Barton Fink

Barton Fink

There's only one thing stranger than what's going on inside his head... What's going on outside.

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Release Date

8/1/1991

Runtime

117 mins

Overview

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$6,153,939

Homepage

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A darkly comic descent into the claustrophobic madness of mid-century Hollywood, where artistic pretension meets psychological unraveling. It's a portrait of creative compromise and existential decay wrapped in neo-noir atmosphere and surreal dread.

Mood

Dread-soakedParanoidAbsurdUnsettling

Themes

AmbitionArt and creationCorruptionIsolation

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrastPainterly

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Graphic violence

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