afterthought and memo

Mona 2022-04-22 07:01:28

The film has a strong sense of irony. Creation is free. Why do exam papers require propositions to get high marks? Can't the works of ordinary propositions get high marks? There is a line of dialogue in the film that is very freehand "what is in this box", "don't know", "isn't this box yours", "don't know". It's like saying "what is your purpose in life" "don't know" "isn't this the life you want" "don't know". The story begins with a well-known stage screenwriter and writer who just won an award. His creative strengths are works that tell the soul in the background of the life of the low-level people, so he is deeply loved by the people. It soon spread to the attention of Hollywood studios, who hired him with a high salary. At first he refused, because Hollywood is unrealistic, and most of the commercial films. But then he was persuaded by a friend to welcome him for his better life. He came to a weird hotel, because the hotel manager came up from the underground door, and the sound of his footsteps made the hotel very quiet. The next day he was warmly welcomed by his boss, who asked him to write a wrestling-themed movie script within a week. Sitting in front of a typewriter with no wrestling experience, it was extremely difficult to write such a script. At this time, the noise from the next door bothered him and he couldn't stand it, so he called the front desk to complain. The accused was a fat man. The fat man came to his room and made the writer who came to this strange city alone his only good friend in a few words. Fatty learned that he was a writer and was troubled by wrestling, so he had a wrestling game with him to inspire him. The tedious writer goes out to meet fellow idols and can't wait to ask questions about the wrestling script. But after getting in touch with him, he found out that he is just an alcoholic whose works are not really from him, but his lover's assistant is someone who advises him. The script deadline is approaching, and the writer can only confess to the boss that he has no way to write. The boss was not angry, but he blamed the subordinate next to him and fired him directly. The writer who has been sleeping through the night finds an idol lover who is quite ambiguous. The writing didn't make any progress that night, but I had sex with my lover. After the passion, tragedy struck. The woman who slept all night died inexplicably at the head of the bed, leaving the bed full of blood. The flustered writer seeks help from the quarantined fat man. The fat man vomited after seeing it, but he was willing to dispose of the corpse without authorization. So the writer is very grateful to the fat man. Shortly after the incident, Fat Man claimed to be away for a few days and handed a box to the writer for his safekeeping. The day before the script was handed in, a police officer came to investigate and took the picture of the fat man and called him a serial killer. The shocked writer explained everything one by one. Finally, these kinds of things inspired the writer to write his work perfectly He handed it over to the boss. He was so happy that he went to a bar to party. On the night he came back, the police blatantly searched his room and inquired about the whereabouts of the body's head. At this moment, the fat man came to shoot the two policemen with a fire-like scene, and rescued the writer who was locked at the head of the bed. The writer decides to leave this place and go back to the company to find the boss. The boss, however, was disgusting, saying that this was not the fight-like wrestling script he wanted. At the end of the film, the despondent and lonely writer came to the vast and romantic beach with a box in hand and was chatted up by the oncoming beauty in swimsuit. know~

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Barton Fink quotes

  • Charlie Meadows: I pulled off early today. Took your advice, went to a doctor about this ear. He says "You have an ear infection, ten dollars please." So I says "I told you I had an ear infection, you give me ten dollars!" Well, that started an argument.

  • Chet: Welcome to Los Angleeees, Mr. Fink.