Daily Dialogue — February 27, 2020

“God damn you, Walter! You fucking asshole! Everything’s a fucking travesty with you, man! And what was all that shit about Vietnam? What the fuck, has anything got to do with Vietnam? What the fuck are you talking about?”

— The Big Lebowski (1998), written by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Coen Brothers.

Trivia: Throughout the movie Donnie consistently rolls strikes. In his final bowling scene Donnie rolls a spare, something that obviously confuses him from his facial expression. This is a possible hint that something bad will occur to him and after leaving the bowling ally he suffers a fatal heart attack during the nihilist fight scene. Right after bowling the spare Donnie can also be seen sitting with the Dude and Walter feeling his arm, another hint of the oncoming fate.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This is such a Coen brothers’ take on a memorial service. Dramatic. Funny. Stupid. And brilliant entertainment.

Of course, the sentimentality expressed for Donnie doesn’t quite match the more typical dismissive expressions toward the character throughout the movie.