Is this a fourth wall break?
Posted by BallstotheWall27@reddit | lebowski | View on Reddit | 109 comments
When Walter tells Donny he’s like a child wandering in the middle of a movie-while Donny technically is wandering into the conversation; but they are in a movie lol.
MichaelParkedHearse@reddit
You’re like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie…
Tuva_Tourist@reddit
He was bowling.
Alchemista_98@reddit
Breaking the 4th Wall and use of Dramatic Irony are categorically distinct. This is not Improv, Smokey. There are rules.
solidus0079@reddit
Must be exhausting.
ProfessorrFate@reddit
What in his holy name are you blathering about?
Several_Dark_7711@reddit
The whole scene might be more uh, uh, uh, comPLEX
Proper_Fortune_7004@reddit
Well, there isn’t a literal breaking of the fourth wall…
jnnoca@reddit
Face it Walter there isn’t any breaking of the fourth wall.
dhlthecobra@reddit
The Stranger broke the fourth wall at the end.
howsthisforsmart@reddit
Separate incidents.
ProfessorrFate@reddit
Well, yeah.
BuckManscape@reddit
He’s not my special man, he’s my man friend. Fuck off, Davino.
AKchaos49@reddit
Da Fino
BuckManscape@reddit
lol. Easy there Seamus.
AKchaos49@reddit
His name's Da Fino. He's a private snoop.
Tiny_Mathematician_1@reddit
You mean a dick?
YouMissedWithACannon@reddit
Your roll
PlentyOfMoxie@reddit
My point, Dude...
YouMissedWithACannon@reddit
your roll
TiminatorFL@reddit
Your roll.
munistadium@reddit
There are rules to 4th walls. This isn't Nam.
w00den_b0x@reddit
At least, not intentional
boop66@reddit
No new shit has come to light.
ProfessorrFate@reddit
Fuckin-A
J-Love-McLuvin@reddit
This isn’t Nam. There are rules.
Competitive-Dig4776@reddit
This had not occurred to us, dude
Dr_Woofer@reddit
No_Trash5076@reddit
Dude, are you fucking this up?!?!
PrinceJeffreyVonChad@reddit
No, BallstotheWall27, it did not look like the wall was about to crack. Well that's your perception.
WangDoodleTrifecta@reddit
Well…. It's like what Lenin said... you look for the person who will benefit, and, uh, uh..
kcpistol@reddit
I am the walrus
kawiz03@reddit
Well, Dude, we just don't know.
2wheelsThx@reddit
No, we DO know, Dude - there was no breaking of the fourth fucking wall here. Am I wrong?
kawiz03@reddit
You're not wrong u/2wheelsThx, you're just an asshole!
Substantial_Teach465@reddit
Say what you will about the tenets of breaking the fourth wall, Dude. At least it's an ethos.
bustanut_dabmaster@reddit
They were threatening castration!
dhlthecobra@reddit
We’re sympathizing here, Dude!
sax6romeo@reddit
fuck it dude, lets go bowling
LLKroniq@reddit
The Dude using a lady's handbag as a bowling bag really ties his character together, for me.
2wheelsThx@reddit
Obviously you're not a bowler.
LLKroniq@reddit
Haha, obviously you're not a connoisseur of ladies' handbags.
(I spend my allowance - which is ample - on them.)
2wheelsThx@reddit
Ya know, I think you're right - good eye! I never noticed that before! The script calls it "small leather satchel" - that some sorta ladies handbag thing? Would make sense The Dude being poor AF can't afford a proper bowling ball bag, but how'd he acquire a leather handbag, especially if they require ample allowance? Second-hand store?
LLKroniq@reddit
Ya, or a previous special lady friend left it behind
kapn_morgan@reddit
no
LarkingnLurking@reddit
What are you? A fucking movie critic philosopher now?
jazzhandpanda@reddit
"Yes, the car made it to the 4th wall, You're calling at the 4th wall."
Moist_Cheese_09@reddit
You're overthinking it. Big time.
xXNuggetsXx1118@reddit
Well that kills the “Donnie is just a figment of Walter’s imagination”.. the Dude replies to Donnie right there. “My rug..”
Character-Head301@reddit
Is that an eastern thing?
kiggitykbomb@reddit
Far from it
Boxingrichard1@reddit
Mind if I do a J?
Gotts21@reddit
Pilar?
ToXicVoXSiicK21@reddit
Breaking the fourth wall would be them looking into the camera and addressing the audience directly. Whatever you're talking about is not breaking the 4th wall lol
grimatonguewyrm@reddit
Breaks are in pool, this is bowling and not Vietnam.
unberenjenal@reddit
That was a prized wall.
ragtopdude@reddit
Really tied the film together.
SoggyWaffles_91@reddit
Life does not stop and start at your convenience.
DudeAshes@reddit
I am the walrus
Soulless--Plague@reddit
V I Lenon!!
pucks4brains@reddit
dramatic irony and breaking the 4th wall are not the same thing
AlmostNeverPosts@reddit
You wanna split hairs?
CourtingBlasphemy@reddit
What are you a theater ranger?
SHOMERFUCKINGSHOBBAS@reddit
Calmer than you are
SlatheredButtCheeks@reddit
Waving the fucking script around?!
Soulless--Plague@reddit
Calmer than you are
chickenduckk@reddit
This is not Nam, this is bowling. There are rules, man.
denzien@reddit
Yeah...
Longjumping-Today-43@reddit
Brother shamus!
the_well_read_neck_@reddit
My favorite theory on this movie is Donny is a figment of Walter's imagination and the Dude just goes with it. I don't know how many other bowling teams we see, but it tends to be doubles, not triples.
Ralph--Hinkley@reddit
It's a shit theory that falls apart with the tiniest bit of scrutiny.
the_well_read_neck_@reddit
I don't disagree. But just maybe, there's a man, well, he indulges his friends PTSD delusions to keep him sane.
ChilieConCarney82@reddit
Thank you, Donny.
emessea@reddit
Another equally shit theory is Donny is the innocent yet imaginary version of the dude.
I just take the move at face value
Ralph--Hinkley@reddit
Never heard that one.
the_well_read_neck_@reddit
I can only think of the Dude directly interacting with Donnie once or twice in the entire movie.
Ralph--Hinkley@reddit
Sure, but he talks to him. Walter threw his ashes all over Dude. Gary and the Stranger both gave their condolences and laments, respectively.
irate_alien@reddit
Gary is the key. Unless the whole world has gone crazy and is indulging Walter’s psychosis, that theory is ludicrous.
mainstreetmark@reddit
Why did they go buy an urn?
the_well_read_neck_@reddit
Would any actual funeral home let you take a person's remains in a Folgers can? No. It was clearly Walter moving on from him.
Supro1560S@reddit
CartographerOk7579@reddit
It is not.
jsbx1138@reddit
This video made me appreciate how incredibly natural Bridges is with his body language in this scene. Such a flawless performance
DragonflyScared813@reddit
This was a valued uhhh scene...
useless_modern_god@reddit
Not so much a wall, but more like breaking the 4th abutment.
DragonflyScared813@reddit
Whoa what's that smell!?
Never_Free_Never_Me@reddit
The story is ludicrous
DavidForPresident@reddit
Well dude, we just don't know.
TheMadMetalhead@reddit
I never liked how Walter treated Donny
MichaelStahlke@reddit
Yeah, well at least I’m fourth wall broken
TheScribe86@reddit
Are you employed, sir?
Glum_Olive1417@reddit
bloggbusserb@reddit
Fuck it dude, let's go bowling
Ralph--Hinkley@reddit
What's a fourth wall break, u/Ballstothewall27?
PsychologicalSelf991@reddit
You’re out of your element
RickFrancisDuke@reddit
Smokey this is not Deadpool, there are rules.
IguanaSkinnedSlides@reddit
8 year olds
Jed1M1ndTr1ck@reddit
What in God's holy name are you blathering about?
spdelope@reddit
I was bowling
barryusbonds@reddit
What’s with this guy? Who is he?
CBRChimpy@reddit
That had not occurred to us, Dude.
Jake-Old-Trail-88@reddit
Well new shit has come to light! Shit, there’s a lot of ins, a lot of outs, a lot of strands.
D-Flo1@reddit
... strands in Duder's head.
D-Flo1@reddit
This is our concern, Dude.
Glorfendail@reddit
davster99@reddit
Feels like the longest stretch with these three in the scene where no one drops an f-bomb.
EggsTyroneBaby@reddit
That's fucking interesting man, that's fucking interesting....
Upbeat_Clerk3756@reddit
New shit has come to light!
bubbasawyer3@reddit
Ever thus to wall breaks, Lebowski.
Fandangus_p@reddit
You’re goddamned right…!