Photo of the day - Life Lessons from Lebowski

Funny how some movies just jump out of the humdrum fog of all the gillions that get made to become iconic. The Big Lebowski is clearly one, and I wonder why. It met with unenthusiastic reception when it opened but became a cult classic. How do some movies or tv shows manage to skip over what’s anticipated and touch the “masses” (that’s us!) Maybe it’s because the whole thing manages to be very real and very hallucinatory at the same time, with no simple message at the end, kind of like life? Or maybe it’s just because the actors in it are fricken incredible, especially Steve Buscemi and Julianne Moore. Or maybe it’s because Jeff Bridges picked out his own clothes.

Or maybe the film’s ongoing ressonance is because of all the life lessons embedded in it, at least that’s the suggestion in this Screen Junkies blog post with 11 Life Lessons from the Big Lebowski:

Lesson 1. Fuck it.

When we learn it: If I needed to sum up this movie’s message in two words, those would certainly be the ones I pick. The most important usage comes right after the Dude gets a face-full of the Donny’s ashes on the cliffs and Walter hugs him to apologize.

Why it’s important:
You’d be amazed the situations you can deal with if you’re willing to just say “fuck it.” The president has been doing it for eight years and he’s the friggin’ president. Don’t learn from him, though. Learn from the Dude.

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