I think the point is that it's the very opposite of laziness. The lazy thing would be to look at a machine to tell you what the time is. Instead Hank uses his brain to make his own informed decision about what time it is.
We Set the clock by the tv at midnight last night. The clock gains 35 minutes every hour. It says 7:30pm now, but we know that’s not right. That’s 7.5 hours. 7x35 mins = 245mins 1 half of 35 = 17.5 = 252.5mins 4 hours 42.5 mins we owe them. We set the clock back to 5:47. That’s it
The film is a bit strange, probably for budgetary reasons-in that a lot of the surroundings are obviously 2000s when the movie was made, the cars for example, but aspects of it are in the 50s-70s when Bukowski was doing his crap jobs, setting the clock by the TV for example. In the 2000s they wouldn't have been relying on one mechanical clock for the time. Also lots of little retro things, like getting fitted for a suit by a custom tailor to wear daily-kind of hard to imagine a guy like Hank going to the tailor instead of just buying something if he lived in modern times.
That's a great observation. It always felt a little "off" to me as well. The original novel was set in the 40's and 50's, and obviously they didn't have the budget to do that, but they did attempt at some "retro" feel that wasn't wholly convincing.
He could tell what time it was based on the where the sun was positioned during his typical day. Then he uses probability by his working hours according to the routine of how he and Jane operates in his apartment. He then looks at hours as whole minutes to make his distinctive calculation. It kind of like you know what time you get home from the typical work day but able to measure how to deduct minutes or add them, based on how you arrive in a familiar or daily position. Which would be the table he sat at.
This is the epitome of laziness, so lazy, that he acctually does math to avoid fixing the clock. A brilliant film after a brilliant novel.
Wisdom is the epitome of laziness
If I remember right, Chinasky fixed the clock. But a spring wasn't tight enough after, so it ran slow. LOL!
it would be a lazier to just buy a new clock, all that arithmetic, plus he was drunk lol
I think the point is that it's the very opposite of laziness. The lazy thing would be to look at a machine to tell you what the time is. Instead Hank uses his brain to make his own informed decision about what time it is.
the great henry chinaski!
We Set the clock by the tv at midnight last night. The clock gains 35 minutes every hour. It says 7:30pm now, but we know that’s not right.
That’s 7.5 hours. 7x35 mins = 245mins
1 half of 35 = 17.5 = 252.5mins
4 hours 42.5 mins we owe them.
We set the clock back to 5:47. That’s it
haha that's a great scene. I've read the novel & can't wait to see the film
Simon Wood have you seen it yet?
@@darthnihilus5282 it's 7 year old comment and today is august 5 2021
@@_K73595 so do you think he saw the movie?
@@darthnihilus5282 He must have seen the movie, he said he can't wait so why wouldn't he
@@_K73595 maybe he died before he could see the movie
The film is a bit strange, probably for budgetary reasons-in that a lot of the surroundings are obviously 2000s when the movie was made, the cars for example, but aspects of it are in the 50s-70s when Bukowski was doing his crap jobs, setting the clock by the TV for example. In the 2000s they wouldn't have been relying on one mechanical clock for the time. Also lots of little retro things, like getting fitted for a suit by a custom tailor to wear daily-kind of hard to imagine a guy like Hank going to the tailor instead of just buying something if he lived in modern times.
That's a great observation. It always felt a little "off" to me as well. The original novel was set in the 40's and 50's, and obviously they didn't have the budget to do that, but they did attempt at some "retro" feel that wasn't wholly convincing.
Barfly would've had to been taking place in 50s yet it takes place in the present time filmed which was the 80s that time. Love that movie.
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Does this make any sense?
it does
@@provetamin please can you explain?
He could tell what time it was based on the where the sun was positioned during his typical day.
Then he uses probability by his working hours according to the routine of how he and Jane operates in his apartment.
He then looks at hours as whole minutes to make his distinctive calculation.
It kind of like you know what time you get home from the typical work day but able to measure how to deduct minutes or add them, based on how you arrive in a familiar or daily position.
Which would be the table he sat at.
It does when you're stoned asf