Why would the owner of the toy store drastically reduce the price of the hula hoop over the course of the first day he carries it BEFORE SCHOOL EVEN LETS OUT FOR THE DAY?! You know, for kids, idiot!
We're Evergreen Old Boys, remember?
Because this film is, among many other things, a campy satire about the consumer world.
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They're trying to let us believe that this whole story took place in... what? 100 minutes! Tcha!
The whole scene was an extended montage, meant to telescope time, a good example of "cinematic time".
But in any case, why should anyone look for physical "reality" in a film so clearly of the mind? It's like complaining that the sets didn't look like New York.
"Sometimes you have to take the bull by the tail, and face the truth" - G. Marx
pointlessly nit-picky. I agree with the others who explained that the Coens employed that common cinematic device used to telescope time.
sharea) thats the part that does not make sense to you? you must have gave up before the ending lol.
b) yeah that could have been a week, could have been an entire season. i for one thought it was beautiful detail in the film.
Actually the part that didn't make sense was the fact that the board members didn't stick to their own plan. They installed a moron as company president, with the intention of buying up all of the outstanding stock when the price was really low.
So why did the board members sell all of their stock, when the price was low? I thought the general rule of business was "Buy low, sell high", not the other way around!
They sold when it was high, expecting to buy (much more as Hudsucker's own stock was available on 1.1.1959.) But the success of the hula hoop meant that the stock went even higher than the high point where they sold.
shareActually the part that didn't make sense was the fact that the board members didn't stick to their own plan. They installed a moron as company president, with the intention of buying up all of the outstanding stock when the price was really low.
So why did the board members sell all of their stock, when the price was low? I thought the general rule of business was "Buy low, sell high", not the other way around!
From what I remember, they said that if they sold it they'd make money, but then the stock would be too high to buy back then, so they tried lowering it so when it went public on Jan 1st they could swoop right in and buy it back for cheap, then put things back to normal and make money again.
shareThey were trying to create a selling panic to make the stock drop further so they could buy back more.
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