MOVIE REVIEW: THE BIG LEBOWSKI

B. McGILLICUDDY

All the previous times I watch this film I was pretty drunk/high/unconscious, so watching it this time was pretty cool. "The Dude" is a slacker who bowls with his buddies, a Viet Nam vet with bipolar disorder and a guy who tends to miss the point a lot during conversation. The Dude is mistaken for another dude who's not very dude-like and is actually a residentially-endowed Korean War vet/spinal injury victim who happens to have The Dude's same given name, thus he is the Big Lebowski while I think it's fair to presume that the little Lebowski is on the way. The Dude plays P.I. in a absurdist's Noir universe set in Los Angeles where he has to solve a few scattered but (of course) connected mysteries. And (of course OF COURSE) what's a good Noir film without a few knock-out induced acid dreams?

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B. McGILLICUDDY