What the underrated Poltergeist tells us about our past and our future. Tying into two excellent books from 2017, and the principle of scientific management.
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Here are some films and podcast episodes that I liked in 2018. Sights (Film, TV, etc.) Bladerunner 2049 was a thought provoking movie and a well-deserved sequel to Bladerunner. Love per Square Foot was a cheerful and peppy urban love story set in Bombay. NetFlix has made a movie that Bollywood has forgotten how to make. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell made by BBC boasts high production and some great acting by all the principal characters. The TV series is less-nuanced than Susannah Clarke’s book by the same name, i.e., the TV series is darker and misses the whimsical funny elements in the book, that are understandably harder to translate to screen. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (season 1) is great…
Leave a CommentThe Hudsucker Proxy is my second favorite Coen brothers movie on rewatchability.1 Within their oeuvre, The Hudsucker Proxy is closest to capturing the humor in American manufacturing/business culture (exceeded only by William H. Macy’s exasperated car salesman role in Fargo). While talking about Dynamic pricing in class, I typically refer to the funny story in Hudsucker Proxy, which has a retailer (ostensibly, all retailers) adjusting the price of HulaHoops in the light of the increased demand. Here is the embedded video from the movie that shows the design of the product, progression into the production process, and testing, leading to its retail sales — the lifecycle of hope, demise, and rebirth of a product. The movie also features Jennifer Jason…
Leave a Comment[A deviation from usual Operations Posts]. Star Wars is easily the second biggest cultural export of the United States. (Disney is No 1. So it seems natural that Disney eventually acquired the rights to Star Wars). Parents often want to share the excitement of the mythology of Star Wars with young kids. This is not easy for those who lived through the nostalgia of the 80s that was nearly corrupted by the tragedies of the 90s prequels. Such parents often ponder the following question: In what order do I introduce Star Wars to my kids? The following advice follows from my experience. (Caveat: I don’t claim to be the biggest fan of Star Wars, and the following idea is definitely…
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