The Big Lebowski’ Turns 20, But Why Are People Still Obsessed?

Indie Wire ^ | 03/06/2018 | David Ehrlich, Michael Nordine, Kate Erbland

[fatez]

See the tag line...

[higgmeister]

but Lebowski - I just did not get it.

I think you had to have lived it.

[Theophilus]

In this scene, in which Labowski dreamed he was a rolling bowling ball, Jeff Bridges' wife, who was on the set that day, had the extras stuff their garments with abundant extruding fake hair as a practical joke.

[skinndogNN]

Yes, pinky toe. : )

[moehoward]

[dfwgator]

“It’s a fun movie with no socially redeeming themes.” None. But a work of comedic art.

That's how I feel about BASEketball. It's a dumb movie, but it makes me laugh out loud.

[Mat_Helm]

[moehoward]

Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.....

[SoCal Pubbie]

Haven’t even seen that much.

[IronJack]

I always think of this movie in the same vein as "Napoleon Dynamite." Not really much of a plot, just a lot of bizarre slice-of-life interactions.

But I love "Napoleon Dynamite." I hated "Lebowski" and still do. I don't know why. But hey, that's just ... like ... my opinion.

[ichabod1]

I’ve started watching it at least once, maybe twice, got a few minutes in, said this is dumb, and moved on. Do like the Coens tho! Twisted!

[Zhang Fei]

A satire of documentary about the slacker doofus lifestyle.

[Boogieman]

You’re obviously not a golfer.

[SoCal Pubbie]

My favorite moves of all time:

Big Trouble in Little China
Army of Darkness
Repo Man
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eight Dimension.

[Charles Henrickson]

One of the two or three funniest movies I have ever seen.

[dainbramaged]

I guess I’ll mix up a White Russian......a fella could do worse.

[Cecily]

Donny (repeatedly): “I am the walrus.”

Walter (exasperated): Lenin! V.I. Lenin! Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov!

Walter: I’m shomer Shabbos! I don’t roll on Shabbos!

Jesus: “What’s this day of rest $h@t?!”

The movie is an offbeat classic.

[higgmeister]

LOL nothing like quoting a cult movie in a thread on another cult movie!

But it's really wrong when the rest of us grok it without missing a beat.

[Manuel OKelley]

I concur, I can think of any number of scenes in that movie and just start laughing.

Probably my favorite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iApz08Bh53w

[x]

Supposedly, they loved the movie in Russia and even started bowling in Moscow, thinking it was a really cool thing to do.

In the US it may have been too popular the first time around to really become a cult film.

To become a cult favorite it's not enough that you love the movie, other people outside the cult have to hate it or not love it or not care.