Barton Fink
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Synopsis
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Cast
- John Turturro
- John Goodman
- Judy Davis
- Michael Lerner
- John Mahoney
- Tony Shalhoub
- Jon Polito
- Steve Buscemi
- David Warrilow
- Richard Portnow
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- Apr 11, 2021
My neighbor Turturro
darth_erogenousMar 24, 2021light n easy watch before bed
KarstenMay 18, 2021Coen Brothers David Fincher 🤝 WHAT’S IN THE BOX
Ethan Geist - Feb 11, 2013
Barton Fink is packed full of symbolism, allegory, and open-ended questions. About one man's struggles as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the film is at once realism and surrealism; comedy and tragedy. Willing you to discern meaning behind images and lines, Joel and Ethan Coen…
hunkamunkaJan 17, 2022More films need the audacity of Barton Fink’s final 20 minutes.
matthewcutchenOct 30, 2020Life is hell.
Will Menaker - Oct 7, 2024
Didn't realize the Spongebob essay episode was a reference to this
JakeI feel Barton's pain. Being a writer is frustrating, that's for sure. The pay is terrible, and sometimes the words just don't
JizzmonkeySep 19, 2014"You're just a tourist with a typewriter. I live here." Easy Barton Fink primer: A self-absorbed NYC playwright lauds the virtue of the common man all while remaining deaf to others; his lack of empathy lands him in a Hollywood hell. With hints of an allegory…
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- Dexter likedBarton Fink
I’d pay money to have somebody explain this movie to me
Kward0610 lovedBarton FinkOne of the strangest and greatest films I’ve ever experienced. The performances, story, themes and cinematography are fantastic. One of the Coen brothers’ best films.
James New lovedBarton FinkInnovative idea executed really well. Surreal at times and very well structured. Great performances and amazing direction. Peak early 90s Cohen
- Jim Greysen lovedBarton Fink
This movie grows on you the more you see it. Once you realize what it’s about it’s amazing. It’s not obvious for many.
GenericNameJoe lovedBarton Fink"I'll show YOU the life of the mind!"
Sol likedBarton FinkThere's more to this movie than just what is on screen. I personally had to get into the commentary and find some reviews to really understand everything going on here. Everything in this movie is an allegory for something else or a representation of the main character's mind
- nevan lovedBarton Fink
another masterwork from the coen’s that’s full of unbridled chaos, intelligence, humor, and stunningly powerful symbolism. john goodman is exceptional as always alongside utterly precise writing and cinematography with a wonderful twist and ending. deserves more praise
Michael lovedBarton FinkIncredible depiction of the distractions that come with writer’s block, and how studios and corporations only see art as a product. 9/10
Jacob Hall lovedBarton FinkGreat character study with amazing performances from Turturro and Goodman. I am shocked Lerner was the one who got the Oscar buzz.
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Metacritic
Billed as a comedy, but it could also be billed as a drama, a satire, an allegory, or a film (partially) noir. It wouldn't matter, or help... Not since Robert Altman has any American filmmaker been as overrated as this pair. [30 Sept 1991]
Stanley Kauffmann
The New Republic
What Raising Arizona was to baby lust, Barton Fink is to writer's block -- a rapturously funny, strangely bittersweet, moderately horrifying and, yes, truly apt description of the condition and its symptoms.
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
Creepily beautiful, acted with relish, Barton Fink is a savagely original work. It lodges in your head like a hatchet. [26 Aug 1991]
David Ansen
Newsweek
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