Coen Bros: A Serious Man part 7
So Larry has been thrown out of his own house by his wife Judith. In a rare moment of bonding with Danny, he stops in to ask for his son’s stereo to use at the Jolly Roger (Larry is apparently a music lover). Danny, although he never says anything as sentimental as "Gee dad, tough break, getting thrown out of the house," nevertheless generously hands over his record player, a machine which has great significance to him — it’s how he listens to his Torah recordings for his bar mitzvah, and it’s also how he listens to rock-n-roll, now that his radio has been confiscated. This is, as far as I can tell, the only moment of tenderness between father and son in the movie. On the other hand, neither Danny nor Larry’s daughter Sarah seem to care one whit about their family falling to pieces — Larry’s departure carries less weight in the household than Arthur monopolizing the bathroom.