The Unbreakable Movie Chain

Barton Fink (1991)


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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

 

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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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