It is interesting that people did not look at this film more closely after the success the Coen Brothers just had with Fargo (1996). The Coen Brothers had established their talent in Barton Fink (1991) and Fargo so now they were able to make a gutsy film that might possibly fail at the box office. They definitely did that with The Big Lebowski. The film initially received mixed reviews and did fail at the box office. Some people might look at it as a bunch of ideas shoved into a bag and spilled out at random. The film possibly failed financially because people were not interested in the passive attitude of The Dude. Maybe people did not like hearing the “F” word filling in the gaps in the dialogue. Also, the dream sequence obviously filled up a gap in the plot so the story could keep moving. Or maybe, as put in the article “The Big Lebowski” by Jon Bastian, people just did not get it.
But all of this made a complete turnaround. The Coen Brothers seemed to have created their own genre. I think the film has become so popular because the film is truly unique. There is no other set of characters that standout like they do in The Big Lebowski. The characters are so outrageous they are funny. The dialogue is easily quotable because it’s so amusing. Also, the soundtrack is entertaining because there is a unique song that represents every character.
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