Chapter 4: The Icon When he played The Dude, a laid-back slacker who gets involved in a kidnapping plot, in Joel and Ethan Coen's comedy The Big Lebowski (1998), he became an icon in the late 1990s. The film also featured John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, and John Turturro. Bridges was dissatisfied with the movie's reception because it was a commercial and critical failure. However, the film became a cult classic, spawning a loyal fan base, an annual festival, and a religion known as Dudeism. Bridges embraced his role as The Dude, often wearing his character’s clothes and accessories in public and even writing a book called The Dude and the Zen Master (2013), in which he discussed his philosophy of life with his friend and Buddhist …show more content…
Bridges accepted the role and said it was one of his favorites. Bridges also improvised many of his lines and actions, such as wearing his own clothes and sunglasses and rubbing his stomach. Bridges also said that he stayed in character throughout the filming and that he felt like he was The Dude. Cult status and fan following The Big Lebowski was a flop when it was released in 1998 and received mixed reviews from the critics, who praised the performances and the dialogue but criticized the plot and the tone. The film also failed to attract a large audience and made only $17 million at the box office, against a budget of $15 million. Bridges was disappointed by the film’s reception and said that he thought it was a masterpiece. However, the film gradually gained a cult following, especially among the young and college students who identified with the character of The Dude and his laid-back and anti-establishment attitude. The film also became popular on home video and cable TV and spawned a loyal fan base that quoted the film’s lines, imitated the film’s scenes, and adopted the film’s …show more content…
The film has been preserved in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.". The film has been adapted into a stage play called The Two Gentlemen of Lebowski, which is a mash-up of the film and the Shakespearean comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona, written by Adam Bertocci. The film has been adapted into a ballet called The Dude and the Zen Master, which is a collaboration between Jeff Bridges and the choreographer Margo Sappington and features music by Bob Dylan, T. Rex, and Jeff Bridges. The film has inspired a book called I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski, which is a guide to the film and its fandom, written by the founders of the Lebowski Fest and featuring interviews with the cast and crew, trivia, photos, and recipes. The film has inspired a comic book called The Big Lebowski: The Coen Brothers’ Greatest Film, which is a graphic novel adaptation of the film, written by David Hahn and illustrated by R. Sikoryak. The film has inspired a video game called The Big Lebowski Pinball, which is a pinball machine based on the film, featuring sound clips, music, and images from the film, as well as a rug that ties the room together. The film has inspired a beer called The Dude’s Rug, which is a hard
Napoleon Dynamite is one of the best movies portraying loneliness and nerds. It is the story of Napoleon in high school and his lonely adventures. All the main characters feel separated, misunderstood, and have nobody to relate to. Napoleon has no friends and lives in his own fantasy land. He is avoided by everybody. His brother seems to be mislead, wanting to be a cage fighter but staying home all the time hopelessly trying to find love and attention on the internet. Their grandmother is never there for them, though she lives her own life right beside them. They live next to a huge field, reinforcing their isolation. Practically every home in the film is
man. He made this film with his agnostic point of view, and designed it to reflect the anti-religious
The Big Lebowski was a screenplay written by Joel and Ethan Coen. It is a comedy that is screen written and a movie that shows how life can be so unexpected. Lebowski known as “The Dude” has had his life terrorized and even his belongings being terrorized which first started off with his rug then went on to other belongings in his house being broken into and being destroyed and along with his car. All The Dude wanted was his rug back "it brought everything together" as he would say within the movie. The Dude went through a whole lot of trouble for this to happen. The people who are terrorizing The Dude have the wrong person, they thought he was a millionaire whose wife owed them money. The Dude is unemployed, broke and lives In an apartment complex and who drinks excessively and smokes blunts while only worrying about bowling. The topic being addressed in this paper will conclude the difference between bums vs achievers. How is The dude much different from Jeffrey Lebowski when the dude does the majority of the work through the novel?. The Dude and Lebowski might be different in certain ways but, there are no differences from each other.
On the surface, The Big Lebowski might look like a simple stoner comedy, but with closer inspection the film possess sharp undertones of film noir. The Coen Brothers were inspired by film noir when making their movie, The Big Lebowski. Their main inspiration came from Raymond Chandler’s, The Big Sleep, with mix-match patches of other classic film noirs. The Big Lebowski is a playful, modernized, and loose form of noir film. With that said, The Big Lebowski, is a tribute to the themes of classic film noirs.
The Great Depression of the 1930’s caused widespread poverty, but the popular culture of the time did not reflect this. People wanted to escape from this harsh time so movies, dancing and sports became very popular. Radios broadcasted boxing matches and boxers became stars. The heavyweight champion James J. Braddock aka “Cinderella Man,” gained popularity. James Braddock gained fame by winning many fights and proving everyone wrong when they said he was too old and couldn’t win.
As Little Big Man, directed by Arthur Penn opens up and introduces the Main character Jack Crabb, the sole survivor of General Custer’s last stand, tells the modern day historian about his multiple experiences in life. I felt as if the plot of the movie was a bit intricate , Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman)multiple professions or hobbies are a bit too outlandish for one individual. But these different hobbies added some humor to the plot which balanced out the complexity of the plot. It was amusing that Jack had many different lives all encompassed into one life.
Major Characters in movie are Bud Fox, played by Charlie Sheen, who is a young, smart and very motivated stock broker, Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas the millionaire,
A cult film also known as a cult classic, a cult film is known as, obscure or unpopular with mainstream audiences and often revolutionary or ironically enjoyed. These films are known for their dedicated, passionate fan base, an elaborate subculture that engage in repeated viewings, quoting dialogue and audience participation. Bad Boy Bubby is a 1994 Australian-Italian black comedy/drama film directed by Rolf De Heer which is considered a cult film.
The Predator Next-Door The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols, is a 1967 film, which combines comedy, romance, and drama. Ben Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman, is a newly graduated college student, who returned home for the summer. Like many, Ben is lost, worried about his future endeavors, and what he will do next. Anne Bancroft plays Mrs. Robinson, who is one of the main female characters, and “the desperate housewife and mother who ensnares Benjamin” (Kashner).
Leonardo DiCaprio takes on the lead role in the film as Jordan Belfort, and is joined by Jonah Hill who plays Donnie Azoff (Belfort’s friend). DiCaprio does an excellent job playing a money hungry stock broker who’s first goal in life is to be successful. To the outside world, Belfort is living the American dream; a beautiful spouse, sports cars galore, a palace for a house, and even a luxurious yacht. However, behind the scenes lies a darker side, as he struggles to omit temptations of sex, drugs, tax evasion, fraud, and eventually has to deal with the FBI.
For this assignment, I decided to review the movie The Big Short. Based on the book by author Michael Lewis, “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine”, the film was released in 2015. Directed by Adam Mckay and written by Mckay himself and Charles Randolph, the film is rated as an American biographical comedy-drama. The film had a large cast of A-list actors such as Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, and Ryan Gosling, and. Overall, the movie had a $133.4 million box office revenue on a budget of $28 million.
The film, Incendies present Nawal’s adult twins, Jeanne and Simon going on a series of adventures to fulfill her last wishes which led to the discovery of a shocking truth. In the beginning of the film, it showed a group of young, male children located in a military training camp having their heads shaved. I was wondering what the meaning of this was, so I thought it was a religious thing that must be done in their country. There was a specific scene that caught my attention immediately. When the camera zoomed into the face of a boy and the heel of his foot with three tattoo dots it confused me at first, but I was sure there was a reason why.
In this essay I would try show how film convey meaning pointing out some suttle ways films try to speak to use. Film is an active visual media so it’s important that the film is able to paint a good narrative by use camera movement and sound. Unlike a books that hase pages to dedicate to the internal and the complex, film is forced to find a ways to show it happen. The camera is a important part of telling a story a good camera movent can move the story along.
Teen movies are not just for teenagers, though they focus on different aspects of the teenage life, adults still can learn a thing or two from them. Everyone has seen a teen movie at some point in their lifetime whether the person is older or a teenager. One element most teen movies have in common is that most of the time there is more than one setting the movie takes place in. In Will Gluck’s 2010 movie Easy A, most of the movie takes place in Olive Penderghast’s (Emma Stone) high school, Ojai North High School. Another major place where the movie takes place is her bedroom.
Then Jim carrey starred in the movie the cable guy directed by the well appraised ben stiller to which most like but like any movie was highly criticized by critics. Later on he had bounced back from the negative reviews with his big debut in the outstanding comedy Liar Liar which despite the critics had broke records on the opening night sales with astonishing sale of forty million dollars. ”Well into his tumultuous career, Mr. Carrey finally turns up in a straightforward comic vehicle, and the results are much wilder and funnier than this mundane material should have allowed”(huffington post 30 April 2018). This was said about jim Carrey by a reporter from new york times which is a testament to Jim Carrey’s career in acting. Jim Carrey is a man of many talents for example he paints paintings of political figures and celebrities and the painting aren’t exactly normal.