TheAchievers:TheStoryoftheLebowskiFans

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  • "TheAchievers"resembles"TheKingofKong,"a2007docume… "TheAchievers"resembles"TheKingofKong,"a2007documentaryabouttherivalrybetweentwoDonkeyKongchampions.DirectorChungadmiresthatfilm,aswellas"Trekkies"andtheworkoftheMaylesbrothers,knownfor"Salesman"and"GreyGardens." Ratherthancollectperspectivesfromoutsidesources--filmcritics,scholarsofsubcultureorfandom--"TheAchievers"staysalmostentirelywithacoreofdie-hards. ItmaymakethefilmabitinsularbutitalsoimmersestheviewerintheworldofLebowskiheads.Manyofthem--withtheirelaboratecostumes,stressingoutovermovietriviaandfastbondstootherfest-goers--seemsoobsessivelysingle-mindedit'shardnottowonderiftheyhavemuchelsegoingonintheirlives. Chungdoesn'tthinkthey'rethatpathetic."Itsaysmoreaboutthepowerof'Lebowski'thananyneedinessonthepartsofthefans,"hesays."Iwenttoalotoftheirhouses,andtheyhadprettyhealthysocialnetworks.Theyletitoutinthefestivalandthengobacktotheirordinarylives." Whichcomesbacktotheessentialquestion:Whythisfilm?Iffansarelookingforfirst-ratecastsfallingintotwistedpicturesthatcreatetheirownreality,whynottheCoens'evenweirder"TheHudsuckerProxy"orDavidO.Russell's"I(Heart)Huckabees"orRichardKelly's"DonnieDarko"? Tofestivalco-founderWillRussell,reachedonabusbetweenfestsinSeattleandPortland,itcomesdowntobowling."Ithinkbowlinghasalottodowithtyingthefesttogether."Buthedoesn'twantthebrillianceoftheCoens'filmoverlooked."It'sanamazing,quotablemoviethatgetsbettereverytimeyouwatchit.I'veseenitover100timesandI'llnevergetsickofit.Idon'tknowhowtheydidthat." IfChunghastospeculate,he'llbetit'sthedialogueamongcharactersliketheDude,Walter(JohnGoodman)andDonny(SteveBuscemi),whichis

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