-from-doctrine-and-covenants-3-the-lord-s-course-is-one-eternal-round-https-www-churchofjesuschrist-org-study-scriptures-dc-testament-dc-3-lang-eng-superimposed-over-it-it-reads-y-come-to-naught-for-god-doth-not-walk-in-crook-dp-jon-jost-div">The Utah landscape with part of the text from <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/3?lang=eng" rel="nofollow">“Doctrine and Covenants 3, The Lord’s course is one eternal round”</a> superimposed over it. It reads: …y come to naught, for God doth not walk in crook…. DP: Jon Jost.</div></h6>

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<h5 id="wes-has-it-all-laid-out-his-business-partner-just-needs-to-see-it-and-his-wife-and-the-people-from-the-west-coast-california-where-there-s-smog-and-people-and-no-space-they-surely-want-a-home-or-a-second-home-in-utah-it-s-close-to-vegas-sure-they-ll-love-it-the-people" id="wes-has-it-all-laid-out-his-business-partner-just-needs-to-see-it-and-his-wife-and-the-people-from-the-west-coast-california-where-there-s-smog-and-people-and-no-space-they-surely-want-a-home-or-a-second-home-in-utah-it-s-close-to-vegas-sure-they-ll-love-it-the-people">Wes has it all laid out. His business partner just needs to see it. And his wife. And the people from the West Coast, California, where there&#39;s smog and people and no space. They surely want a home, or a second home, in Utah. It&#39;s close to Vegas, sure they&#39;ll love it. The people.</h5>

<blockquote><p>“One cannot even be sure, whether it is a sect, a mystery cult, a new religion, a church, a people, a nation, or an American subculture; indeed, at different times and places it is all of these.”</p>

<h3 id="sydney-e-ahlstrom-historian-1982" id="sydney-e-ahlstrom-historian-1982">– Sydney E. Ahlstrom, historian (1982)</h3>
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<h5 id="with-sure-fire-director-jon-jost-accomplishes-that-what-lynch-tries-a-mundane-gem-with-an-ominous-undertow-but-all-without-the-need-for-mystery-or-eccentric-characters" id="with-sure-fire-director-jon-jost-accomplishes-that-what-lynch-tries-a-mundane-gem-with-an-ominous-undertow-but-all-without-the-need-for-mystery-or-eccentric-characters">With <em>Sure Fire</em>, director Jon Jost accomplishes that what Lynch tries. A mundane gem with an ominous undertow, but all without the need for mystery or eccentric characters.</h5>

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<h5 id="just-utah-and-its-people-div" id="just-utah-and-its-people-div">Just Utah, and its people.</div></h5>

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<h5 id="bales2023filmchallenge-nationalutahday-jonjost-tomblair-erlingwold-religion-mormonism-drama-utah-usa-1990s-½-div" id="bales2023filmchallenge-nationalutahday-jonjost-tomblair-erlingwold-religion-mormonism-drama-utah-usa-1990s-½-div"><a href="/settima/tag:Bales2023FilmChallenge" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Bales2023FilmChallenge</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:NationalUtahDay" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">NationalUtahDay</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:JonJost" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">JonJost</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:TomBlair" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">TomBlair</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:ErlingWold" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">ErlingWold</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:religion" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">religion</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:Mormonism" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Mormonism</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:drama" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">drama</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:Utah" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">Utah</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:USA" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">USA</span></a> <a href="/settima/tag:1990s" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">1990s</span></a> ★★★½</div></h5>

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