Barton Fink

(1991)

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It's almost as if the Coen brothers have been daring us to come along with them with their every film. I still don't understand what Barton Fink was about, except long lazy cinematography of depressingly decrepit hotel corridors and John... ... Full Article

It's almost as if the Coen brothers have been daring us to come along with them with their every film. I still don't understand what Barton Fink was about, except long lazy cinematography of depressingly decrepit hotel corridors and John... ... Full Article

Filmmaking duo THE COEN BROTHERS are considering making a sequel to their 1991 movie BARTON FINK. John Turturro played a frustrated 1940s playwright suffering writer's block in the dark comedy, one of the brothers' first box office hits, and now,... ... Full Article

"Barton Fink" is a difficult movie to classify. It's also one of the best efforts from filmmakers Ethan and Joel Coen , the guys behind bonafide classics like "The Big Lebowski," "Fargo" and "No Country for Old Men." ... Full Article

Relevancy
courant.com2007-06-21
3 stars (out of four) Most of us have stayed at a Hotel Earle or two in our time, even if we haven't suffered the precise chain of events detailed in "Barton Fink." For an upcoming work trip I recently ... Full Article

As a visual, kinetic medium, cinema isn't particularly well suited to exploring the work of a writer -the silent ordeal of stringing together words and sentences and the mental exercise of trying to reach out from the page to interact... ... Full Article

There is no dearth of talent behind the camera in American cinema.Whatever Hollywood may lack for, it's certainly not access to world class cinematographers. ... Full Article

The Movies
avclub.com2006-01-18
The traditional image of a studio honcho is something like Michael Lerner in Barton Fink : a gruff cigar-chomper who spends his days perched in a swiveling leather chair, occasionally pontificating about his grand vision, but leaving most of the... ... Full Article

The Coen Brothers made some of the most interesting films of the late 20th century.From Blood Simple and Raising Arizona to Barton Fink and Fargo, the Brothers Coen avoid Hollywood mediocrity by making their films unique. ... Full Article

I post on the talkbacks from time to time and am hopelessly addicted to this goofy ass site. Anyways, I've just comeback from a screening of the Coen Bros. new flick "O Brother, Where Art Thou"that was followed by a... ... Full Article

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