“Philip Seymour Hoffman’s pained laughing grimace is truly one of the funniest things ever put on film.”
That’s true. And Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his first ever big-screen role in the cult-of-the-cult 1991 Amos Poe film Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole, gives one of the most memorably delulu performances I’ve ever seen. Does he even appear for a full minute? Such a brief performance, yet so unmistakably Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Thanks so much! Yeah it’s been a while since I revisited it and I was worried it wouldn’t be as great as I remembered but no, still immaculate and hilarious
I always heard that The Dude was loosely based on LA artist, surfer, and bon vivant Jim Ganzer. He was an after hours friends of Jeff Bridges, when he met the Coens at the old bowling alley in Santa Monica Ganzer’s friend was drinking a White Russian.
In a perfect bit of grace, you completely ignored Donny in this essay.
“Philip Seymour Hoffman’s pained laughing grimace is truly one of the funniest things ever put on film.”
That’s true. And Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his first ever big-screen role in the cult-of-the-cult 1991 Amos Poe film Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole, gives one of the most memorably delulu performances I’ve ever seen. Does he even appear for a full minute? Such a brief performance, yet so unmistakably Philip Seymour Hoffman.
I haven’t seen it but you make me want to check it out!
With Japanese subtitles which makes it even more ‘surreal.’
This post rules. And this is one of the few movies I could likely watch once per week and never tire of.
Thanks so much! Yeah it’s been a while since I revisited it and I was worried it wouldn’t be as great as I remembered but no, still immaculate and hilarious
Watch the first 5 minutes of Lebowski again. You’ll see 9/11/2001 and trans culture foretold - and it’s not subtle.
I always heard that The Dude was loosely based on LA artist, surfer, and bon vivant Jim Ganzer. He was an after hours friends of Jeff Bridges, when he met the Coens at the old bowling alley in Santa Monica Ganzer’s friend was drinking a White Russian.
https://petermaguire.substack.com/p/west-of-the-405-part-2
Jeff Dowd shrugs.