Monday, August 17, 2009

#24. john turturro in barton fink

just about every aspect of this film is bizarre: the characters, the hotel, the business of hollywood. and the fact that it is a coen borthers' film, wraps it all up nicely. as barton fink, john turturro is a demented writer, enlisted by hollywood to come up with a new film. more interesting however is his time spent with his neighbor (john goodman) and a famous writer w. p. mayhew, modeled after william faulkner (john mahoney) and his secretary (judy davis). his performance is crazed, but his dedication to the role is sensational. turturro won the 1991 best actor award at the cannes film festival for his role.

greatest moment: discovering that audrey (davis) wrote the majority of mayhew's books

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