Barton Fink
Summary: A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Runtime: 1 h 56 min
MPAA: R
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 9,000,000
Domestic: $ 6,153,939
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1940sabsurdismabuseabusive alcoholicabusive loveradulteryaffair with one's secretaryalcoholicalcoholic writeranti japanese sentimentanti semitic sluranti semitismantisemitismapocalypseapologyapplauseartistic creationauthorbarefootbarefoot manbathroombeachbedbefriendingbell ringingbetrayalbetrayed by a friendbiblebirdblack comedybloodblood on a bedbloodstainblurred boundariesbook of danielboss employee relationshipboss hugs employeeboss punishes workerbow to the audiencebrawlbroadwayburning buildingcaliforniacalling someone brothercamera shot of feetchampagnechance meetingcharacter name in titlecharacter says heil hitlercharacter says i'll be backcharacter says life is too shortcharacter says oh jesuscheating lovercheating on one's boyfriendcheering crowdchucklecigarette smokingcommon mancondescendingcontractcop killercorpsecorpse in bedcorpse with eyes opencreative processcreativitycult filmcynical remarkcynicismdancingdark comedydead body with eyes opendead woman with eyes opendeadlinedecapitationdecemberdecember 9 1941december 9thdirector also editordisappointing one's bossdiscovering a corpsedisposing of a dead bodydomestic violencedomineering bossdrinking champagnedying screamear infectioneavesdroppingegotismelevatorelevator operatorelitismemotional dependencyempty hallwayface slapfalse accusationfalse namefanfat guyfemale ghost writerfemale murder victimfemale secretaryfilm contractfilm executivefilm industryfilm industry criticismfilm producerfilm studiofilm studio executivefilm within a filmfirefired from a jobfirst name basisfishmongerflushing a toiletformulafugitivegarglingghost writergideon bibleglassesgolemhack writerhallwayhandcuffed to the bedhandcuffshangoverhas beenheathellhidden agendahitting on a womanholding a grudgehollywood californiahollywood movie industryhotelhotel desk clerkhotel on firehuggingimplied murderindependent filminfidelityinformantinner turmoilinsane maninsurance agentinsurance salesmanjealous loverjealousyjewish americankafka esquekilled by a serial killerkissing someone's feetkneelingkneeling before someonekneeling manknocking on a doorlifting a female into the airlifting someone into the airliving in a hotellonelinesslonerlong distance telephone calllos angeles californialos angeles police departmentlove triangleloverlynchianmagical realismmaking someone's life hellmale protagonistman hugs a manman killed by shotgunman slaps a manman wears eyeglassesman wears underwearmansionmercy killermetafictionmilitary uniformmissing parentsmoaningmosquitomovie making within a moviemoving to another statemurdermurder of a police detectivemurder of a police officermurder of a womanmurder of a writermurder of lovermurder victimmurdered with a shotgunmusenazineighborneo noirnew jobnew yorknew york citynew york statenewspaper reviewnext door neighbornoisenovelistoff screen deathone sided conversationonly friendoverhearing sexpackagepassing outpastichepeeling wallpaperpersonal secretaryphilosophical conversationpicnicplayplaywrightpolicepolice detectivepostmodernpremarital sexpsycho next doorpsychological disintegrationpsychological thrillerpsychopathpsychotronic filmpunched in the facepunchingrationalizationreading a biblereality versus fantasyreference to a sharkreference to adolf hitlerreference to bathshebareference to brooklynreference to buck rogersreference to christreference to gone with the windreference to hamletreference to hellreference to henry morgenthau jr.reference to jack oakiereference to jesusreference to kansas cityreference to minsk russiareference to nebuchadnezzar iireference to solomonreference to the hollywood bowlreference to the lower east side manhattanreference to the sahara desertreference to wallace beeryrefusing to listenrestaurantrestroomringing telephonerookiesad endingsailorscreamscreamingscreaming manscreening roomscreenwriterscreenwriter as protagonistsecret identitysecretaryself centeredserial killersevered headsharing a drinkshotgunshow businessshow within a showshowbiz comedyshowbiz dramashowmanshipsinglesingle manslow motion scenesmoking tobaccosobbingsouthern accentstepping on a bedstrange hotelstranger in townstudio bosssurprise endingsurreal comedysurrealismsweatsweatingswimming poolswing musictelephonetelephone calltheatertheatrical agentthreatening to fire someonetimeframe 1940stitle directed by maletitle spoken by charactertobaccotragic endingtrapdoortwo word titletypewriteru.s. navy sailorurinalurinationusoviolencevomitingwaking up to a dead bodywalking through a burning buildingwallpaperwarm weatherwestern united stateswinterwoman seduces a manworking classworking stiffworld war twoworld war two home frontwrestlingwriterwriter's blockwriter's inner turmoilwriter's musewritingwriting formulayear 1941
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