tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539700916676246998.post7411454584506138575..comments2024-03-13T10:58:10.011-07:00Comments on Streams of Unconsciousness: Seriously, You Should See This MovieRichard Hourulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12354136203258901360noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539700916676246998.post-36032924224243292532010-02-28T03:13:39.734-08:002010-02-28T03:13:39.734-08:00I watched A Serious Man yesterday after having rea...I watched A Serious Man yesterday after having read your review some time earlier. I didn't know what exactly to expect. I have generally been a big fan of the Coen brothers, although there has been some variation about the quality of their movies. Well, who could get it right every time?<br /><br />A Serious Man was, like you implied, something completely different from everything they have done before. A thinking man's movie. I am not at all sure I understood it correctly, but somehow "I haven't done anything" or "We haven't done anything" seemed to be a recurrent theme for the best part of the movie. So I felt it was about control of your own life or total lack of it. Toward the end there began to be some signs of own decisions, which left me with a hope for an optimistic outcome, although the movie ended without telling what was to come.<br /><br />The fact that the story dealt with a jewish community, felt largely extraneous to me, since the issues covered concern everyone regardless of their faith. Still, it added an extra flavour. I don't have any jewish people in my circle of friends or acquaintances, so my knowledge of their habits and beliefs are based largely on books and movies. I know how horrible it must sound, but I was raised to believe that all gypsies were thieves and the jews were greedy people after your money in perhaps more subtle ways. In spite of my upbringing I ended up being quite liberal and unprejucided, I think...<br /><br />But back to the movie, still on a jewish note! The third rabbi mentioned Jorma Kaukonen when he returned the transistor radio (? - not an iPod surely!) to the son after the bar mitzvah. Being a Finn such a name caught my attention. I had a vague idea that Jefferson Airplane had a musician with a Finnish name, but since I'm more inclined to classical music, I was a bit nonplussed. So, after the movie, the Wikipedia! And, lo and behold, if Jorma's mother wasn't jewish! Still, I wonder if the rabbi happened to listen to the radio while J.A. were playing, and therefore gave his blessing to the apparatus, or how would he know that kind of artist by the name at all!<br /><br />Enough blubbering about the jewish aspects of the movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to everyone.<br /><br />KariKari Hermunennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539700916676246998.post-4319366121721184132009-10-11T00:51:27.391-07:002009-10-11T00:51:27.391-07:00I thought it was just okay.I thought it was just okay.Richard Hourulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12354136203258901360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539700916676246998.post-74195771099408407062009-10-10T23:42:43.694-07:002009-10-10T23:42:43.694-07:00Did you like Burn After Reading?Did you like Burn After Reading?Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.com