One of the very few disappointments of meeting Jeff Dowd, the inspiration for the Coen Brothers' creation of The Dude in "The Big Lebowski," is that he's hardly the lethargic, carefree type that Jeff Bridges went on to turn into one of the most famous characters in recent memory, though of course his Dude would probably never remember it. Dowd, a producer's rep who's responsible for helping to usher in too many indie filmmakers to name by handling debuts like Justin Lin's "Better Luck Tomorrow," the Jennifer Westfeldt starrer "Kissing Jessica Stein" and "Blood Simple," which is where he first met the Coen Brothers, is actually quite articulate and considerate in person, something that's captured well in this short documentary from "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" director Jeff Feuerzeig that's as much about his days as an activist in Seattle as it is about sipping White Russians in bowling alleys.
- 5/31/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
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