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Barton Fink (1991)

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John Turturro John Turturro
Barton Fink
John Goodman John Goodman
Charlie Meadows
Judy Davis Judy Davis
Audrey Taylor
Michael Lerner Michael Lerner
Jack Lipnick
John Mahoney John Mahoney
W.P. Mayhew
Tony Shalhoub Tony Shalhoub
Ben Geisler
Jon Polito Jon Polito
Lou Breeze


Written by
Joel Coen Joel Coen
(written by)
Ethan Coen Ethan Coen
(written by)


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A good movie

7 years, 3 months ago at Nov 22 14:01
Even though this movie seems to be overlooked nowadays, it was actually another critical success for the Coen brothers. Indeed, they even managed to win the Golden Palm at the Cannes film festival.ย  Well, to be honest, even though I thought it was not bad, I actually always had some mixed feelings about the damned thing. In fact, I even watched it a couple of times to make up my mind for good, to... read more

Barton Fink

6 years, 4 months ago at Oct 25 18:53
What exactly is Barton Fink about, really? What do all of these vague symbols and political allusions add up to, and does the deeper โ€œtruthโ€ to them really matter? Barton Fink seems in deeply enamored with its own ambiguities, both in narrative architecture and thematically. ย  Itโ€™s about the mental and emotional unraveling of a blowhard writer lacking in any discernible talent but not la... read more
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In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer's block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his task.
Release date: 21 August 1991
UPC: 024543073802
Tags: Drama (22), Comedy (17), 1990s (17), 1991 (16), Murder (12), Writer (12), Serial Killer (10), Hollywood (9), Black Comedy (8), Hotel (8), Surrealism (7), Playwright (7), Mosquito (7), Beach (6), Picnic (6), Wrestling (5), Arson (5), Usa (4), Oscar Nominee (4), Corpse (4)
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