Barton Fink (1991)
Directed by Joel Coen · Cinematography by Roger Deakins
R116 min63 frames
ComedyDramaThriller
There's only one thing stranger than what's going on inside his head... What's going on outside.
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What is Barton Fink about?
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Barton Fink is a 1991 American black comedy thriller film written, produced, edited and directed 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 Meadows, the insurance salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle.
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What does the cinematography of Barton Fink look like?
Across 63 sampled frames, Barton Fink builds its coverage from medium shots (35% of the sample), with close-ups (33%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Roger Deakins keeps 49% of it in soft, low-key light. 46% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 57% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Barton Fink?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Barton Fink (1991) are #363029, #15110e, #49372d, #f7f6f2, #515047, #d5d2cc — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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