A short collection of articles in the last issue of Rolling Stone (September 4) celebrates the 10th anniversary of The Big Lebowski. An essay by Walter Kirn argues that "The Dude" is a kind of touchstone for our troubled times - an antidote to the current zeitgeist.One revelation (for me, anyway): the first actor the Coens approached about playing "The Dude" was... (cont'd in comments)
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Mel Gibson! Also, one inspiration for the character Walter was John Milius.
I bought this issue of Rolling Stone.
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