@@Loyal_Lion -- James is not the issue here! It's about drawing a line in the sand, dude. You WILL not cross...by the way, "James" is not the preferred nomenclature. "Mr. Howard" please.
+Dave Shouse *Well, you know, that's, just, like, your opinion, man* Woolsey, take a hike; if you don't get TBL you have no taste. Of course, that's, just, like, my opinion... But I'm right.
If you read the plot or someone explained it to you, you would never think it would be as great as it was. I adore this movie and i'm not even sure why
I love the way that The Dude reuses language that he has heard previously throughout the movie. Ex: This aggression will not stand. In the parlance of our times . . . .
Holy shit, I just realized the Dude is in the second dream scene dressed like Karl Hungus in the Logjammer porno, only in his ideal world it's got a bowling theme.
The original script actually refers to the narrator as "a Sam Elliott type". So I'm not sure if they knew they'd be able to get him for the role, but they based the character just on Elliot's performances in other movies.
I remember an anecdote that relates to what they're saying about the sort of lack of structure of The Big Sleep - when they were making the movie version of that book, they realised one of the characters died, but couldn't figure out from the book who had killed the character. So they called up Raymond Chandler, the author of the novel, and asked him. "Who killed this character ? Can you help us explain this ?" "I don't know", Chandler said, "I don't think it's in the novel". So nobody knew the intricacies of the plot, not even the original author. The anecdote is something like that, I might have a few details wrong but it's close.
+Geo408 In the film, *The Dude's* car is stolen. He finds a kid named Larry's homework in the seat when the car is returned, so The Dude & Walter seek out Larry in order try to recover the ransom money that had been in the trunk. Larry won't talk, so Walter shouts "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY!"* as he bashes (with a baseball bat) what he THINKS is Larry's new 'Vette, purchased, he figures, with the stolen loot. The quote is actually "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, WHEN YOU F*** A STRANGER IN THE ASS!" but for the seldom-needed TV edit, John Goodman dubbed in the bizarre and inappropriate Alps quote I typed above. You oughta watch the movie, man, it's great!
all of the cast are genuinely at the top of the tree, the photography is great, the story is a bit confusing, hard to follow sometimes. In my opinion, taking into account those three criteria, Magnolia is better.
yeah i remember the first time i watched it i didn’t laugh when walter talks about being able to get a toe by 3 o’clock with nail polish and now it kills me. there’s other examples. the movie gets more as more hilarious and the years go by
Those 2 guys are great, think about having a brother who shares and fuel your fantasies than being alone with it and nobody wants to hear your stories. That's why I think they are great writers / storytellers.
5:36 "Oh, for fuck sake, he cut me off again! Guess I'll do my usual roll of the eyes and sigh, but gotta keep it only slight because they're filming this!" :(
Loved it from day one! I remember watching it for the first time in the living room with a bunch of my older family and I was rolling in the floor and no one else as much as chuckled.. I just remember thinking you guys can't be serious this is the greatest thing ever.lol
Fargo is probably my favorite of their films and No Country for Old Men, but The Big Lebowski is one of the best comedies and all 3 films are some of the best films of all time.
These are the best. But I also have a soft spot for Burn After Reading. Parts of that film make me laugh so hard. I think I've watched it 4 or 5 times.
I used to live in Venice, CA, on Venice Blvd., in a bungalow among a set of cottages set up exactly like in this film, where the landlord lived in the central bungalow. The only difference was the floor plan of the bungalows was slightly different. It may well have been the same bungalows, just that the movie transformed the bedroom into a bathroom. In which case, I lived in the same bungalow that they shot the movie in. It's always very strange seeing those scenes for me. I see on Google Earth that they've torn down those bungalows. Towards the last, they were painted purple and then still later, they were painted black. Also, I was a serious "pothead" for about a quarter century, so this film hit home for me.
At 20:20 or so I thought the director was going to say that "getting his rug back would have really tied the movie together". lol He kinda missed out on a great reference opportunity.
Ha, I think if this had been recorded years after the fact, once the lore had set in, they may not have missed the opportunity. As it is, you can tell this was taped around the time of its release and they probably didn't grasp just yet how iconic that phrase would be.
I was amused for days after watching this movie - I would just keep getting flashbacks of various scenes and just start chuckling out loud - usually when I was in a queue somewhere. I must have got the reputation of being the village idiot ... awesome performances from all the characters and simply unbelievable script !!!
Man... I wish this documentary had gone on for two hours. The Coens should have a UNESCO Heritage seal stamped on their foreheads. Something not mentioned - surely The Long Goodbye served as inspiration for The Big Lebowski, there are many private eye noir films to draw from, but the Robert Altman classic adaptation on the genre had an iconoclastic and hilarious streak to it, which the Coens took five steps further.
The movie has a strange effect on me. First time I just thought it was ok. But some friends were obsessed about it and I watched it again and thought it was really good. And the more I watch it the more addicted I get. Now I'm obsessed too.
Isn't it wonderful how this story by the Cohens, that was based on a Dude they met, some actors they wanted to use and wrote parts for, an insane director in hollywood everyone knew (Goodman's character), all were thrown into a cheesy 1950's Film Noir detective plot along with a lot of 70's drug culture influence and it became this masterpiece that hangs together and presents a cohesive film, even though it has no earthly reason for doing so? I don't know about you, but I take comfort in knowing that they are out there, just tying it all together for us.
I watched this movie around 100 times (that's not a joke, I really did). Do I need to say how much I love it and that it's the best movie ever made? :)
There's a very short list of men who, by my estimation, should not consider leaving the house without a mustache: 1. Tom Selleck 2. Sam Elliot 3. Alex Trebec
The reason the movie is popular , in my opinion, is that it creates a stark contrast between the antagonist (boomer , hard worker, pillar of society , the rich Mr. Lebowski) and our hero (and what's a hero, really) , the dude , who is a stoner, slacker, and one of the laziest people. People resonated with that because the dude's portrayal as a hero , is helping to taking the pressure off of conforming to parental and societal expecations, for everyone who views this film. It's giving people an alternative to conforming with the status quo and just be a cookie cutter, well oiled cog in the machine. Not to mention all the destruction on a planetary scale that mindless boomer work ethics like those of Mr. Lebowski has already wrought, for profit everything, and now 70% of the arctic ice caps are gone because the puppet masters who park their 100 ft yachts in Monaco harbor needed to buy a 120 ft Yacht this year, so they continuously churned the workers and resources of the planet , ultimately to its peril.
You're leaving out the part where the "hard-working boomer" Lebowski is actually a total hypocrite poser fraud, indifferent to wrecking the lives of others while making other people's money disappear, and acting pompously like a pillar of society the whole time.
I think, I didn't get it on my 1st viewing, but it was soooooo looooong ago (Perhaps, I was too young). I rewatched it recently, and it's a madterpiece :----).
This movie is absolutely top 50 movies ever made. I mean man, every line in this movie is delivered and written perfectly. It’s just a perfect movie. Not a complaint.
This came out in 98? I thought it was a bit earlier than that. 98 reminds me of Jackie Brown and I know insaw the Big Lebowski a while before Jackie Brown...but-i was pretty much smoking weed morning noon and night those years so...
Well to put it in the parlance of our times, it's a great movie. I could watch it again....and be thurruh. I actually became a Dudeist Priest after watching it. And for those of you who didn't like it...you are entering a World of Pain.
Best movie ever made...hands down.
You're out of your element, James!
@@Loyal_Lion -- James is not the issue here! It's about drawing a line in the sand, dude. You WILL not cross...by the way, "James" is not the preferred nomenclature. "Mr. Howard" please.
sure Man
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Shut the fuck up Donny
The two of them sitting there both picking their fingernails the exact same way is hilarious.
it's like something from Documentary Now
In another interview ( True Grit maybe) did exactly same thing
Is it? Is it really?
First thing I noticed.
Wonder if they’re doing it as a bit
This documentary really tied everything together
Did it not.
Should you be compensated every time a documentary gets micturated upon?
You're out of your element.
Fuckin-A!
John Goodman should have won an Oscar for this Gem.
Every single actor and crew member on this masterpiece should have.
I agree. While everything in this movie is exceptional Goodman excels.
He should have won a bowling trophy for this movie.
He’s the best yeller in Hollywood.
You are entering a world of pain
are they trying to open pistachios?
hahaha for real!
haahahahha
they are solving the worlds smallest rubik's cube 😂
They're special in all the best ways. Some quirks come with that
Artists are weirdos huh?
The Greatest Film of All Time.
From opening scene to close........GENIUS.
What's genius about it lol it's an okay film
Dave Shouse the dude abides
So well made
+Dave Shouse *Well, you know, that's, just, like, your opinion, man*
Woolsey, take a hike; if you don't get TBL you have no taste.
Of course, that's, just, like, my opinion...
But I'm right.
Well, that is just your opinion, man.
It's hilarious that Walter was right about everything in the investigation of the girl lol
Except the wheelchair
@@eccentricity00 small details
Buncha amateurs
And he was wrong about Smokey being over the line, and he bowled on Shabbos
@@eccentricity00 Walter's expression when he realizes his error is priceless though
If you read the plot or someone explained it to you, you would never think it would be as great as it was.
I adore this movie and i'm not even sure why
Once u realize the plot doesnt matter it makes it all the more funny lol
Well that's like your opinion, man
It’s just a gnarly movie!
Nostalgic 😊
I love the way that The Dude reuses language that he has heard previously throughout the movie. Ex: This aggression will not stand.
In the parlance of our times . . . .
You mean vagina?
He tells walt to Take it Easy which I just realized is an Eagles reference.
@@RobMarchionebut he “hates the fkn Eagles maaaan “
They make the most rewatchable movies in my opinion. Knowing what is going to happen makes it even funnier sometimes.
Yeah they are masters of mood and dialogue..
I caught The Big Lebowski in Theaters in 1998. Since then I have re-watched this film no less than 80 or 90 times.
" Are you employed, sir ? " " E m p l o y e d ? "
H E H
Love his scoff...
is this a w- - what day is this?
Holy shit, I just realized the Dude is in the second dream scene dressed like Karl Hungus in the Logjammer porno, only in his ideal world it's got a bowling theme.
ive watched this movie more than 20 times and i just noticed this now while i was watching the scene
The Coen Brothers both picking their cuticles and looking sheepish is kinda perfect.
This movie was the bomb, in the parlance of our times.
All the dude ever wanted was his rug back.
Fucking A!
China man peed on it
Yes, the rug tied the room together
I think we all are trying to find a rug that would tie our room together. Some of us will never find such a rug.
Kevin, "Chinaman" is not the preferred nomenclature, it's Asian American, dude.
You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism. Not in Nam, of course.
These guys are like performance artists playing a couple of movie directors. The movies are actually part of the overall performance.
Both brothers pick at their hands. Hilarious.
U have no frame of reference here Donnie
A friend of mine named his dog Donnie so every time the dog would bark, he could say "Shut the fuck up, Donnie!"
Jeff's part is not that far off his real personality..he always seems super chill
The greatest Film Noir of all time with The Dude as the laziest detective in LA which would qualify him as one of the laziest detectives in the world.
Jeff Bridges sounds like he's not entirely sure what the movies about.
He's not goin' to break character now
Neither is anyone else.
method acting...
@@mator2339 Touche'
Back when 'making ofs' were really engaging and informative.
Rather than a montage of soundbite garbage... Looking at you Disney Wars
Hun King Longs. Seen that one?
Yeah nowadays it’s just advertisement where cast and crew are circle-jerking with compliments.
I found this incredibly slow/boring.
The original script actually refers to the narrator as "a Sam Elliott type". So I'm not sure if they knew they'd be able to get him for the role, but they based the character just on Elliot's performances in other movies.
I remember an anecdote that relates to what they're saying about the sort of lack of structure of The Big Sleep - when they were making the movie version of that book, they realised one of the characters died, but couldn't figure out from the book who had killed the character.
So they called up Raymond Chandler, the author of the novel, and asked him.
"Who killed this character ? Can you help us explain this ?"
"I don't know", Chandler said, "I don't think it's in the novel".
So nobody knew the intricacies of the plot, not even the original author.
The anecdote is something like that, I might have a few details wrong but it's close.
The car is a character all it’s own
wtf they doing with their nails?
You're out of your element!
You have no frame of reference!
Over the line!
They were sort of rubbing their nails while they were sort of talking and sort of saying sort of like sort of over and over again
To answer your question: Messing with you. They like to do annoying stuff like this to mess with people. They think it's funny. Pretty weird, huh?
lol they are both fuckin picking at their hands the same way. weird.
I was thinking the same thing
Probably planned! These guys are deeply weird. Praise Jesus.
so you think they are related in a way?
I do the same thing because i have ecsema on my hands.
It's a social anxiety tick.
I love how both Coen brothers are both nervously playing with their fingers at the beginning.
"THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS LARRY!!!"
Who is Larry?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS!!
+Geo408 In the film, *The Dude's* car is stolen. He finds a kid named Larry's homework in the seat when the car is returned, so The Dude & Walter seek out Larry in order try to recover the ransom money that had been in the trunk. Larry won't talk, so Walter shouts "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, LARRY!"* as he bashes (with a baseball bat) what he THINKS is Larry's new 'Vette, purchased, he figures, with the stolen loot.
The quote is actually "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS, WHEN YOU F*** A STRANGER IN THE ASS!" but for the seldom-needed TV edit, John Goodman dubbed in the bizarre and inappropriate Alps quote I typed above.
You oughta watch the movie, man, it's great!
SPOILERS!
They're gonna cut your Johnson off, Larry
Is it fair to say this is the best comedy ever made? I'm brave, I'm gonna say it!
The Big Lebowski is one of those very few movies that gets better and better on repeated viewings. It's probably the best of them all.
all of the cast are genuinely at the top of the tree, the photography is great, the story is a bit confusing, hard to follow sometimes. In my opinion, taking into account those three criteria, Magnolia is better.
@@JK_Clark Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
yeah i remember the first time i watched it i didn’t laugh when walter talks about being able to get a toe by 3 o’clock with nail polish and now it kills me. there’s other examples. the movie gets more as more hilarious and the years go by
We'll be forever grateful to you guys for gifting us this masterpiece!
Those 2 guys are great, think about having a brother who shares and fuel your fantasies
than being alone with it and nobody wants to hear your stories. That's why I think they are great writers / storytellers.
john goodman is pure gold in this film
the dude abides
Yeah yeah, haha at all the quotes. Very good.
But I've come here to impart words of wisdom of my own:
Julianne Moore is blazing hot in this film.
goopah Yeah. I’d have fucked her.
No truer words have ever been spoken!
5:36 "Oh, for fuck sake, he cut me off again! Guess I'll do my usual roll of the eyes and sigh, but gotta keep it only slight because they're filming this!" :(
hahaha nice catch
These bothers are pure genius. They write all their lines and allow no add libbing.
This movie is at the very top of my list for go to movies when I need some laughs. Simply hilarious
When in Reykjavik - go visit the LEBOWSKI BAR! Wonderful homage place for this movie, including 90° tilted bowling track on one wall.
Loved it from day one! I remember watching it for the first time in the living room with a bunch of my older family and I was rolling in the floor and no one else as much as chuckled.. I just remember thinking you guys can't be serious this is the greatest thing ever.lol
The best thing about it is walter was totally right the whole time 😂😂
The guy whose car he smashed didn't think so.
Except for the Big Lebowski being disabled though
Fargo is probably my favorite of their films and No Country for Old Men, but The Big Lebowski is one of the best comedies and all 3 films are some of the best films of all time.
These are the best. But I also have a soft spot for Burn After Reading. Parts of that film make me laugh so hard. I think I've watched it 4 or 5 times.
Don’t forget Miller’s Crossing
How i love love love every second of this movie!!!! Funny as hell)
This film, alongside Shrek and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, are my favourite comedy films ever.
I used to live in Venice, CA, on Venice Blvd., in a bungalow among a set of cottages set up exactly like in this film, where
the landlord lived in the central bungalow. The only difference was the floor plan of the bungalows was slightly different.
It may well have been the same bungalows, just that the movie transformed the bedroom into a bathroom. In which case,
I lived in the same bungalow that they shot the movie in.
It's always very strange seeing those scenes for me. I see on Google Earth that they've torn down those bungalows.
Towards the last, they were painted purple and then still later, they were painted black. Also, I was a serious "pothead"
for about a quarter century, so this film hit home for me.
At 20:20 or so I thought the director was going to say that "getting his rug back would have really tied the movie together". lol He kinda missed out on a great reference opportunity.
Ha, I think if this had been recorded years after the fact, once the lore had set in, they may not have missed the opportunity. As it is, you can tell this was taped around the time of its release and they probably didn't grasp just yet how iconic that phrase would be.
@@kz1000ps the phrase is repeated across the film
I don't understand a word you're saying in your videos, but you are Gorgeous!
I was amused for days after watching this movie - I would just keep getting flashbacks of various scenes and just start chuckling out loud - usually when I was in a queue somewhere. I must have got the reputation of being the village idiot ... awesome performances from all the characters and simply unbelievable script !!!
*The Dude was himself in the movie and he has to play Jeff Bridges since.*
Man... I wish this documentary had gone on for two hours. The Coens should have a UNESCO Heritage seal stamped on their foreheads.
Something not mentioned - surely The Long Goodbye served as inspiration for The Big Lebowski, there are many private eye noir films to draw from, but the Robert Altman classic adaptation on the genre had an iconoclastic and hilarious streak to it, which the Coens took five steps further.
This interview really tied the film together...
The movie has a strange effect on me. First time I just thought it was ok. But some friends were obsessed about it and I watched it again and thought it was really good. And the more I watch it the more addicted I get. Now I'm obsessed too.
Only film I know which has a similar quality is Withnail and I.
Isn't it wonderful how this story by the Cohens, that was based on a Dude they met, some actors they wanted to use and wrote parts for, an insane director in hollywood everyone knew (Goodman's character), all were thrown into a cheesy 1950's Film Noir detective plot along with a lot of 70's drug culture influence and it became this masterpiece that hangs together and presents a cohesive film, even though it has no earthly reason for doing so?
I don't know about you, but I take comfort in knowing that they are out there, just tying it all together for us.
I've watched this movie about 10 times now and every time it gets better
The big lebowski is a classic thanks jeff.
I watched this movie around 100 times (that's not a joke, I really did). Do I need to say how much I love it and that it's the best movie ever made? :)
There's a very short list of men who, by my estimation, should not consider leaving the house without a mustache:
1. Tom Selleck
2. Sam Elliot
3. Alex Trebec
and what about frank zappa?
Burt Reynolds
Sam's upper lip is *VERY* strange.
Seriously, look at this
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Or even Groucho Marx
Great find!
Absolutely! I agree with blueparrot's comments below. This film is priceless. And I adore Jeff Bridges.
The reason the movie is popular , in my opinion, is that it creates a
stark contrast between the antagonist (boomer , hard worker, pillar of
society , the rich Mr. Lebowski) and our hero (and what's a hero,
really) , the dude , who is a stoner, slacker, and one of the laziest
people. People resonated with that because the dude's portrayal as a
hero , is helping to taking the pressure off of conforming to parental
and societal expecations, for everyone who views this film. It's giving
people an alternative to conforming with the status quo and just be a
cookie cutter, well oiled cog in the machine. Not to mention all the
destruction on a planetary scale that mindless boomer work ethics like
those of Mr. Lebowski has already wrought, for profit everything, and
now 70% of the arctic ice caps are gone because the puppet masters who
park their 100 ft yachts in Monaco harbor needed to buy a 120 ft Yacht
this year, so they continuously churned the workers and resources of the
planet , ultimately to its peril.
You're leaving out the part where the "hard-working boomer" Lebowski is actually a total hypocrite poser fraud, indifferent to wrecking the lives of others while making other people's money disappear, and acting pompously like a pillar of society the whole time.
you kinda missed part of the point of the movie.. the rich/big lebowski is not a hard worker
@@circuh1981 true, and ironic but he's still putting up that image
Mr. Lebowski is not a Boomer. The Dude is a Boomer and he embodies the "Boomer Work Ethic" perfectly.
I think, I didn't get it on my 1st viewing, but it was soooooo looooong ago (Perhaps, I was too young). I rewatched it recently, and it's a madterpiece :----).
"It's already posted"
"WELL THEY CAN FUCKIN UNPOST IT!"
What are they both doing to their nails
I was so irritated by this...they seem kind of crazy
It's a nervous tick. There must have been a woman in the room.
Michael Ford coen brothers have always been weird.
Digital expressions of the cocain/nose interface.
Literally what I’m doing watching it. My nails and I have a relationship of mutual indifference.
Funniest movie ever made.. And because the characters are so believable.
Whoa the Coen Brothers mentions Chandler novels a lot.
Raymond Chandler is one of my favorite novelist.
Also 2 of my favorite TV characters!
I’ll have to check those novels out
one of the greatest films ever made.
I think I might start to write a movie about these brothers , they have identical mannerisms when thinking 🧐
You should watch Dead Ringers where Jeremy Irons plays indentical twins.
I had three friends that were just like the Dude, Walter and Danny and this movie is my favorite Coen brothers movie hands down.
27 December 2020 channeling
Health & Healing to THE DUDE
✌ 🙏 💖 ❣ ⚘ ⚘ 🎶 👊
Favorite movie. Coulda gone my whole life without actually seeing the Coen brothers speak.
Awesome movie, still watching 2021!
This movie is absolutely top 50 movies ever made. I mean man, every line in this movie is delivered and written perfectly. It’s just a perfect movie. Not a complaint.
I wonder did the Coen Bros interview feature in Floor Coverings Weekly in the end?
I agree, one of the funniest movies I have ever seen!
I love this movie from start to finish
The most beautiful thing I've ever seen!
More of a masterpiece of proportions, its a good "mood" movie, good stoned watching and couchlounging.
I need more couch lounging movies.
This came out in 98? I thought it was a bit earlier than that. 98 reminds me of Jackie Brown and I know insaw the Big Lebowski a while before Jackie Brown...but-i was pretty much smoking weed morning noon and night those years so...
17:44 The 2 of them trolling an interviewer for floor coverings trade magazine 😅
"You're not wrong... you're just an asshole!!!" 😆
These cats are cool but are digging at their fingers together some kind of weird thing.
Nail biting habit big time.
Why is everyone shitting on their antics and calling them creeps lol, show more respect to these guys they gave us this masterpiece!
My family in LA in the 80’s. My cousin looked just like him. Good time’s.😎
A very special and unique film.
One of my favourite film!!! I'm a big fan of the Cohen's brothers
Donny is a PTSD figment of Walters experience in Viet Nam; no others really interact with Donny, except Walter with 'THE DUDE'
I just heard about this theory and it is wild! Even if the bros didn't intend it this is amazing...the dude never genuinely talks to donny!
Well……Donny does kind of interact with The Dude’s face in his final scene. 😉
Floor Coverings Weekly still exists as a news source about floor coverings, as of 2016. How is this a thing?
Funniest movie of all-time for me ;-)
This is one of the funniest movies ever made.
Jeff Bridges is the Perfect Man
Wondering how they did the shot from inside the bowling ball... brilliant!
I'm sure these Coen dudes are okay, but they give me the creeps.
The creep(s) can roll man
Joel looks like a serial killer but Ethan looks like a cool guy
I agree. The best film of all times. No doubt. Coen genius
My FAVORITE Movie of ALL time....
you mean coitus?
Bridges makes the lines come alive like no one else.
The Big Lebowski and SNATCH are my favorites movies
De Oggo yes, can not turn either off, lost my Lebowski dvd bummed
i prefer rockanrola over snatch, but snatch is pretty funny too ...
De Oggo I agree with your opinion 50%
Good Movies
Сашка SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN YOU BIG BALD FUCK
The Best Behind The Scenes! Ever!!
Well to put it in the parlance of our times, it's a great movie. I could watch it again....and be thurruh. I actually became a Dudeist Priest after watching it. And for those of you who didn't like it...you are entering a World of Pain.