A Serious Man

By the Coen Brothers. Movie is a few years old but finally got to watch it. What a great film!! Beautifully done with some deep, dark humor.

Best scene? Hard to pick, but it has to be the “Goy’s teeth” sequence about what it all means, with the second rabbi. The fact that Jimi Hendix’ Machine Gun is used as the soundtrack here is priceless. When Larry ends up not liking the rabbi’s story (“Why tell me the story?”) the rabbi goes: “First I should tell you, then I shouldn’t tell you?” Beautiful!

Other things to love:

  • Somebody to Love, Surrealistic Pillow
  • Fuckers on the bus
  • Columbia Record Club phone call (Santana Abraxas?)
  • Schrödiger’s Cat
  • “It’s not about wupsy dupsy”
  • “Accept the mystery”
  • The perspective. Of the parking Lot. (Rabbi #1)
  • “When the truth is found to be lies and all the hope within you dies … then what?” (Rabbi #3 before returning the radio)

Life is short. Life is uncertain. Find somebody to love.

A real gem!!

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