Film
1008: Barton Fink
Trivia: The
first film to win all three major awards (Palme D'or, Best Director, and Best
Actor) at the Cannes Film Festival. Also, it was unanimously chosen for the
Palme D'or.
Written
by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen after a trip to
see Baby Boom while suffering
writer's block writing Miller's
Crossing.
The
parts played by John Turturro,
John Goodman, Jon Polito and Steve Buscemi were all
written with them in mind.
The
character of W.P. Mayhew is based on William Faulkner, whose
first Hollywood contract was to write Flesh, a wrestling movie
for Wallace Beery.
John Turturro took classes
at a secretarial school to learn how to use a typewriter for the role. Between
takes, he wrote a rough outline for Romance & Cigarettes
on the typewriter he used in the film.
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