![]() ![]() There are scenes that glitter (the obnoxious cops, for instance), but there’s also long stretches that aren’t particularly interesting. The scene where Torturro woke up in bed (you know the scene) made me groan out loud, because as soon as that scene started I thought “surely they’re not doing that twist” and then they did. Hired by Hollywood to write a wrestling picture, Barton quits the city smog for movie stardom. I know, it’s funny listening to Torturro condescend in the worst possible way to Goodman, but it’s so embarrassing. Socially conscious scriptwriter Barton Fink (John Turturro) has made it big on Broadway. This is a funny movie, but it’s all cringe humour, which I just can’t stand. Both Steve Buscemi and John Turturro? In the same movie? Is that necessary? I mean, I like both of them, but…ĭo all directors have to do at least one movie about making movies? I mean, I love that, but it’s so … done. No sooner has Fink, bard of the common man and the misguided hero of Joel and Ethan Coen ’s venomous 1991 masterpiece, scored great opening night reviews for his social-realist melodrama Bare. ![]() But it turns out that they’re not as awful as I thought, so I’ve been catching up. ApUpdated 4:09 PM PT Michael Lerner, the prolific character actor known for his work in Barton Fink, Godzilla, Elf and the X-Men movie franchise, has died. After attaining critical success with his latest play Bare Ruined. I don’t think I’ve seen this before? I was so turned off by all the hype surrounding the Coen brothers at the time that I started avoiding their movies. Barton Fink weaves the yarn of its namesake character (played by the inimitable John Turturro), a bold, fresh New York playwright.
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