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Barton Fink (1991)
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A darkly comic ride, this intense and original 1991 offering from the Coen brothers (Fargo, Blood Simple) gleefully attacks the Hollywood system and those who seek to sell out to it, portraying the writer's suffering as a loony vision of hell. John Turturro (Miller's Crossing, Jungle Fever) plays the title character, a pretentious left-wing writer from New York City who is brought to 1930s Hollywood to write a script for a wrestling movie for palooka actor Wallace Beery. Fink thinks the job is beneath him, but his desire for acceptance gets the better of him, and he suddenly finds himself holed up in a fleabag...
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The Coen brothers have come a long way from their start with an 8mm camera. They have written and produced some great homages to the film noir era of Hollywood, and this film is no exception.
First, is the great dialog written by the brothers. Great dialog is a feature of their films, and this one has some of the most...
(complete Barton Fink review by B Movie Ben)
| Barton Fink Movie Review by Valerie (12/31/2006) |
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The Coen bros. deliver yet another masterpiece, Barton Fink is an insightful ride through the life of...Barton Fink, a writer from the 1940's played brilliantly by John Turturro.
Barton is hired to write a screenplay for a wrestling movie, he moves to a crummy hotel and is set to start...he has only one problem, he can't...
(complete Barton Fink review by Valerie)
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