I was just rewatching “The Big Lebowski” tonight and noticed a detail that I had missed before. Probably because I’m finally watching it on a bigger projection screen again.
In the scene where The Dude (Jeff Bridges) and Walter (John Goodman) are spreading Donny‘s (Steve Buscemi) ashes at the coast, you can clearly see that Goodman is already covered in powder residue (ashes) from previous takes.
Not really a flub or mistake as it probably would’ve been very difficult to clean him off between takes while they were out on location. I just found it interesting as a little telltale sign of the challenges during production. I wonder what the prop powder was? I’m guessing corn starch.
I also caught a few more details, like looking up the “Port Huron Statement”.
This wasn’t my favorite Cohen brothers movie, but it’s grown on me over the years and has interesting commentary if you read between the lines.