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There is a pretty big theme throughout the movie of not knowing what's going on though. Although not really being about physics directly, there is also another
by bmitc 6y ago
There is a pretty big theme throughout the movie of not knowing what's going on though. Although not really being about physics directly, there is also another theme of anecdotes and stories being (often comically) useless as ways of explanation.
- leephillips 6y ago“not knowing what's going on” In that case, it is about physics. More specifically, my experience as a graduate student sitting in QCD lectures.
- elbasti 6y agoThe theme of the movie isn't so much "not knowing what's going on" as "not knowing why this is happening to _me_". There's a phrase that's repeated again and again (in one way or another), which is "but I didn't _do_ anything".
- bmitc 6y agoI didn't mean the theme. I just meant a theme. Also, if I recall correctly, the phrase "what's going on?" is muttered throughout the film as well. So I think it's a little of both (and more), where the more global theme is one of trying to understand understanding. This is a pretty good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDmWFTvzto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDmWFTvzto Although, I think a lot of the analysis of Coen brothers can sometimes fall flat. Coen brothers films are hilarious, often in extremely dark and non-obvious ways, so oftentimes their films are overanalyzed. I often think answers to "why did the Coen brothers put this in the film?" are simply "because they thought it was funny".