November 28, 2008
30,000 ordained Dudeist Priests
In the film's opening scene, the Dude buys cream to fuel his White Russians. John Goodman reveals a scene that was cut out of the film. "Originally the Dude had somebody carry the milk out for him. They asked him if he needed help out with it, and he did." (From The Decade of the Dude)
The Dudespaper is the official publication of The Church of the Latter-Day Dude, a religion better known as “Dudeism”. Dudeism is a real religion with over 30,000 ordained “Dudeist Priests.”
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September 13, 2008
Burn After Reading
This cop looks like he's never seen a bowling pin pipe before. He obviously has never been to Bunnie's Basement because I've got them. Bowling Pin Pipes are fully functional replicas of the one seen above in the Dude's apartment. They measure 5.75 inches and are made of high quality ceramic. The pipes are $16.00 each and $5.00 for shipping.
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From Jack Lipnick to Loren Visser, Top 10 Minor Coen Brothers' Characters
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From Slate: Walter Sobchak is a Neocon. If that seems like a stretch, consider the traits Walter exhibits over the course of the film: faith in American military might; nostalgia for the Cold War; strong support for the state of Israel; and even, perhaps, past affiliation with the left (he refers knowingly to Lenin's given name and admits to having "dabbled in pacifism"). Goodman, who has called the role his all-time favorite, seems also to have sensed Walter's imperialist side. "Dude has a rather, let's say, Eastern approach to bowling," he said in an interview. "Walter is strictly Manifest Destiny."
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July 27, 2008
Walter, this isn't a First Amendment Thing
Carter Burwell’s notes about his score for "No Country For Old Men". Film composer Carter Burwell is the composer for all the Coen brothers films
Another long-time Coen contributor is J. Todd Anderson who produces detailed storyboards for each film
The Naked Man is a 1998 comedy that J. Todd Anderson directed, which was co-written by Anderson and Ethan Coen. The plot centers on "Dr. Edward Blis, Jr, a chiropractor by day, moonlights as a professional wrestler at night. His wrestling name is the Naked Man and he wears a naked body suit when wrestling. After his parents and wife are killed by a cripple with crutches, which double as machine guns and an Elvis Presley impersonator he loses his sanity. He adopts the persona of his wrestling character and goes on a rampage of revenge..."
The long list of frequent Coen Brothers' collaborators. Here is the family tree sorted by actors
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No Country For Raising Arizona. Parallels between two Coen Brothers movies. With screen captures & video. Also, Genre VS. Iconography in No Country and Raising Arizona
PomPom dressed as Walter Sobchak from the 2005 Homestar Runner Halloween special
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March 26, 2008
Let’s find each other tonight
The Films of Joel and Ethan Coen, a mashup by Paul Proulx from Hobnox. He also put together a video montage of films by Quentin Tarantino (YT) and Paul Thomas Anderson. Anderson was so impressed with the video that he posted it on his own website
A Beating Heart, shown at the American Heart Association's 2008 Heart of New York Gala. Dimensions 24"x24"x24". By Billy Chasen. (Previously-posted, and probably the inspiration for this art piece -Another Heart Beater)
All New – Featuring the personal websites of Grow-a-brain’s readers! Today – Christian Neukirchen’s Anarchaia, the first tumblelog ever. Submit yours for consideration.
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February 22, 2008
What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?
The silence of the old men. (I saw this movie twice & I loved it)
Killing joke: New Yorker’s David Denby on 'No Country'
Several years ago Roshi Bernie Glassman met Jeff Bridges and thus began a long-term friendship. Bernie said to Jeff, "You know, a lot of folks consider the Dude a Zen Master." Jeff replied, "What are you talking about … Zen?" Bernie said that quite a few people had approached him wanting to chat about the Dude's Zen wisdom. Jeff said that he had never heard of that
Coens Get Yiddish! Their next film will be an adaptation of The Yiddish Policeman's Union
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February 22, 2008 in Cinema - "The Big Lebowski" | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
December 04, 2007
Lebowski Locations
No Country for Old Men slideshow on NYT
Lebowski Locations. (From Thighs wide shut)
Lebowsky.gif at Pitoche
Ready for a Lebowski sequel?
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December 4, 2007 in Cinema - "The Big Lebowski" | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
September 13, 2007
Big Sleep and Big Lebowski Double Bill
The big Washinsky
All the dudes in The Big Duderino. Also, all the Yeah’s in Fargo
Introducing No Country for Old Men
The Big Sleep and The Big Lebowski - A Critical Appreciation by J. M. Tyree and Ben Walters. Published by The British Film Institute And The University of California Press
The son of Jesus Quintana. One of the 9 Most Spin-Off Worthy Comedy Characters
D is for Dude! N is for Nihilists. The Big Lebowski Phonetic Alphabet
The LiveJournal of Jeffrey lebowski
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September 13, 2007 in Cinema - "The Big Lebowski" | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
July 25, 2007
From the fertile mind of Jeff Bridges
(Original on Jeff Bridges blog)
Trailer for the new Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men
Lebowski Action Figure sets now available
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July 25, 2007 in Cinema - "The Big Lebowski" | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
July 10, 2007
The Preferred Nomenclature
The dude driving (YT)
This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps
More: Sanitized for your amusement, from the new book I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski
10 signs you might be a dude. No 1: You wear your dressing gown to the supermarket. No 10: You are unemployed
This is a league game = you have to follow the rules, and more at The Big Lebowski Lexicon
From Lebowski Theory: Ansel Adams Bowling Pics
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December 02, 2006
Let me tell you something, pendejo
The opening of Big Lebowski with Miis. From Game Trailers
The slowest-growing religion in the world - Dudeism, and get ordained as a Dudeist Priest
Jeff Bridges sings at Lebwoski Fest LA
Sign the online petition Jeff Bridges for President
Lebowski Bar in Dresden, Germany
Cracking the Male Lebowski Code
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November 02, 2006
Lebowski Theory
“Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women, man” and other quotes
Yeah well, you know, that's just like, your opinion, man
"See, they call Los Angeles the "City Of Angels"; but I didn't find it to be that, exactly. But I'll allow it as there are some nice folks there. 'Course I ain't never been to London, and I ain't never seen France. And I ain't never seen no queen in her damned undies, so the feller says. But I'll tell you what - after seeing Los Angeles, and this here story I'm about to unfold, well, I guess I seen somethin' every bit as stupefyin' as you'd seen in any of them other places. And in English, too." So What is the allusion being made with "the queen in her damned undies"?
From Wikipedia - The Big Lebowski in popular culture
The Big Lebowski Magic Bowling Ball
Bowling, Gender and White Male Emasculation in The Big Lebowski
Lebowski Big Bowling Center Store
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August 08, 2006
Do you have to use so many cusswords?
"I had no idea there were so many Big Lebowski mash-ups lurking out there on the Web, but a few intimate moments with YouTube have corrected my ignorance. A number of people have taken various animated icons, opened up their adorable little throats, and shoved the profane words of the movie's characters right in there."
The Ponies from My Little Pony talk Lebowski to each other
More on Lore Sjöberg’s Wired blog
The short version of The Big Lebowski without all the verbal acuities – NSFW
Lebowski Lexicon. A Dictionary of Dudeisms, Walturns of phrase and Donnidioms. The parlance of our times. Intended as your answer for everything. Tattoo them on your forehead
Help me find the sandals worn in The Big Lebowski
Todd Alcott - What does the protagonist want?
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February 18, 2006
They figured he was a lazy time wasting slacker. They were right
Sizing up Lebowski: Standing up fpr the little guy! (From Coudal Partners)
What is The Big Lebowski Phenomenon? The peculiar experience of seeing/hearing/reading/experiencing something for the first time, and being relatively unimpressed by said thing. Then, when said thing is revisited on multiple successive occasions, it increasingly grows in one's estimation…
…The BLP derives its name from the eponymous Coen Brothers film. Many exited the theatre, having seen it for the first time, feeling distinctly underwhelmed; the critical response tended to match this feeling. However, on repeated viewings, especially on video, these same masses have noted that it mysteriously seems to get better and better. The experience became widespread enough that the film's title was forever attached to the phenonmenon...
The god damn plane has crashed into the mountain: Big Lebowski Haikutomatic and a Dictionary of Dudeisms
“Saturday! Well they'll have to reschedule” - Walter Sobchak Quotes
Lebowski Fest 2005 - Photos by Vidiot. All flickr photos tagged with Lebowski
(Circular linkage with Metafilter): Jeff Dowd of the Seattle Seven is the model for The Dude in The Big Lebowski
Lebowski photo album at Photobucket
Daily Lush celebrates Jeffrey Lebowski the drinker
Jesus Quintana T-shirt. Description: Eight year-olds, Dude
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July 15, 2005
I see you rolled your way into the semis
Oct. 16, 05 - Careful, fellow Mefi’s, there's a beverage here. Check out 100 similar link fests on the side bar. And thanks to y2karl
Jeff Bridges surprises some random clients with a private delivery of a package from Amazon.com, part of Amazon 10-year anniversary celebration
Joe Reifer’s photography from Lebowski Fest 2005
Jeff Dowd, the original Dude
I need a cigarette - The Coen brother commercial for British American Tobacco
“You Know, For Kids”, The movies of the Coen Brothers
All The White Russians You Can Drink Here
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March 18, 2005
Every Time Area Man Drops By, Friend Is Watching ‘The Big Lebowski’
From “The Onion”: CLEARWATER, FL—No matter what time of day he stops by for a visit, Barry Jensen always catches friend Scott Dupre watching the film The Big Lebowski. "[Scott] has about 40 movies on his shelf, so I don't know why he needs to watch The Big Lebowski over and over," Jensen told reporters Monday. "I don't know if he's just too lazy to change the DVD or if he's trying to memorize the lines, or what." Jensen estimated that, in visiting Dupre, he has walked in on the bowling dream sequence with that Kenny Rogers song six times.
“This aggression will not stand.” The dude as a prophet: 10 years before September 11
Roddy Lumsden’s 20 Films whose 'fans' are more annoying than the film itself: The Big Lebowski is No. 5. Pulp Fiction is No. 8. The Godfather is No. 16
Wikipedia’s list of Films ordered by total number of uses (Including chronological graph): Lebowski No. 8. Pulp Fiction No. 13. (From ”Verbatim”)
“Malibu” by Jackie Treehorn and Karl Hungus is about to fix the cable. All The other stars of “Logjammin”
Joel and Ethan Coen: How we work
Lebowski’s Location (Alas, a typical Geocities site)
All The White Russians You Can Drink Here
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