A Serious Man - Clive

[evelau]

This film was so good. Both sad and hilarious. How unlucky can that poor Larry Gopnyk be. Michael Stuhlbarg is such a good actor too.

[dROUFrank]

God that neighbour creeps the hell out of me.

[scottrap]

"Bedy Uncertain, secret test...hushy hushy"

[ShowtimePanda]

I love it when he gives him a C, and then adds the "-".

[Tripp393]

An asian that doesn't understand math: the real paradox.

[Santana105]

The film was pretty bad in my opinion but the scenes with Clive and his father were awesome

[pakk82]

how could the son have heavier accent than the father.

[victoorvillain]

@pakk82 Accept the mystery.

[t1mTV]

@Deanrants u mad?

[cromicus]

Is this your homework Larry?

[MusicJew158]

I love how he puts the minus as a small fuck you

[t1mTV]

i love this movie cause the entire thing is just bad stuff happening to a jew.

[basehead617]

COOCHIE CRASH

[ignoblius]

1:55 Envelope found on top of spiral notebook between 3-ring binder and bowl with drafting tools.

1:41 Clive leaving, same spiral notebook, bowl & 3-ring on desk, NO envelope.

During conversation,Clive is sitting with his hands holding the books in his lap.He never comes close enough to Larry G's desk to put any thing on it, and could not have done so without raising a "what is this?"

Clive has nothing to do with the envelope.Is God pranking Larry as with Dr. Sussman?

[jaredabccrisscross]

@ignoblius

Actually the envelope could have been there. If you look at the place where the envelope was when Clive is leaving the paper is white and something is sticking slightly out from the edge, implying that the envelope is there. When Larry is looking at his messages, Clive could have put the envelope on his desk, plus his father and him both act like they knew about it.

[jeffmangumisgood]

@jaredabccrisscross no, the envelope is CLEARLY not there and could not have been left by Clive. This is the Coen's basically saying, "OK, we're going to make you think Clive left the money but he actually didn't.". The uncertainty principle in live movie action.

[jaredabccrisscross]

@jeffmangumisgood

Pause at 1:36 and you'll see white paper directly in front of his three ring binder and behind his desk ornament. When he picks up the letter in that same spot later there is writing on that paper underneath it. At 1:36 you would have seen the writing on that pad if there was no envelope.

[jeffmangumisgood]

@jaredabccrisscross watching the movie on a "46 LED TV, it sure doesn't look like there's anything there. it almost looks like the page is flipped up a little bit on the notebook. but you could be right, it's really hard to tell.

[millerunc]

"In this office, actions *always* have consequences."

Larry learns that lesson the hard way.

[saleri]

"hushi hushi"

[HillaryTS]

this is probably the poorest way you could have possibly put together this clip.

[777jjoe]

Is this man bothering you?

[Trevahhh]

"Mirror Sir My Sir?"

"Mere surmiser, sir. Very uncertain."

Mere, adjective - being nothing more nor better than

Surmiser, Noun - an idea or thought of something as being possible or likely.

LOL the Coen's are brilliant in writing

[ot63]

you left out the part with Clive on his bicycle where Larry gets into the car crash

[starryeyedellie]

"hush hush" gets me everytime.

[robertmaxwellproduce]

cultur krash

[livingisaight]

that's how korean people really are. I'm not racist, I'm just a student at IU

[SlyRy]

LMAO 1:04

[felingzz]

kan man höja eller? 

[MrSadGuru]

"No sir, I know about my actions." ..."Very uncertain." hahahaha shit that's funny

[sagn]

"...Sy Ableman....Larry...How are you my friend?"

[tgwnn]

also Sy's message is strangely funny "Let's have a good talk"

[tgwnn]

me sir my sir?

[ot63]

@tgwnn

"Mere surmise, sir. Very uncertain."

surmise - verb - to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.

[GrandMasterScotty]

The scene with Clive's father is absolutely brilliant, as is the entire film. Classic Coen brothers.

[ComradeLeonTrotsky]

" I don't even understand the cat "

Hush-Hush

[lowenklee]

"Accept the mystery" rofl!

[disgrl4]

"uhhhh CALL BACK"

[Jonas42]

My favorite scenes in a great picture. "Even I don't understand the dead cat."

[sagn]

Is the father Mike 'Such A Super Lady" Yanagita from Fargo?????

[ajsox23]

@sagn yes

[chestermolester33]

@sagn HAHAHAHA i wondered that too... ima check on IMDB now

[chestermolester33]

@sagn YEP IT IS! HAHAHAHA i checked IMDB

[grandmasterkrush]

@sagn yes

[dontleademsomuch]

asians always look like they're drowning

[mequable]

@shoaib246 see the film! it's brilliant! :)

[disgrl4]

OMG is Michael Stuhlbarg good in this, and is chilling and terrifying in his role in HBO's "Boardwalk Empire". Completely different from his character in "A Serious Man".

[jdhathrisen]

"Actions have consequences" "Yes, often".

[The4thGuy]

@shoaib246 I have to say that he looks almost totally different though...

[zlimagus]

Accept the mistery.

[MahMohm]

Those Jewbag Coens luv to clown on Asians. Fuck em. And by the way, AIN'T NO WAY AN ASIAN WOULD EVER FAIL A PHYSICS EXAM.

IDIOTS.

[piooii]

accept the mystery..

[disgrl4]

I love: "Secret test. Hush, hush."

[Dojack]

I understand the physics, I understand the dead cat.

[ilovepanslabyrinth]

@shoaib246

I think we have to accept the mystery or we'll suffer like Larry

[moshiee03]

this kid doing clive does an amazing job, great timing, great accent and tone, creates a really memorable character for only 4 or so minutes of screen time

[gibboanx]

The Coens are geniuses. And this is another masterpiece by them.

[argentofan123]

"Actions have consequences."

"Yes - often."

[jdhathrisen]

There are so may good bits in this film, it's unreal. Easily their best comedy. Big Lebowski, Burn After Reading, I laughed a bit. This, I laughed my head off.

[disgrl4]

@jdhathrisen Me too! I think this as well as "O Brother, Where Art Thou" are their best comedic films. :-) When Clive said "Secret test. Hush, hush?" when I first watched this I just lol'ed.

[disgrl4]

@jdhathrisen Same with me! Please tell me you laughed (like I did) at the part where his son says "Studying torrah, ASSHOLE". Hahahahahah!!

[drunkenstooge]

I like the scene when the Columbia Record Club calls him.

[stkasia]

surmise - An idea or opinion based on insufficiently conclusive evidence

[tyran68]

what a beast.

[sonic4sale]

Loved that bit. "Secret test? Hush Hush?"

[etsneroj]

Clive's father actually states the central message of the whole movie: Accept the mystery.

[ilovepanslabyrinth]

@etsneroj

Which is why it ends perfectly

[ser89ers]

@etsneroj true...

[SJ363]

@etsneroj That's all you had to say, now everything clicks into place. The ending makes so much more sense to me now , and thinking about it made me laugh.

[BROKENHOUSEFILMS]

i always laugh when he says accept the mystery

[YuiCody]

Very trouble... Very trouble...

[gsnts725]

Clive ftw he went to my high school :D

[KDog510]

"I'm not missing anything...I know where everything is"

Priceless

[seeget]

mere surmise, sir! ... didn't anyone else get that?

[limaa91]

doesn't clive's father appear in Fargo?

[linus7106]

@limaa91 most excellent actors. all of them.

[MasterofLightChick]

I loooooove Clive! I laugh harder and harder each time I watch him.

[SeracRavel]

Meer sir, my sir.

[adwinmuc]

Great Movie - Great Scenes

[gokhanevg]

The words literally mean something like "unimportant guessing".

If you want to know something you have to look at it. But your looking at something changes it. This is called the "uncertainty principle".

So Clive's words here refer to this stating that the accusations of his teacher are unimportant. His looking/interpreting changes things.

It's a very smart counter-attack to use physical principles to bribe your teacher and then refuse it this way if you ask me. :)

[gokhanevg]

It's a reference to the cat in the Schrodinger's experiment. You can't know whether the cat is alive or not without looking at it. It's uncertain and same thing applies here.

[eriqsxe]

its also a reference to the conversation with clives father in the clip right here

[eriqsxe]

and also what clives father said applies here "accept the mystery"

[gokhanevg]

Mere surmise, sir.

[disgrl4]

Secret test. Hush, hush.