Barton Fink

07-06-2004, 01:22 AM

Just watched this again today. Such a hot movie.

Basically, a playwright (John Turturro) is hired by a Hollywood studio to write a wrestling movie. He has writer's block and meets a friend (John Goodman) who lives in the hotel room next to his. The third act of the movie is one of the most bizarre acts ever. It's from the Coen brothers.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101410/

If you haven't seen it, skip the paragraph below because there are spoilers.

To those who have seen it, what is your interpretation of the movie? Are Barton and Charlie the same person? Is Charlie some sort of devil? Or is it just a straight forward movie and Charlie is a maniac who is just trying to help Barton?

07-06-2004, 01:22 AM	#1
Triple A Guest Posts: n/a	Barton Fink Just watched this again today. Such a hot movie. Basically, a playwright (John Turturro) is hired by a Hollywood studio to write a wrestling movie. He has writer's block and meets a friend (John Goodman) who lives in the hotel room next to his. The third act of the movie is one of the most bizarre acts ever. It's from the Coen brothers. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101410/ If you haven't seen it, skip the paragraph below because there are spoilers. To those who have seen it, what is your interpretation of the movie? Are Barton and Charlie the same person? Is Charlie some sort of devil? Or is it just a straight forward movie and Charlie is a maniac who is just trying to help Barton?