Título: Barton Fink
Seção: Background and writing
Background: Barton Fink is a 1991 American period film written, produced, directed and edited by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City playwright who is hired to write scripts for a film studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie, the insurance salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle. The Coens wrote the screenplay for Barton Fink in three weeks while experiencing difficulty during the writing of Miller's Crossing. They began filming the former soon after Miller's Crossing was finished.

Conteúdo: In 1989, filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen began writing the script for a film eventually released as Miller's Crossing. The many threads of the story became complicated, and after four months they found themselves lost in the process. Although biographers and critics later referred to it as writer's block, the Coen brothers rejected this description. "It's not really the case that we were suffering from writer's block," Joel said in a 1991 interview, "but our working speed had slowed, and we were eager to get a certain distance from Miller's Crossing." They went from Los Angeles to New York and began work on a different project.  In three weeks, the Coens wrote a script with a title role written specifically for actor John Turturro, with whom they'd been working on Miller's Crossing. The new film, Barton Fink, was set in a large, seemingly-abandoned hotel. This setting, which they named the Hotel Earle, was a driving force behind the story and mood of the new project. While filming their 1984 film Blood Simple in Austin, Texas, the Coens had seen a hotel which made a significant impression: "We thought, 'Wow, Motel Hell.' You know, being condemned to live in the weirdest hotel in the world."  The writing process for Barton Fink was smooth, they said, suggesting that the relief of being away from Miller's Crossing may have been a catalyst. They also felt satisfied with the overall shape of the story, which helped them move quickly through the composition. "Certain films come ent

user: who wrote the script?

assistant: the Coens wrote a script with a title role written specifically for actor John Turturro,

user: why did they write for him?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: tell me more about the background and writing

assistant: "Barton Fink sort of washed out our brain and we were able to go back and finish Miller's Crossing."

user: why did they say it washed out their brain?

assistant: The many threads of the story became complicated, and after four months they found themselves lost in the process.

user: how did they feel about that?

assistant: "but our working speed had slowed, and we were eager to get a certain distance from Miller's Crossing."

user: how was millers crossing connected to Barton Fink?

assistant: The writing process for Barton Fink was smooth, they said, suggesting that the relief of being away from Miller's Crossing may have been a catalyst.

user: did they have to look for staff to work on the film?

assistant: the Coens began looking for a new cinematographer, since their associate Barry Sonnenfeld - who had filmed their first three films - was occupied

user: who did they find instead to do it?

assistant: The Coens had been impressed with the work of English cinematographer Roger Deakins,

user: was he excited about working for them?

assistant: His agent advised against working with the Coens, but Deakins met with them at a cafe in Notting Hill and they soon began working together

user: who did they use to play the lead role?

assistant: In three weeks, the Coens wrote a script with a title role written specifically for actor John Turturro,

user: how did John feel about the movie?

assistant: Turturro looked forward to playing the lead role, and spent a month with the Coens in Los Angeles to coordinate views on the project: