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Barton Fink (1991) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
436 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.07/4 |
# of Ratings: |
133 |
Genres: |
Comedy, Drama |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 08/21/1991 |
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Director: |
Joel Coen |
Actors: |
John Turturro
John Goodman
Judy Davis
Michael Lerner
John Mahoney
Tony Shalhoub |
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Plot Outline:
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Barton Fink (John Turturro) was given an opportunity by Capitol Pictures head Jack Lipnick (Michael Lerner) to write a wrestling picture. \His neighbor Charlie Meadows (John Goodman) sells insurance and pops in and out of his place. Barton asks for Audrey Taylor's (Judy Davis) help, the partner of skilled writer William Preston (W.P.) "Bill" Mayhew (John Mahoney).
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mitchellyoung 10/01/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
I think you partly have to be an artist to appreciate this film, as it's mostly about creative obsession, albeit set in the Cohen Brothers' typical weird world of strange happenings. |
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Ichabod Crane 03/27/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
An incredibly interesting and bizarre film in which you have no idea what will happen at all. Very good looking and interesting throughout with some great performances especially from John Goodman. Nothing is boring about it and it never gets into a rut. It is successful at everything it does, showing the writing, the movie deals, and the other very weird stuff.
Oscar Nominee Best Supporting Actor Michael Lerner 4/5- Michael Lerner is very funny as the studio head in this film, his scenes are in a separate style from the rest of the movie and are the best scenes in the movies. He is only in three scenes but every scene he is in they are funny and very entertaining. |
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06/11/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Barton Fink review |
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A pictured considered being film noir, a horror film, political satire and buddy flick mixed with elements of dark comedy. Barton Fink (John Turturro) was asked by Capitol Pictures head Jack Lipnick (Michael Lerner) write for a wrestling picture. His neighbor Charlie Meadows (John Goodman) sells insurance and pops in and out of his place. Barton asks assistance from Audrey Taylor (Judy Davis), the partner of skilled writer William Preston (W.P.) "Bill" Mayhew (John Mahoney), since he has ran out of ideas and time. Direction was exception with a myriad of camera angles and movements. Setting was eerie and dialogue so innovative. Fantastic screenplay evident from various characters: “We need more heart in motion pictures.” “Life is too short.” Barton – “We’re all alone in the world... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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01/23/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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barton fink (1991) - explanation |
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1)barton's first sentence in the novel also existed in the bible-this shows his innocence at the time(or his arrogance that the common man is innocent).
2)the peeling wallpaper shows his own mind, decaying day after day in the hell of hollywood.
3)the mosquito always wakes him up urging him to finish the script(urges him to get used to the stressful living of hollywood).
4)chet gives him pins to pin down the wallpaper/his mind from falling appart-this shows that his mind was not in a free-thinking state anymore.
5)charlie who lives for a lifetime at the earle(hell), becomes a part of it psysically(ear infection) & mentally(psycho killer).
6)the box symbolizes the experience barton gained, or what he learned and which will carry for the rest of his life.
7)charlie/mundt r... |
Rating of
3/4 |
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01/05/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"Barton Fink" by Yojimbo |
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A Broadway playwright relocates to Hollywood and suffers writer's block while enduring the attentions of an affable but mysterious insurance salesman who lives next door. Barton Fink is an odd fish, even by the off beat standards of the Coen brothers. It's actually quite difficult to differentiate the "real" from the surreal and the seedy motel in which he finds himself creates a deeply eerie atmosphere. Loaded with symbolism, the story doesn't really have a "beginning", "middle" or "end", the Coens even mocking both the base formula of low brow culture as well as the pretentiousness and self importance of men like Fink who fancy themselves as champions of the people but are in fact egoists with little respect for the "common man" they condescendingly claim to represent. Turturro puts in ... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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