The Big Lebowski — Scott Oliver

This Movie Changed Me

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🗓️ 17 August 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Looking for some chill in your life? For the 20th anniversary of The Big Lebowski, Scott Oliver talks about how the movie helped him keep perspective in a time of chaos. In typical Dude fashion, he remembered “nothing is f***ed,” even if it felt that way.

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow movie fans.
0:01.8	I'm Lily Percy, and I'll be your guide this week as I talk with Scott Oliver
0:05.9	about the movie that changed his life, The Big Lebowski.
0:09.7	If you haven't seen it, don't worry.
0:11.7	We're going to give you all the details you'll need to follow along,
0:14.4	but I hope you brought your own White Russian.
0:28.6	La La La La La La La La La La The first time that I saw The Big Lebowski, I didn't know what I was watching. I don't think it was until probably the second or third time that I really got what was going on.
0:34.6	And even then I knew the movie was not about the plot.
0:39.4	The plot is still confusing to me.
0:42.6	There is a supposed kidnapping, some stolen money,
0:44.8	and a case of mistaken identity.
0:46.6	But throughout all of this,
0:48.1	what was really clear to me was how much I loved spending time with these characters.
0:51.2	So who, Jeff Lubowski,
0:53.6	the other Jeffrey Lopowski, the millionaire.
0:56.0	That's fucking interesting, man.
0:58.0	That's fucking interesting.
0:59.0	Plus, he has the wealth, obviously, and the resources, so that there's no reason,
1:05.0	there's no fucking reason why his wife should go out and owe money all over town, and then
1:09.0	they come and they pee on your fucking
1:11.2	rug. Am I wrong?
1:12.5	No.
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