Barton Fink (1991)
Episode description
Checking in? This episode we're feeling the heat and peeling back the wallpaper to take a look at the Coen Brothers' early masterpiece, Barton Fink. What's in the box? It may look like a long one, but the last 15 minutes of this ep are dedicated to a spoilery Saltburn stand-off.
Also:
Napoleon, The Peasants and some tough truths about 2001: A Space Odyssey.
"The Common Man is a choir of Fishmongers" - Gould
"That's what his job is, is to suffer" - Ed
"I'll just be a writer then. Rather than a WRITER" - Ed
Link
Mulholland Drive 🔗Barton Fink
Nightmarish depictions of Hollywood
CONTENT WARNING – Brief allusions to murder
SPOILER WARNING – Potential spoilers for Se7en and The Sixth Sense, but it could be one of those "if you know, you know" things.
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