Folks, let me just set the record straight on one thing. I really didn’t like the Big Lebowski. I love the Coen brothers. But TBL just didn’t do it for me. I will re-watch it sometime though. Please — and I mean really please — no emails telling me how great it is. I’ll watch it again. I’m not giving anyone the high-hat, I just don’t have the email room or mental patience at this particular moment to discuss a movie I don’t know well enough to discuss intelligently.

That said, Miller’s Crossing is one of my all-time favorite movies. I don’t see much religion or philosophy in it (indeed, I don’t see much religion or philosophy in 99.998% of the movies I see). But I could watch that movie over and over again.