I [Heart] Huckabees and Zen

I watched I [Heart] Huckabees again this weekend not having seen it since starting more serious and daily Zen practice. I was hit over the head by how Zen the film is and how much Buddhist doctrine, particularly Zen, is included in the film. A quick Google search demonstrated I was not alone in recognizing these elements. Not mentioned in the paper but of particular note to me were the Jaffe's having tea with Ms. Huckabee: There is tea, there isn't tea - reminding of the Mu koan. The paper mentioned Brad's final koan which I also found evocative. The paper doesn't take up the role of Caterine Vauban who also plays an important role and also, I thought has her place in Zen, representing that initial journey of the practitioner and also some of what might be known as Zen sickness. Albert has it right when it takes all three: the Jaffes and Vauban to make it all work.