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Mar 7, 2023·edited Mar 7, 2023Pinned

One of my favorites and continually underrated. It's also really funny. The snappy 1940s dialogue is right out of Preston Sturges. "It might work. It could work. It's working already" is brilliant, especially the last line delivered by a cigar chomping Paul Newman at his best. I like the tie-in with Boethius and the sage janitor who takes care of the clothes clock (though it is the magical negro trope, it makes sense here.) The Coens are big Sturges fans and have referenced many of his movies throughout their catalog, most notably o brother where art thou which was the movie Joel McRae wanted to make in Sullivan's Travels. I gleefully anticipated hail Caesar but it wasn't as entertaining or thought provoking as I'd hoped. I always go back to Hudsucker and A Serious Man.

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One of the most under-rated movies, I love it when I watch it every year. The simplicity wins out.

I have an invention, sorry, an innovation that will help many people who own Macs, I would think half of the owners would buy it, and if I presented it, it could be a straight line on a page, and I could say to the board of directors, "you know, for Mac users".

I wish I could present to Apple and get a small percentage of sales, which will be millions, but I know I couldn't trust them or any other huge corporation. I have to go it alone, which means the sharks who have never had an original thought in their lives will poach my idea and leave me high and dry. I need to crowdsource it and get orders in advance. It's almost as simple as the hula-hoop.

I recommend The Hudsucker Proxy to everyone. It's up there with Groundhog Day.

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One of the most under-rated movies, I love it when I watch it every year. The simplicity wins out.

I have an invention, sorry, an innovation that will help many people who own Macs, I would thnk half would buy it, and if I presented it, it could be a straight line on a page, and I could say to the board of directors, "you know, for Mac users".

I wish I could present to Apple and get a small percentage of sales, which will be millions, but I know I couldn't trust them or any other huge corporation. I'll have to go it alone.

I recommend The Hudsucker Proxy to everyone. It's up there with Groundhog Day.

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