The Dude Abides

I just want to understand this sir every time a rug is MIT to rated upon of this fair city I have to compensate the person come on man I'm not trying to scare anybody here uh you know I'm just uh we're just looking for a handout like every other are you employed mr. Lebowski oh wait let me explain something to you I am NOT mr. Lebowski you're mr. Lebowski I'm the dude so that's what you call me you know that or uh his dude nasur Deuter or you know el duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing are you employed sure employed you don't go out looking for a job dressed like that do you on a weekday is this so what days is I was a major disappointment to me that that Jeff Bridges didn't win an Academy Award for that performance because I think it's genius I mean it really really is when you think about all the lines you remember him saying how he said it what he was doing was interesting man that's interesting it was fun coming to work you know there's an aspect of acting that's a lot like pretending when you were a kid you know like come on let's pretend you know you this you'd be this guy I'll be this guy and that's what it was like it was coming to work every morning and playing with your the coolest kids you know and he had all the cool outfits you know it was fun let's go boom Ethan told me about it before they had it written and he's just describing the character to me I was sold from Jump Street they said they knew guys it was Walters based on about four people one of the things I love about the dude and Walter and that they're very opposite but they seemed to that's alright that's fine and they respect each other in their differences just take it easy man I'm perfectly calm dude yeah we've in the gun around come on you are you just take it easy come on you I never really knew how long they'd known each other or how they met or anything like the N of that really went into it for me anyway I was uh having too much fun to do research you don't have ransom without a hostage that's what Branson is both of the rule for a big of a load as he is and a fat mouth he just very tenderly I think cares for Donny and he was protecting him from these bullies and that's what they were this guy's gonna hurt his woman no Donny these men are cowards how much they give you 20 grand man and of course I still get to keep the rug for making a handle yeah he gave to the beeper also whenever these guys call or foster negate oh I told him if it was during league play what's turning league fight Fleiss does not stop and start with your convenience yeah I figure yeah I'm small too yeah I figure it's easy money you know it's all pretty harmless you probably kidnapped herself this death I was actually there and I loved the eulogy well I can do wanted to send him off right and then Walter just never checked which way the wind was blowing he was one of us he was a man who loved the outdoors then he learned that Donny is in fact a surfer as a surfer he explored the beaches of Southern California from La Jolla the Leo Carrillo and up to Pismo it's the only time it's mentioned and I love that about this guy and I and he is a mystery you don't you don't really learn that much about him I could do well I think it's interesting about Steve's performance in the movie though is that oh he's so good that you could actually watch him and a lot of the scenes exclusively when there's a three-shot and the whole scene kind of plays out in his face even though he doesn't have anything to say Donnie loves these guys and and I think they they love him and but he just he gets on Walters nerves a bigger basket has grown to here people have seen this film any some that I've been in you've written books there's little Lebowski fast and people are just you're obsessed with it what the hell is it would attract people doing hit something in the young people let's roll please rolling mark action strike it you know Fargo was very successful and I think the critics didn't know what to make of this when it was released I remember when it came out everybody was like so what there was sort of a like a little like a little bit of a thunk and I loved it I can remember going to the premiere here in New York I was like that was so funny and and it was just like oh well people didn't seem to think it was that funny it's taken me many years to actually get the film and I liked it that I liked it more and I was until like the fourth time I think I saw with my son you might want to watch out their front window learn that I realized how hilarious fulfilling is when I watch The Big Lebowski a Qi I love the story and all the characters but for me it's very kind of hard to separate it from my own life it's the bit is a bit of a home movie aspect to it you know when I watch it because I remember what we had for lunch that day or you know what the other cakes were I mean the whole movie it was just easy to do I don't remember there being anything hard about it we just had a great time Donny please it was a once-in-a-lifetime deal characters like vulture don't come along every day I've seen a lot of spinals dude and this guy's a fake this is what I'll be remembered for them that phases with me I think just wonderful it's one of my favorite movies not only movies I've been in but just you know fly light one of my favorite movies Wow college kids are not going to class because it's Big Lebowski I blame this all on Joel anything I think they're recognizing it for what it is is a brilliant film and that's why our society is in crisis in the most unlikely of places a Baptist run bowling alley will and Scott opened the doors to the very first Lebowski Fest my name is Scott shove it I am co-producer of the 1st annual Big Lebowski would have you fess being held in the fellowship lane civil hockey will rustle official Lua villian Scott not about three months ago we're bending a convention for the mothership connection they knew those Lebowski lines and we begin to realize that there's a community out there very very large community of people with feeling towards a fantastic movie that was created by the Coen brothers someone said we should have a Big Lebowski Kevin did happen and then it was like it just Bam Bam the concept is simple gather fans Bowl drink light Russians and just go dude you see what happens this is what happens and eventually the media caught on to spread the Lebowski lexicon we were driving your parents house when I found out that we were in Spin Magazine yeah which was probably the biggest moment and Lebowski Fest history so far we're mentioned as one of the 19 of inch can't mess with like Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo worked or Hospice it was unbelievable this is what the Big Lebowski does bring together you get those corners are just I love all the visual stuff and the dream sequence I like the fact that it comes out of left field Valkyrie Busby Berkeley bowling if you want to have dreams those are the ones that have given the realm of the dude there to dream sequences in the movie it's an excuse to do something different visually and make a little splash totally this one has some tough go breaks and actually when we're writing a script usually if we haven't gotten a Kafka break by page 70 we start one there just arbitrarily it was hard for me to even move in that outfit because it was kind of made out of layers of leather and styrofoam was very very stiff um so it was difficult actually to maneuver I guess had to move around inside it so even like doing stuff at the bowling ball was was challenging because the dream follows the dudes encounter with the pornographer it seemed appropriate that it be somewhat sexual dream as well so Julianne Moore had to wear the Norse goddess name the big breastplates hat with the horns pigtails yeah I didn't this is you know you're gonna set out trying to figure out what the dude would find erotic [Music] you

Channel: MakingOf

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Keywords: The, Big, Lebowski, Limited, Edition, Blu-Ray, Ethan, Coen, Joel, Jeff, Bridges, John, Goodman, Julianne, Moore, Steve, Buscemi, Brothers, Natalie, Portman, Christine, Aylward

Id: 92EChuYNV-M

Length: 9min 19sec (559 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 26 2011

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