The Big Lebowski Released On Blu Ray
The movie, ‘The Big Lebowski’ was released on blue-ray on the 16th of August… Finally!
Big deal, you may think. Not to me, though.
The Big Lebowski is one of the five movies I’d take with me if I was gonna get stuck on a desert island without cable TV or satellite TV. Not, mind you, that I expect any such evil deportation employment any time soon.
Yet, and to quote any politician some time in their public career, “I won’t lie to you…”
I love the movie “The Big Lebowski”! I’ve watched it (all the way through) more times than I’ve watched any other movie.
Why?
If you have to ask, you obviously haven’t scoped out The Dude, (played by a stunned blank-faced Jeff Bridges) Walter Sobchak, (raucously played by an energetic John Goodman) & Donny Kerabatso (under played, as usual, by the greatest actor of his generation, Steve Buscemi) being casually casual in the non-casual movie world they inhabit within ‘The Big Lebowski’.
In other words, if you have to ask why I love ‘The Big Lewobski’ so much, “You ain’t seen the movie!” This is a movie you remember seeing, because…
“The Big Lebowski” is hysterically funny on many levels. And, I’m not a cheap laugh…
A big part of it’s enjoyment factor is the movie’s off-hand portrayal of the essence of pure boredom and dead-eyed acceptance to the art of ‘maintaining’ an agreeable vibe.
Like, there’s bored and then there’s like, lives unknowingly dedicated to boredom. And, like, that sums up the zany appeal of ‘The Big Lebowski’ in like, a phrase.
Surprisingly, the mindless boredom theme makes ‘The Big Lebowski’ quite under-boring…
For example, even though I’ve seen it 23 times already, (conservative estimate) every time I watch the scene where ‘The Dude’ crashes his piece of crap car because he dropped a burning joint into his lap and spills his beer while vainly trying to rescue his uh, cajones from a good flaming, I convulse into serious belly laffs the likes of which are all too rare for a man of my age and experience.
I mean, if only I had a dollar for every time that kinda thing happened to me when I was in my prime!
You’ll thank me. Trust me…Said the spider to the fly…
‘The Big Lebowski’ stats:
Written by: the Coen brothers, Joel & Ethan Coen. Directed by:Joel Coen. Released: 1998. Cost: $15 million. (estimated) Gross Returns: Just under $19 million. (according to published records)
Cast Members:
Jeff Bridges; John Goodman; Steve Buscemi; Julianne Moore; Philip Seymour Hoffman; John Turturro; Flea (Yup, the bass player for ‘The Red Hot Chili Peppers’!); David Huddleston; Sam Elliott; Tara Reid; Philip Moon; Mark Pellegrino; Peter Stormare; Torsten Voges; Jimmie Dale Gilmore; Jack Kehler; the fab Ben Gazzara!; and the now retired adult star Asia Carrera…
Like, wow man…