Roger Deakins moves his camera majestically in delivering another elegant look to a Coen Brothers film. In contrast to the stark and icy landscape of Fargo , The Big Lebowski is a delicious bowl of luscious fruit. Carter Burwell s music continues to embellish Coen images successfully and production designer Rick Heinrichs pumps the film with great visual style. The anamorphic transfer is very posh with a stunning balance of color from the Deakins camera. The dream segments are simply gorgeous with an assault of contrasting elements crystallizing with amazing depth.
Resolution is first rate with little indication of over-enhancement.
Only the black and white tile elements of the dance sequence seem to ring with added noise ever so slightly. Included in the package is a friendly short on the making of The Big Lebowski primarily featuring the brothers Coen, with smaller segments of Jeff Bridges and John Goodman. Ethan and Joel Coen explain the origins of the film, laugh at themselves and journalists alike, and seem to have a good old time doing what they love to do, making movies. Now i s Coppola's distorted vision of war now on DVD in gorgeous anamorphic images. The Man and His Dream is beautifully filmed with loving attention to detail.