
Eric Adler on The Big Lebowski
The New Thinkery
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The Friendship of the Three Men
"I don't know if he's nihilist at its core, but I didn't think any of you guys are playing me," says actor Eric Stoltz. "The one constant though, I think in the film of like slippery services, surfaces is the friendship of the three men and the essentiality of the bowling alley." The movie seems to be about the Iraq war up until the final scene where Walter mumbles about how it might all just be for oil.
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