On the DVD, A Serious Man is divided into 20 segments for the purpose of choosing particular scenes. They are numbered of course, but I'm just going to write the titles of the scenes, separated by commas. Yep, back to the subject matter, at least the Serious Man part. I do hope to get back to the Schroedinger's Cat part soon also.
Scenes from A Serious Man: Cursed, In Good Health, Family Life, Let's Talk Divorce, Consequences, Fuzzy Reception, Practicalities, Have Faith, The First Rabbi, Death Around the Corner, The Second Rabbi, Simply Disappear, Nothing Adds Up, New Freedoms, Some Good News, Marshak, Can't Escape, Be A Good Boy, It's Darkest Before the Storm, End Titles.
And a bit of Coen Bros movie trivia: Pine Bluff is mentioned in their movie version of True Grit, along with Monroe, Louisiana. This is also true in the book, but the order of mention of the two towns is reversed (by Mattie).
MOVIE: LaBoeuf: ... He dallied in Monroe, Louisiana, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas before turnin' up at your father’s place.
Mattie Ross: And why did you not catch him in Pine Bluff, Arkansas or Monroe, Louisiana?
LeBoeuf: He is a crafty one.
Mattie Ross: I thought him slow-witted myself.
LeBoeuf: That was his act.
Mattie Ross: It was a good one.
BOOK: "'... He dallied in Monroe, Louisiana, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas before turnin' up at your father's place.'
"I said, 'Why did you not catch him in Monroe, Louisiana, or Pine Bluff, Arkansas?''
(end of quote) Yes, total trivia! But, on the other hand, you watch or listen for things like that if you are investigating the mysteries of the universe. You wonder, "Why is this different?"
P.S. If Tom Chaney in True Grit had been a real person, he could have stayed at the Hotel Trulock when he was in Pine Bluff. A letter and envelope from 1894 written at the Hotel Trulock were sent to Jefferson County Historical Society recently from Walnut Creek, California, along with historical info on the man who wrote the letter and his son, to whom he sent the letter:
Scenes from A Serious Man: Cursed, In Good Health, Family Life, Let's Talk Divorce, Consequences, Fuzzy Reception, Practicalities, Have Faith, The First Rabbi, Death Around the Corner, The Second Rabbi, Simply Disappear, Nothing Adds Up, New Freedoms, Some Good News, Marshak, Can't Escape, Be A Good Boy, It's Darkest Before the Storm, End Titles.
And a bit of Coen Bros movie trivia: Pine Bluff is mentioned in their movie version of True Grit, along with Monroe, Louisiana. This is also true in the book, but the order of mention of the two towns is reversed (by Mattie).
MOVIE: LaBoeuf: ... He dallied in Monroe, Louisiana, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas before turnin' up at your father’s place.
Mattie Ross: And why did you not catch him in Pine Bluff, Arkansas or Monroe, Louisiana?
LeBoeuf: He is a crafty one.
Mattie Ross: I thought him slow-witted myself.
LeBoeuf: That was his act.
Mattie Ross: It was a good one.
BOOK: "'... He dallied in Monroe, Louisiana, and Pine Bluff, Arkansas before turnin' up at your father's place.'
"I said, 'Why did you not catch him in Monroe, Louisiana, or Pine Bluff, Arkansas?''
(end of quote) Yes, total trivia! But, on the other hand, you watch or listen for things like that if you are investigating the mysteries of the universe. You wonder, "Why is this different?"
P.S. If Tom Chaney in True Grit had been a real person, he could have stayed at the Hotel Trulock when he was in Pine Bluff. A letter and envelope from 1894 written at the Hotel Trulock were sent to Jefferson County Historical Society recently from Walnut Creek, California, along with historical info on the man who wrote the letter and his son, to whom he sent the letter:
