Here’s our review…
Midwest America, 1967.
Thats not to say that the film lacks structure.
Hes only really upstaged by Fred Melamed as Sy.
The humour throughout is absolutely pitch-black, but there are still a fair few laughs.
Into the more theological themes, Schrodingers cat continues to mewl throughout, making for a religious/physical odyssey.
A Serious Manis either a tragic comedy or a comic tragedy.
Trouble is, you might not be able to stop thinking about it.
Its like watching someone scraping their nails down a blackboard, but not because its annoying or terrible.
Its just incredibly uncomfortable, and this elevates audience discomfort to high art.
Critics have tried to interpret the films opening since it was released.
Is the encounter with the dybbuk a metaphor for the Jews being cursed?
Good things happen, bad things happen, a lot of them unexplained.
A more succinct synopsis of the film itself would be very hard to formulate.
More technically instructive isBuilding 1967, a feature on how the period look was achieved.
On Dannys black and white TV.
For about three seconds.
Each of these lasts around 15-20 minutes, but they both cover a lot of ground.
Movie:
A Serious Manis out now on Blu-ray andavailable from the Den Of Geek Store.
Rating:
4 out of 5
