A Serious Man (2009)






Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.


Books with substantial mentioning of A Serious Man

Adam Nayman
Coen brothers
New York, NY, 2018
pp. 238-251 info

Jeffrey Adams
The cinema of the Coen brothers, Hard-boiled entertainments
New York, 2015

Articles on A Serious Man

Nick de Semlyen, A Serious Man, in: Empire, nr. 246 (December), 2009 pp. 106-109

Nick de Semlyen, Fred Melamed, in: Empire, nr. 250 (April), 2010 pp. 153

Osman Umurhan, The Limits of Human Knowledge: Oedipal Problems in A Serious Man (2009), in: Monica S. Cyrino and Meredith E. Safran (eds.), Classical myth on screen, New York, 2015

Kai Mihm, Akzeptiere das Rätsel!, in: epd Film, nr. 1, 2010 pp. 28-31

Kathrin Häger, Zu Fall gebracht, "A Serious Man", in: Filmdienst, nr. 26 (23. Dezember), 2010 pp. 13

Reviews

Dan Jolin, A Serious Man, The Coens move in mysterious ways, in: Empire, nr. 246 (December), 2009 pp. 58-59

Ian Nathan, A Serious Man, in: Empire, nr. 250 (April), 2010 pp. 152-153 (DVD review)

Nikki Baughan, A Serious Man, in: movieScope, nr. 16 (Mar/Apr), 2010 pp. 72 (DVD review)

Holger Römers, A Serious Man, in: Filmdienst, nr. 2, 2010 pp. 26-27

Sascha Ormanns, Immer zu Schmerzen aufgelegt, in: Schnitt, nr. 57, 2010 pp. 50

Bill Krohn, En kabbale, in: Cahiers du Cinema, nr. 652 (Janvier), 2010 pp. 68-69

Ralf Blau, A Serious Man, in: Cinema (Germany), nr. 381 (Februar), 2010 pp. 40


Year: 2009
Country: United States
United Kingdom
France
Language: English
Yiddish
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IMDb: 1019452