Decade of the Dude
Ten years on, Rolling Stone investigates why The Big Lebowski became the most worshiped movie of its generation.
Excerpt:
No one is more surprised by the extended life of Lebowski than the people who made it. When I meet him one afternoon in L.A., Goodman immediately tells me it’s his “favorite thing [he's] ever worked on,” and he laughs uproariously when I quote him some of Walter’s best lines (a favorite: “Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos”). Moore, who played Maude, the estranged artist daughter of the wealthy Jeffrey Lebowski, says it’s “one of the movies people mention most to me. I keep saying that one of these days I’m going to go to a Lebowski Fest.” Adds Buscemi, who has appeared in nearly 100 films, including a few Oscar winners, “I’ll pass three guys on the street, and they may just give me a nod. They don’t even have to say a line from the movie. I know what movie they’re thinking about.”
Definitely one of my favorite movies. Ever.
Now I want to open it up to you. What is your favorite line from the movie?
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forget it donny, youre out of your element!
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SHUT THE FUCK UP DONNY
“shomer shabbos. walter doesn’t bowl on the jewish day of rest.”
They’re looking at Buscemi and thinking, STFU Donny!
Ten years, huh? Clearly, “The Dude abides”.
So many to choose from!
But, this one always tickles my funny-bone:
Donny: “Are these the Nazis, Walter?”
Walter: “No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There’s nothing to be afraid of.”
Cheers
[The Dude]: Will you come off it, Walter? You’re not even fucking Jewish, man. It’s all a part of your sick Cynthia thing, man. Taking care of her fucking dog. Going to her fucking synagogue. You’re living in the fucking past.
[Walter Sobchak]: Three-thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax. (shouting) You’re goddamn RIGHT – I AM LIVING in the fucking PAST!
I told that fucking Kraut a thousand times I don’t roll on Shabbos….Shomer fucking Shabbos
“Shomer Shabbos! … Shomer Fu-king Shabbos.”
Watch the clip here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/12452
Jesus: “Nobody f*cks with the Jesus”
Walter: “10 year olds dude. 10 year olds”
Hey, the Dude abides in my neck of the woods. For reals. Look at the last 5 paragraphs here:
http://goosetown.blogspot.com/2005/06/im-not-dead-yet.html
and read this:
http://www.guerillareport.com/article.php?article=398