A Serious Man (Coen Brothers, 2009 – In The Manner of Tractate Berakoth IX)
Mishnah: If one sees a holy place where miracles have been wrought for Israel, he should say, blessed be He who wrought miracles for our ancestors in this place. On seeing a place from which idolatry has been extirpated, such as the desk drawer in your office, he should say, blessed be he who extirpated idolatry from this place. [On witnessing] Shooting stars, policemen looking for your brother, earthquakes, your wife’s serious boyfriend, thunderclaps, and ominously slate gray... Read More
Ikiru (Akira Kurosawa, 1952)
“Doesn’t it make you furious when they walk all over you this way?” “No. I can’t afford to hate people. I haven’t got that kind of time.” Akira Kurosawa’s epic Samurai films are among the greatest movies ever made. But it is a quiet, intimate story about a very different sort of hero, a mid-level bureaucrat confronted with the futility of his own life, that may be the director’s masterpiece. Certainly it’s one of his most spiritual films. IKIRU... Read More
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