.. at the very, very, very, very beginning of Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'.. Raskolnikov is thinking thoughts just like thoughts that may maddeningly preoccupy the mind of.. of Jervis Tech (Dustin Hoffman).. he Raskolnikov is thinking of his hat.. and he feels his hat is far, far too.. in his words.. 'conspicuous'.. 'trifles, trifles, trifles..'.. thinks Raskolnikov (Hanno Jason Leigh).. he feels the hat he's wearing right now it resembles an old pancake.. '.. not this old pancake.. '.. thinks.. he should be wearing a very different hat.. he thinks...