Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Barton Fink
- Who's watched: G
- Mentions: None
- Commentary: This is one of those movies that I so much appreciate I've linked to it's script. I doubt that Mom will ever see this movie. Although I can't tell you why, I believe it would bore her and she'd start 'looking for ...' cigarettes.
Roger Ebert found this film so intriguing that, even though he slighted it by half a star from a four star review, he and his cohort critics on his site have found innumerable reasons to either mini-review the movie, yet again, interview the production participants and refer to it in reviews for other films. Go ahead. Click into the site url at the beginning of this paragraph and you'll see what I mean. Aside from its stand-alone-story audacities and bravado, it has, apparently, for film industry insiders, spoken cogently to the Faustian vagaries of the film entertainment industry.
Do I like it? Yes. That's why I've kept it in my collection, although, I must admit, I purchased it at a going-out-of-business sale sight unseen. It's funny and scary and causes me to reflect on compromises I've made in my "professional" relationship with the world, and I'm not in the film or entertainment industries. It reminds me that I need to look at the demands of the "professional" world from a cock-eyed perspective if I want to remain sane and continue to live with myself in peace.
Update 11/17/2021: This post was originally published February 6, 2005. It was one of the accidental deletions that occurred, which is covered in this post.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role John Turturro Barton Fink John Goodman Charlie Meadows Michael Lerner Jack Lipnick Judy Davis Audrey Taylor John Mahoney W. P. Mayhew Tony Shalhoub Ben Geisler Jon Polito Lou Breeze Steve Buscemi Chet David Warrilow Garland Stanford Richard Portnow Detective Mastrionotti Christopher Murney Detective Deutsch Frances McDormand Stage Actress
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up for this film.
Release date: 1991
Directed by Joel Cohen.
Labels: john-mahoney, john-turturro, religion2, satire2, steve-buscemi
