Friday, January 2, 2009


Watched Barton Fink yesterday.  I wasn't sure what to expect; all I knew about it beforehand was that it involved a murder.  The film is extremely quiet and tense, and the murder doesn't happen until about halfway through the film, so I couldn't relax at all!  Not my ideal movie-watching experience. 

Nevertheless, I think I enjoyed the film.  Typical Coens brother mix of macabre and funny.  John Turturro does a great job, and John Goodman was pretty good (although he always annoys me a little bit; I can't really explain why).  

The film didn't really make a lot of sense, but for some reason that didn't really bother me.  Perhaps because Wikipedia told me that it's not supposed to.  

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