A Serious Man
The AFI theater in Silver Spring has a Coen Brothers program running this month so I decided to check out one of the few Coen films I haven't seen yet, A Serious Man. And while I can say with full confidence that I didn't quite grasp what was going on (something to do with The Book of Job, apparently), it was an entertaining film and featured one of my new favorite scenes of all time. The Coens did a perfect job exhibiting the struggle blind belief vs. struggling with faith, (and, in the end, the flaws many with blind belief have). A great example of how the people without faith need to ask less, while the people with more faith often need to ask more, if just of themselves. It's also a great example of the Coen Brothers strength; teaming insight up with humor. Just a great, great scene.
