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Serious man, serious life?
Daryl 2022-04-20 09:01:40
In the face of every unexpected event in reality, how should we face it? The movie seems to give some kind of answer, just like a sentence I once read, life will find its own exit, that is, let it go. The director, the artist is usually the one who asks the question, and the Coen brothers narrated the story in a stylized way of filming, they brought a part of "life" to the viewer, and everyone would have a different understanding. Life still has to go on. To live is to experience. Some people need answers, and some people don't need to ask for answers. In this world, you can also make waves.
Extended Reading
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Sy Ableman: Do you drink wine? Because this is an incredible bottle. This is not Mogen David. This is a - heh heh - a wine, Larry. A Bordeaux.
Larry Gopnik: You know, Sy...
Sy Ableman: Open it. Let it breathe. Ten minutes. Letting it breathe, so important.
Larry Gopnik: Thanks, Sy, but I'm not...
Sy Ableman: I insist! No reason for discomfort. I'll be uncomfortable if you don't take it. These are signs and tokens, Larry.
Larry Gopnik: I'm just-I'm not ungrateful, I'm, I just don't know a lot about wine and, given our respective, you know...
[Sy abruptly hugs him]
Sy Ableman: S'okay. S'okay. We're gonna be fine.
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Arlen Finkle: We, uh, we decide on Wednesday, so if there's anything you want to submit in support of your tenure application, we should have it by then. That's all.
Larry Gopnik: Submit. What. What do you...
Arlen Finkle: Well. Anything. Published work. Anything else you've done outside of the institution. Any work that we might not be aware of.
Larry Gopnik: I haven't done anything.
Arlen Finkle: Uh-huh.
Larry Gopnik: I haven't published.
Arlen Finkle: Uh-huh.
Larry Gopnik: Are you still getting those letters?
Arlen Finkle: Uh-huh.
Larry Gopnik: Those anonymous...
Arlen Finkle: Yes, I know. Yes.
Larry Gopnik: Okay. Okay. Wednesday.
Arlen Finkle: Okay. Don't worry. Doing nothing is not bad. Ipso facto.