The Coen brothers are out with a new one. Among my favorite film-makers today, the Coen brothers just released "A Serious Man," based in part on the biblical Job. I'm eager to see how they handle the story. Do they present their Job as a saint, of storied patience, like the popular characterization of this biblical figure. Or do they show their Job railing against his friends and even God, agonizing about his fate with alternating quietude and fury, as he appears in the biblical texts? I wonder how they present the origins of their Job's suffering. Is God be implicated, or no? And how does it end, since the biblical Job's final statement is a bit of an enigma, or at least affords a couple of different interpretations. Whatever the case, I anticipate some humor, gritty poignancy, and a fresh "take" on the timeless problem of undeserved suffering.
A Serious Man, That Job
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I suppose you're aware that parts of this movie were filmed at St. Olaf? The classroom scenes used the old science building when it was 'between jobs.'
No way! Now I simply MUST see it. But what a bleak building, that old one. As a bio major, I spent a lot of time there -- did love its little library. Fondest memory: walking to class past a big lobster working its way down the hall. Turned out to be an escapee.
I thought you'd appreciate this story on NPR about biblical references in Cohen brothers movies. A Serious Man is featured, among others.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121610159
Thanks, Andy! I'll check it out~