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Barton Fink is a 1991 American period comedy-drama film written, produced, directed and edited by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a film studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie, the insurance salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle.
The Coens wrote the screenplay in three weeks while experiencing difficulty during the writing of Miller's Crossing. Soon after Miller's Crossing was finished, the Coens began filming Barton Fink, which had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1991. In a rare sweep, Barton Fink won the Palme d'Or, as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor (Turturro). Although the film received critical acclaim and was nominated for three Academy Awards, it was a box office bomb, only grossing $6 million against its $9 million budget. The process of writing and the culture of entertainment production are two prominent themes of Barton Fink. The world of Hollywood is contrasted with that of Broadway, and the film analyzes superficial distinctions between high culture and low culture. Other themes in the film include fascism and World War II; slavery and conditions of labor in creative industries; and how intellectuals relate to "the common man". Because of its diverse elements, the film has defied efforts at genre classification, being variously referred to as a film noir, a horror film, a Künstlerroman, and a buddy film.
Actors: Joel Coen (producer), Ethan Coen (producer), Jon Polito (actor), Frances McDormand (actress), John Goodman (actor), John Turturro (actor), Judy Davis (actress), Barry Sonnenfeld (actor), Tony Shalhoub (actor), Richard Portnow (actor), Michael Lerner (actor), John Mahoney (actor), Steve Buscemi (actor), Joel Coen (writer), Ethan Coen (writer),
Plot: Set in 1941, a newly successful New York playwright accepts an offer to write movie scripts in LA, and finds himself with writer's block when required to do a B-movie wrestling script, the only relief coming from a traveling salesman living next door.
Keywords: 1940s, absurdism, alcoholic, anti-semitic-slur, anti-semitism, apocalypse, author, bathroom, beach, birdBetween Heaven and Hell There's Always Hollywood! Original theatrical trailer for 1991's Coen Brothers classic "Barton Fink". Starring John Turturro, John Goodman, John Mahoney, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, Tony Shalhoub, Jon Polito and Steve Buscemi as CHET!
The Coen Brothers lend their unique blend of dark comedy to this tale of a celebrated playwright who comes to Hollywood to write a "Wrestling Picture" in 1941. Turturro gives a great performance as the playwright struggling to cope with his new project. John Goodman gives a surprisingly nuanced performance as his pushy neighbor. Also featuring Emmy-winner Tony Shalhoub. It all adds up to the Coen Brothers' most hilarious, bizarre, and touching film. (Original Title - Barton Fink) - 1991 Circle Films, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Barton Fink is a Broadway playwright lured to Hollywood with the promise of untold riches by a boorish studio chieftain. Despising the film capital and everything it stands for, Fink comes down with an acute case of writer's block. He is looked after by a secretary who has been acting as a ghost writer for an alcoholic screenwriter. Also keeping tabs on Fink is a garrulous travelling salesman, the most likeable, stable character in the picture. Then comes the plot twist to end all plot twists, which plunges Barton Fink into a surreal nightmare. Once more, Joel and Ethan Coen serve up a smorgasbord of quirkiness and kinkiness, where nothing is what it seems and nothing turns out as planned.
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
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Wheels inside of you keep up
Heavy machinery won't stop
Electronic chipset on board
Processing the command.
Problematic mindset, uh huh
Customized bright led, uh huh
I think I lost my hearing, yeah yeah
I'm slowly disappearing, oh no
You are the strangest mechanism
You are most vicious organism
I can't keep up with you my love
I'm wasting myself that's all
Inside of your machinery