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Actors: John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney, Steve Buscemi, Tony Shalhoub
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Barton Fink |
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BARTON FINK is a movie written, produced and directed by the Coen brothers in 1991. The picture earned the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival and three nominations for the Academy Awards.
Barton Fink is a young play writer who's just had his first critical triumph in Broadway. He accepts a $1000 a week contract in Hollywood as a screenplay writer and checks in at the Earle Hotel. He's assigned to write the screenplay of the new Wallace Beery picture, a genre movie in the wrestling world. But Barton is suffering from the writer's block and is asking for help his literary idol W.P. Mayhew who's also working for the Capitol studios.
The second plot of the movie depicts the relation between Barton Fink and his hotel neighbour John Goodman. Barton and Goodman become good friends, Goodman being for the writer the sole "normal" person he's met in Los Angeles since his arrival. But Goodman is not the person he claims to be, he's in fact a psycho-killer on the loose.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Barton Fink |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- catching brutal killer/stalker
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- writer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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