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Jun-07
80 pages
Published/distributed by BFI Publishing
ISBN/EAN: 9781844571734
Paperback
Price: £10.99
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Big Lebowski, The: BFI Film Classics
Tyree, J.M.; Walters, Ben
Since its release almost 10 years ago, the Big Lebowski has become a cult classic with a worldwide following, having survived the baffled reaction of many mainstream critics. Its fan tend to be fanatical, congregating at 'Lebowski conventions' in bowling alleys across America and Britain. The film is littered with playful and subversive references to film history, especially Raymond Chandler's world of hardboiled detective classics and the world of film noir. There's multitudinous juke-box like references to other films, many of which open up vistas for intertextual interpretation. Underneath the film's breakneck packing and foul-mouthed characters, a farcical collection of flakes, losers and phonies, is a surprisingly humane account of what fools we mortals be.
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