Realistically how much was the Dude's rent? If I had to guess a 1br1ba bungalow in Venice circa 1990, lets say with utilities included to make it easy, would be anywhere from $250-$350 a month. Especially considering the working class area of Venice Dude lives in. There's also the clear friendship between him and the landlord which also might indicate he cuts the Dude slack maybe gives him a cheaper deal for being a good tenant. Either way I can't really see him spending over $400 dollars on rent and still having enough for gas, groceries, mexican brick weed and bowling expenses
>>221148205back then easily could be as low as $150
>>221148205Zoomers can't comprehend just how much of a crime-ridden shithole LA was in the late 80s-early 90s. Sure it's bad now but back then it was basically a war zone on the east side of the city thanks to crack and even neighborhoods like Venice had rough run down areas that hadn't been gentrified yet and would feasibly have cheap rent. Also cost of living was so much less in 1990 that it's hard to even compare to today
>>221148205>>221148449I always assumed his pad was away from the beach and closer to culver city so that made it a bit cheaper also lets be real it wasnt some mansion
>>221148205>>221148367BS a whole bungalow in LA would be minimum 500/mo back then
>>221148205He literally doesn't pay the landlord. Did you watch the movie?
>>221148673But it's implied he has paid the landlord at some point in the past. You think he was just squatting and never paid rent once? How did he manage to even move in in the first place then?
>>221148673>>221148701Dude was gonna pay off all his debt and back rent with the ransom money
>>221148205His apartment looked so cozy NEETs had it so much easier back then
>DiD you know that The Dude actually invented the Rubick's Cube??>huehuehueThe Cohens can be so reddit some times.
>>221148853There's no evidence nor nothing to suggest or hinted at in the film that Dude invented anything let alone the rubix cube schizo redditors made that shit up
>>221148871>In The Big Lebowski, The Dude was originally scripted to be the heir to the Rubik's Cube fortune>The Coen brothers ultimately cut this backstory from the final film in order to preserve the mystery of how he affords his laid-back lifestyle. While it never made it to the screen, the detail remains a famous piece of trivia
>250-$350 a monthDevastating.
>>221148998Not the script they used so it doesn't matter.
>>221148823Imagine holing up in your room with no internet and shit back then though, bro. Fapping to sears catalogues and drinking booze while watching day time TV seems like a nightmare, regardless of how cozy your pad is.
>>221148998>The Dude is the heir to Ernő Rubik>who was born in 1944>Bridges was born in 1949KEK
>>221148205>Realistically how much was the Dude's rent?Go outside. Touch grass. The movie is great but doesn't require that much scrutinization.
>>221149080>Imagine holing up in your room with no internet and shit back then though, broNEETs back then just made friends and had hobbies, like bowling and listening to records. I always figured Dude for a crossword puzzles guy as well. Also, in his own words "the occasional acid flashback"
>>221149080>not spending your days on social media and internet porn? Wtf, what a NIGHTMARE!
>>221149135The Dude looks way younger than almost 50
>>221149080>t. mindbroken faggot zoomeryou have no idea how perfect the world truly was you neurotic retard
>>221149165He wrote the Port Huron statement in 1962.
>>221148673Yes but it's obviously implied that rent is expected to be paid. Marty is clearly friends with the Dude, hence why he invites him to his show. This is also why he tiptoes around the fact the rent is overdue, without explicitly demanding it, by noting it's the already the 10th. When the Dude jerries on to what he's implying he follows with, "just slip the rent under my door." Dude obviously gets some leeway with his rent due to being friends with Marty and he may even get his rent at a reasonable rate to boot.
Phone’s ringin’, Dude
>>221149165Having hair like Jeff Bridges' is playing life on easy mode.
>>221148998If they ever make The Big Lewoski 2: Ding Dong Bigalow then he will be the heir to the guy who invented funko pops.
>Twelve years of real estate boom and bust after the Coen brothers cemented its place in history, the one-bedroom cottage on Venezia Avenue, which is "just blocks from" Venice Beach, Los Angeles, will be sold to anyone able to rustle-up a spare $2.3mIn case anyone was wondering
>>221149080>books>movies on.vhs>recordsnah
>>221149251Kinda sad that the Dude simply could not exist anymore. Not as sad as the fact that 3/4 of people until 45 have no future but still sad.
>>221149251Also that was 15 years ago when it sold for 2.5 mil
>>221149251Real estate being unaffordable goes back to ancient Rome. Just move to Bulgaria and stop crying.
>>221148205no fucking way at least >>221148637
>losers think they deserve a place to live just because they exist
>>221148449>Sure it's bad nownot really
>>221149297unrealhis rent would have been like $150 btw you mindbroken zoomer retards
>>221149165stressfree neet life keeps you young
>>221148449>Also cost of living was so much less in 1990 that it's hard to even compare to todayTo illustrate this to zoomers here is a menu from Bob's Big Boy the same year this movie takes place. Also keep in mind this was and still is considered an expensive tourist trap albeit with good food so the diner that dude and walter go to would've been way way cheaper than this
>>221149356Los Angeles is doing bad these days? Really?
>>221149412only to outsider flyover inferiority complex faggots who are too ugly to make it here yeah
>>221149425Ohh so you're a rich and famous celebrity who made it in LA? Sounds gay
>>221149454you realize there's levels in between hobo and brad pitt right?wait ofc you don't because you're some glasses wearing autist in nebraska or some shitso yeah, compared to you I'm basically brad pitt ha
>>221149397capitalism was a mistake
>>221149510its the literal reason those prices were so reasonable to begin withdumbfuckyou're barking up the wrong fuckin tree
>>221149510Capitalism would result in lower prices.Too bad we live under socialist central planning with endless money printing.
>Realistically how much was the Dude's rent?We meet his landlord. I think it's easy to surmise the landlord is probably under-charging Lebowski, because he's meek and mealy-mouthed when it comes to getting his late check. I think it's a brilliant take on the standard, logical landlord who lights a fire under the plot's ass, forcing our hero the bum dick, to solve a case so he can earn enough money to continue living, eating, and drinking like a fish. Lebowski, the character and the movie, flips a lot of those tropes on their heads. It's quite lovely.
>>221148205A good question for ChatGPT
>>221148766I always assumed their was a cash prize for winning first place in the bowling tournament too hence why Walter was so adamant about not missing practice
>>221149214Thank you Donnie
>>221149757The prize was free ribs for a week. That's why Walter was so adamantium.
>>221149701Dude was probably the only tenant to go to the landlord's dance shows
>>221149788I always found it funny that Walter and Donnie came along too
>>22114951080s and 90s was also capitalism you zoomer faggot retard.GOD I want you to jutst end yourself evrytime I read some zoomer shit like this. "uoooh capitalism", capitalism is the reason you are here. The reason you have a phone, a pc, a laptop, internet, 5G and movies, music etc. Like fuck capitalism is the reason the movie is made. To make money.
>>221148998god that sound so fucking shit. I'm glad they left it out of the movie. I always thought Dude was living off of a moderate inheritance and lives cheaply but he's just so lazy and carefree about everything that he forgets to pay on time
>>221149820But I think the state should give me free stuff.
>>221149925no you dont, you're just being an obtuse contrarian for attention on the internet you fuckin retard
>>221150071No, I'm actually a huge proponent of me getting free stuff.
>>221149488Take your meds
>>221149297There's ghetto houses in Compton going for $500k on Zillow.Cali is fucked.
>>221150228The people who live there are all government subsidized
>>221149820The main point is were it not for the jews hyperinflation would have never taken place
>>221148205I had an apartment like that once. It was in a great location to. Now I have roommates. The days of cheap rent are long gone you either bought in at the right time or you’re screwed
>>221149425Oh you’re one of those Seth Rogan types that considers in a privilege to be burglarized. There is no helping you wackos.
>>221148637Oh, easily.t. Boston, cities are expensive
>>221149033>>221149033I'm 55 yo, rent was never this cheap unless you were renting a room.
>>221148205>>221149248If we're going for realism when the northridge earthquake hits in '94 dude's bungalow gets damaged and he ends up evicted one way or another
>authored the original Port Huron statement in Michigan some time before 1962>got involved with the Seattle Liberation Front around 1970-1971>was a roadie for Metallica sometime between 1984 and 1990The Dude obviously has some money, not a lot but enough to NEET comfortably on until he can start collecting social security. His parents paid for him to attend a couple colleges then fart around doing nothing of substance for years. Either they’re alive and keeping him afloat out of pity, or dead and he’s very shrewdly budgeting out the inheritance. Also he’s got d-list political / industry connections and can likely mooch a low-paying, low-effort gig when he feels like it.Maintaining his lifestyle doesn’t require a lot of resources and the few that he has are more than enough.
>>221152269Honestly in 1990 he could even probably collect cans for extra grocery money if he was really that desperate and be able to get by with no job. That said eventually as you point out he would need to have some kind of guaranteed monthly income and would also probably have to apply for section 8 housing
>>221152269>was a roadie for Metallica sometime between 1984 and 1990Just like the rubix cube fortune idea originally he was supposed to have been a roadie for the Grateful Dead but the Cohen bros thought that would be too cliche
>>221149397I couldn't even afford THESE prices in 1990.
>>221150228>CaliFuck Cali; there's ghetto houses in the midwest going for 300k.
>>221149510greedy jews in capitalism is the problem not capitalism itself
>>221149080>Fapping to sears cataloguesThe Dude definitely had a dozen or so Playboy issues on his book shelf. He seems like the type of dude who's a bit too sophisticated for Hustler, but he definitely reads titty mags
>>221153182You could have stopped at the first two words. Heck, you could have just used the second word because the first would already be implied.
>>221153285Dude was volcel before it was even a thing
