I need some 2000s movie recommendations that I will actually watch!

Love that table! And love the asymmetrical tapered end. Look at how big that table is, wow!..The wood is sure beautiful, I don't see a knot in that wood anywhere. I wonder if that is maple. And I wonder where the Coen's found it at?

What I loved most about A Serious Man was the attention to the details in this 1967 period piece film. The house that they lived in was a treasure trove of all things mid-century. I must have paused the film a half dozen times just to study the furniture or some detail in the far corner of the scene. I love movies where the art director builds the feeling of the film with the sets that they decorate.

I was impressed too by the exterior shots of the housing area where they lived. All the houses and their yards looked authentic mid 60s. I wonder how much work they had to do to convert those existing houses to a 60s look. I know one thing, the Coen's really put a lot of work in recreating a bygone era here.

All the lead actors were relatively unknown which works good as it seems we're watching people in the past and not just seeing actors in a movie. The story and it's themes are well done as one would expect from the Coens, though it didn't resonate with me personally. Still a solid film and I'm glad to have watched it.

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