It's not woosy-poosy, it's a real life

Jamarcus 2022-03-23 09:01:48

The opening sentence is, in a sense, a spoiler. The weight of one sentence is equivalent to the whole movie, but this is all after watching the whole movie. When you first read it, this sentence will be somewhat confusing It makes people a little confused, this sudden feeling is as monotonous and exhausting as reading famous quotes, but this is just the beginning, this is a film that needs people to think, in this case, the opening chapter points us in the direction so that we can follow the plot Constantly thinking, isn't it better this way?
However, a really good movie will give us more adequate guidance and broader thinking. The director is not in a hurry to start the real story, an ancient Jewish thriller that whetted our appetite. The plot is very strange, but it is The source is a rendition of "Schrödinger's cat".
When the main story really begins, many people seem to feel like the reason for giving a bad review - boring, but it's not. I always think that there are two kinds of good movies. It's eloquent, but there is a gorgeous stroke at the end. In an instant, the whole film is full of brilliance, such as the touching "The Sixth Sense"; the other is that the whole film is progressing slowly, without big shocks or gorgeousness The turning point of the film is expected to remain flat until the end. This kind of film tests the thinking ability of the audience, and it is also the embodiment of the director's skill. What does this kind of film rely on? It is supported by an inner strength. Yes, this film belongs to the latter.
A middle-aged man who seems to be "fragile", his life is not going well. Rather than being fragile, it is better to be cowardly. The body of a big man and the heart of a small man are a kind of straightforward social innuendo. Bai's life portrayal, in order to better analyze this kind of life problems, the director introduced the concept of mentor.
The first tutor: A trainee tutor, in fact, more like a liar in the arena , the protagonist was also confused, and everything that followed made him even more confused.
The second tutor: a real qualified tutor, more reliable than the first one. The story of the "pagan" is more like he deliberately pretended to be confused. After all, the professional master's housekeeping skills are actually When telling the protagonist-"Let it away", the protagonist seems to understand a lot and starts to work hard, but finds that everything is not so simple, even nightmares.
The third mentor: a religious master, but he doesn't even want to say a word, so he can't be considered a mentor. During this time, the protagonist began to comprehend by himself, and the director skillfully used the master's baptism to teach his son's words to express the meaning.
In the end, after getting a promotion, struggling to change the grades that violated the principles, everything became calm, everything seemed acceptable, but the doctor's phone challenged again?
Everything seemed to be up in the air, but everything was settled.
Life is like Schrödinger's cat, so difficult to predict. Has the physics teacher found the answer?
As he said to Clive: Not about physics,...morally

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A Serious Man quotes

  • 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.

  • Rabbi Nachtner: You know Lee Sussman.

    Larry Gopnik: Doctor Sussman? I think I - yeah.

    Rabbi Nachtner: Did he ever tell you about the goy's teeth?

    Larry Gopnik: No... I- What goy?

    Rabbi Nachtner: So... Lee is at work one day; you know he has the orthodontic practice there at Great Bear. He's making a plaster mold - it's for corrective bridge work - in the mouth of one of his patients, Russell Kraus. The mold dries and Lee is examining it one day before fabricating an appliance. He notices something unusual. There appears to be something engraved on the inside of the patient's lower incisors. He vav shin yud ayin nun yud. "Hwshy 'ny". "Help me, save me". This in a goy's mouth, Larry. He calls the goy back on the pretense of needing additional measurements for the appliance. "How are you? Noticed any other problems with your teeth?" No. There it is. "Hwshy 'ny". "Help me". Son of a gun. Sussman goes home. Can Sussman eat? Sussman can't eat. Can Sussman sleep? Sussman can't sleep. Sussman looks at the molds of his other patients, goy and Jew alike, seeking other messages. He finds none. He looks in his own mouth. Nothing. He looks in his wife's mouth. Nothing. But Sussman is an educated man. Not the world's greatest sage, maybe, no Rabbi Marshak, but he knows a thing or two from the Zohar and the Caballah. He knows that every Hebrew letter has its numeric equivalent. 8-4-5-4-4-7-3. Seven digits... a phone number, maybe? "Hello? Do you know a goy named Kraus, Russell Kraus?" Who? "Where have I called? The Red Owl in Bloomington. Thanks so much." He goes. It's a Red Owl. Groceries; what have you. Sussman goes home. What does it mean? He has to find out if he is ever to sleep again. He goes to see... the Rabbi Nachtner. He comes in, he sits right where you're sitting right now. "What does it mean, Rabbi? Is it a sign from Hashem, 'Help me'? I, Sussman, should be doing something to help this goy? Doing what? The teeth don't say. Or maybe I'm supposed to help people generally, lead a more righteous life? Is the answer in Caballah? In Torah? Or is there even a question? Tell me, Rabbi, what can such a sign mean?"

    [pause as the Rabbi drinks his tea]

    Larry Gopnik: So what did you tell him?

    Rabbi Nachtner: Sussman?

    Larry Gopnik: Yes!

    Rabbi Nachtner: Is it... relevant?

    Larry Gopnik: Well, isn't that why you're telling me?

    Rabbi Nachtner: Okay. Nachtner says, look. The teeth, we don't know. A sign from Hashem? Don't know. Helping others... couldn't hurt.

    Larry Gopnik: No! No, but... who put it there? Was it for him, Sussman, or for whoever found it, or for just, for, for...

    Rabbi Nachtner: We can't know everything.

    Larry Gopnik: It sounds like you don't know anything! Why even tell me the story?

    Rabbi Nachtner: [chuckling] First I should tell you, then I shouldn't.

    Larry Gopnik: What happened to Sussman?

    Rabbi Nachtner: What would happen? Not much. He went back to work. For a while he checked every patient's teeth for new messages. He didn't find any. In time, he found he'd stopped checking. He returned to life. These questions that are bothering you, Larry - maybe they're like a toothache. We feel them for a while, then they go away.

    Larry Gopnik: I don't want it to just go away! I want an answer!

    Rabbi Nachtner: Sure! We all want the answer! But Hashem doesn't owe us the answer, Larry. Hashem doesn't owe us anything. The obligation runs the other way.

    Larry Gopnik: Why does he make us feel the questions if he's not gonna give us any answers?

    Rabbi Nachtner: He hasn't told me.

    [Larry puts his face in his hands in despair]

    Larry Gopnik: And... what happened to the goy?

    Rabbi Nachtner: The goy? Who cares?