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I just watched The Big Lebowski again last night at a theater with a full audience, was an incredible experience. I’ve seen it countless times, but this time I couldn’t stop thinking about how memorable every single character is, and how perfectly the actors portray them.

Think about Marty, the Dude’s landlord, and the perfect way he asks for rent and invites him to his dance performance. Or Liam, Jesus’s bowling partner, whose body language is so funny during the confrontation with Walter. And Tara Reid, too, comes in as Bunny and knocks it out of the park. This is nothing to say of each of the Nihilists and Smokey and Larry.

Also, Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s physical comedy in this is outstanding. Check out the way his nostrils flare when laughing at Bunny’s offer, or how he opens the door to let the Dude into Lebowski’s study, or how he sits in the limo when they ask the Dude why money exchange was botched. He was truly a force.

You could do this for pretty much all of their movies. You can tell they find great importance in filling their worlds with unique characters that exist outside the confines of what they’re actually showing on the screen.