The last Rabbi is Alzheimer's, what else are you doing?

Francisco 2022-04-20 09:01:40

The Coen brothers have made a lot of themes, gangster films, police and gangster films, ethics films, biopics, but no matter what the subject matter, the effect of the filming is, according to Shanghai dialect, "the second head and the weird brain", and academically speaking it is dark humor, in the end What is presented is a kind of bad taste, and there is a sense of ridicule.

The film is beautiful and the structure is very distinctive. The beginning of the fable-like little story and the ending of the sense of fate are all good gimmicks, but they are just gimmicks. In fact, as long as you explain one thing over and over again, just mess around, don't take it seriously, this is the best attitude to life, but it's actually quite boring.

It refers to Schrödinger's cat, which is the most famous paradox in quantum mechanics. Based on a statement of the Copenhagen school, the state of a particle is uncertain when it is not observed, or a superposition of various states, then if Connect the state of the particle, for example, a radioactive atom has two states of decay and non-decay, with an organ that controls the opening of the gas bottle, then the cat next to the gas bottle is also in the state of being poisoned and not being poisoned. Such a superimposed state, wouldn't it be contrary to biological common sense for a cat to live or die?

And the paradox in the film, the only thing that makes people feel interesting is the bribery issue. If I report you, you can sue me for defamation, because you have no evidence. , this is completely a rogue attitude, but it really will turn people around for a while, and in fact it is not difficult to solve it.

Other problems encountered by the male protagonist are actually quite common, such as the unpromising brother, the wife who is having an affair and is going to divorce, the fierce daughter, the son who loves to watch TV, and how to solve all kinds of unhappiness in life, it is very difficult to appeal to religion. Natural selection, and religion is a mash. The first Rabbi said: You have to be good at discovering the bright spots in your life, the second Rabbi said, you have to accept everything that happens with a simple heart, this is really nonsense, in the end, just let you do nothing Hey, the third Rabbi is the big boss. He's already half-stupid. It is estimated that he will do nothing for a lifetime, and face everything with the simplest heart, that is, Alzheimer's.

At the end of the film, there is another tornado, and the doctor asks the hero to go to the hospital for a check-up. It doesn't matter what the result is. Anyway, with the mentality of letting it go, all problems are not problems.

Speaking of which, I remembered that the little girl at the front desk of our company was playing mahjong on the Internet a few days ago. She was seen by the boss of the stick and asked her curiously what she was playing. The little girl got excited and replied casually: This is very complicated. You don't understand it, and you don't need to understand it.

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  • Rabbi Scott: No, of course not. I am the junior rabbi. And it's true, the point-of-view of somebody who's older and perhaps had similar problems might be more valid. And you should see the senior rabbi as well, by all means. Or even Minda if you can get in, he's quite busy. But maybe - can I share something with you? Because I too have had the feeling of losing track of Hashem, which is the problem here. I too have forgotten how to see Him in the world. And when that happens you think, well, if I can't see Him, He isn't there any more, He's gone. But that's not the case. You just need to remember how to see Him. Am I right?

    [He rises and goes to the window]

    Rabbi Scott: I mean, the parking lot here. Not much to see. It is a different angle on the same parking lot we saw from the Hebrew school window. But if you imagine yourself a visitor, somebody who isn't familiar with these... autos and such... somebody still with a capacity for wonder... Someone with a fresh... perspective. That's what it is, Larry.

    Larry Gopnik: Um...

    Rabbi Scott: Because with the right perspective you can see Hashem, you know, reaching into the world. He is in the world, not just in shul. It sounds to me like you're looking at the world, looking at your wife, through tired eyes. It sounds like she's become a sort of... thing... a problem... a thing...

    Larry Gopnik: Well, she's, she's seeing Sy Ableman.

    Rabbi Scott: Oh.

    Larry Gopnik: She's, they're planning, that's why they want the Gett.

    Rabbi Scott: Oh. I'm sorry.

    Larry Gopnik: It was his idea.

    Rabbi Scott: Well, they do need a Gett to remarry in the faith. But this is life. For you too. You can't cut yourself off from the mystical or you'll be-you'll remain-completely lost. You have to see these things as expressions of God's will. You don't have to like it, of course.

    Larry Gopnik: The boss isn't always right, but he's always the boss.

    Rabbi Scott: Ha-ha-ha! That's right, things aren't so bad. Look at the parking lot, Larry.

    [Rabbi Scott gazes out, marveling]

    Rabbi Scott: Just look at that parking lot.

  • Larry Gopnik: She seems to be asking an awful lot. But then, I don't know. Somebody has to pay for Sy's funeral.

    Rabbi Nachtner: Uh-huh.

    Larry Gopnik: His own estate is in probate, but why does it have to be me? Or is it wrong to complain? Judy says it is. But I'm so strapped for cash right now, carrying the mortgage, and paying for the Jolly Roger, and I wrecked the car, and Danny's Bar Mitzvah coming up, I...

    Rabbi Nachtner: Something like this... there's never a good time.

    Larry Gopnik: I don't know where it all leaves me, Sy's death. Obviously it's not gonna go back like it was.

    Rabbi Nachtner: Mm. Would you even want that, Larry?

    Larry Gopnik: No, I- well, yeah... sometimes... or... I don't know; I guess the honest answer is "I don't know". What was my life before? Not what I thought it was. What does it all mean? What is Hashem trying to tell me, making me pay for Sy Ableman's funeral?

    Rabbi Nachtner: Mm.

    Larry Gopnik: And did I tell you I had a car accident the same time Sy had his? The same instant, for all I know. I mean, is Hashem telling me that Sy Ableman is me? Or that we are all one, or something?

    Rabbi Nachtner: How does God speak to us? A good question.