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Barton Fink
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Kissing it all good-bye. |
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six flights up, |
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six flights up, |
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the el that roars by at 3 a.m. |
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Like a cast-iron wind. |
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Kiss 'em good-bye for me, Maury. |
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I'll miss 'em... |
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Dreamin' again. |
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Not anymore, Lil. |
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awake for the first time in years. |
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Uncle Dave said it... |
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"Daylight is a dream |
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if you live with your eyes closed." |
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Well, my eyes are open now. |
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I know they're dressed in rags, |
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but we're part of that choir. |
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Yeah, both of us, |
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and you, Maury, and Uncle Dave. |
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Sun's comin' up, kid. |
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They'll be hawkin' the fish |
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down on Fulton Street. |
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Let 'em hawk. |
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Let 'em sing their hearts out. |
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That's it, kid. |
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Take that ruined choir. |
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So long, Maury. |
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So long. |
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We'll hear from that kid, |
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and I don't mean a postcard. |
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Fish! |
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Fresh fish! |
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Let's spit on our hands |
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It's late, Maury. |
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Not anymore, Lil. |
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It's early. |
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- Bravo! |
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Bravo! |
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Bravo! |
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Bravo! |
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- Bravo! |
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- Author! |
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- Author! |
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- Author! |
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- Author! |
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- Bravo! |
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Your table is ready, Monsieur Fink. |
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In fact, several members of your party |
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Is Garland Stanford here? |
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He called to say |
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Ah, here we are. |
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Barton! |
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You know Richard St. Claire |
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and Poppy Carnahan. |
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Charmed, charmed, charmed. |
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We're drinking champagne |
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Have you seen the Herald? |
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Not yet. |
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I won't embarrass you, |
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but Caven could |
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More important, |
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Richard and Poppy here loved the play. |
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Weeping. |
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Copious tears. |
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What did the Herald say? |
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I happen to have it. |
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Please, Derek... |
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"Bare Ruined Choirs: |
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Triumph of the Common Man. |
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The star of Bare Ruined Choirs |
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was nowhere seen |
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though the thespians |
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The find of the evening |
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was the author of this drama |
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fishmongers, in fact, |
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whose brute struggle for existence |
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cannot quite quell their longing |
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The playwright finds nobility |
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in the most squalid corners |
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and poetry in the most callous speech. |
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A tough new voice |
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and the owner of that voice is named... |
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Barton Fink." |
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They'll be wrapping fish in it |
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Cynic. |
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I can't start listening to the critics, |
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and I can't kid myself |
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A writer writes from his gut. |
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His gut tells him |
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merely adequate. |
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I don't pretend to be a critic, |
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but Lord knows I have a gut, |
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and my gut tells me it's simply... |
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marvelous. |
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And a charming gut it is. |
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Oh, you dog. |
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Aroo! |
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Oh, stop. |
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I thought you were going to join us. |
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Jesus, Garland, |
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Don't panic. |
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I'll join you in a minute. |
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We have to talk a little business. |
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I've just been on the phone |
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Barton, Capitol Pictures wants to |
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They've offered you $1,000 a week. |
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I think I can get them |
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To do what? |
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What do you do for a living? |
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I'm not sure anymore. |
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I guess I try to make a difference. |
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There's no pressure here |
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but a brief tenure in Hollywood |
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could support you through the writing |
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of any number of plays. |
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I don't know, Garland. |
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My place is here right now. |
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I feel I'm on the brink of success. |
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I'd say you're already enjoying some. |
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No. Don't you see? |
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Not the kind of success |
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or producers like Derek |
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No. A real success. |
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The success we've been dreaming about... |
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the creation of a new living theater |
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of and about and for the common man. |
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If I ran off to Hollywood now, |
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I'd be making money, |
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going to parties, |
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but I'd be cutting myself off |
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from the wellspring of that success, |
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from the common man. |
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Oh, I guess I'm spouting off again. |
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You see Caven's review? |
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No. What did it say? |
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Here, take my copy. |
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You're the toast of Broadway, |
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and you have an opportunity |
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to redeem that for a little cash... |
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Strike that. |
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The common man will still be here |
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Who knows? |
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They may even have one or two of them |
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That's a rationalization, Garland. |
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Barton, it was a joke. |
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Welcome to Hotel Earle. |
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I'm checking in. |
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Barton Fink. |
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All righty. |
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Okay... |
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F-I-N-K? |
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"Fink, Barton." |
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That must be you, huh? |
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Must be. |
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Okay, then everything |
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Everything seems to be in order. |
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Just... |
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Are you a trans or a res? |
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Excuse me? |
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Transient or resident? |
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I... |
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I... I... I don't know. |
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I mean, I'll be here indefinitely. |
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Res. That's 25.50 a week |
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Check-out time's 12:00 sharp, |
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only forget that. |
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If you need anything, |
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If you need anything, |
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My name is Chet. |
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Although we provide privacy |
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for the residential guests, |
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we're a full-service hotel, |
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including complimentary shoe shine. |
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My name is Chet. |
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Okay. |
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Those your only bags? |
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The others are being sent. |
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Welcome to Los Angeles, Mr. Fink. |
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Six, please. |
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Next stop... six. |
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This stop... six. |
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Is that him? |
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Is that Barton Fink? |
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Let me at him. |
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Let me put my arms |
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Let me hug this guy. |
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How the hell are ya? |
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Good trip? |
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My name's Jack Lipnick. |
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You know that. |
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Lou treating you all right? |
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What's the matter |
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What's the matter |
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It's not so bad. |
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A mosquito in my room. |
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Where'd we put him? |
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I'm at the Earle. |
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Never heard of it. |
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Stay at my place. |
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I wanted a place a little less... |
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Less Hollywood. Say it. |
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Say whatever you want. |
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The writer is king |
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Look at your paycheck. |
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That's what |
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So, what kind of pictures |
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Mr. Fink hasn't given |
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So, how about it, Bart? |
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Well, uh, to be honest, |
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I don't go to the pictures much. |
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That's okay. |
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You probably |
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thinking that was going |
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thinking we wanted people |
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thinking there's technical |
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You were dead wrong. |
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There's only one thing... |
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Can you make us laugh, |
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make us want |
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That more than one thing? |
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I run this dump, and I don't know |
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Why do I run it? |
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'Cause I got horse sense, showmanship! |
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And also I'm bigger |
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than any other kike |
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I don't mean my dick's |
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It's not a sexual thing. |
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Yes, thank you. |
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Lou! |
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Used to have shares |
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ownership interest, |
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got bought out... |
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We keep him around. |
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Poor schmuck. |
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Don't mention the old days. |
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Look, barring a preference, |
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you'll be working on |
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They say you know |
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That rules out |
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screwball, Bible, Roman... |
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I'm not some guy |
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We're together on that. |
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I'm from New York myself. |
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Minsk... if you want |
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which we won't |
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People will say to you... |
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Wallace Beery, wrestling... |
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You tell them... bullshit! |
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We don't make B pictures |
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Let's put a stop |
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Thanks, Lou. |
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Join us. |
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We're talking about |
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Excellent picture. |
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Got a treatment on it yet? |
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We just bought the story. |
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Saturday Evening Post. |
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The hell with the story. |
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Wally Beery's a wrestler. |
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Give me his hopes, his dreams. |
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Naturally he gets mixed up |
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and a romantic interest |
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Lou, think Wally's too old |
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Look at me. |
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A writer in the room, |
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and I'm asking Lou |
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Which is it, Bart? |
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Orphan? |
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Both maybe? |
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Maybe we should do a treatment. |
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Hell! |
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He'll get into the swing of things |
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or I don't know writers. |
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Let's make it a dame. |
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The important thing |
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is we all want it to have |
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We all have that feeling, |
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but since you're Barton Fink, |
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I'm assuming you have it in spades. |
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I like you. |
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If all my writers |
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I wouldn't have |
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Have something |
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I heard about your show, |
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My man in New York saw it. |
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Says it's damn moving, |
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but I guess you know |
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Thanks for your heart. |
| 00:18:05 |
We need more heart |
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We're all expecting great things. |
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Front desk. |
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Hello? Uh, Chet? |
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Speaking. |
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This is Barton Fink in room 621. |
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Yes. There's, uh, someone in the room |
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623... |
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and he's, uh... |
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he's, uh... |
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making a lot of... noise. |
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I'll take care of it |
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Thank you. |
| 00:21:08 |
Hello. |
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What? |
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Huh? |
| 00:21:15 |
Who? |
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Did you... |
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Somebody just complained. |
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No. I didn't. |
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I mean, I did call down, |
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not to complain exactly. |
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I was concerned that you might... |
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not that it's my business... |
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might be in some kind of... distress. |
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See, I was trying to work, |
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Well, it was... difficult. |
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Yeah. |
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I'm damned sorry |
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The damn walls here... |
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I just apologize like hell. |
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My name's Charlie Meadows. |
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I guess we're neighbors. |
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Barton Fink. |
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Neighbor, I'd feel better |
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about the damned inconvenience |
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if you let me buy you a drink. |
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That's all right. |
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Thank you. |
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All right, hell. |
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You trying to work, |
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me carrying on in there. |
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The liquor's good. |
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You got a glass? |
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It's the least I can do. |
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Okay, a quick one. |
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Sure. |
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Yeah, just a nip. |
| 00:23:00 |
I sure do forget myself sometimes. |
| 00:23:02 |
I feel like a heel... |
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All the carryings-on next door. |
| 00:23:07 |
That's okay, I assure you. |
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It's just I was trying to work. |
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What kind of work do you do, Barton, |
| 00:23:16 |
Well, I'm a writer, actually. |
| 00:23:18 |
You don't say? |
| 00:23:20 |
My hat's off to you. |
| 00:23:22 |
Damned interesting work, I'd imagine. |
| 00:23:24 |
It's not easy, but... |
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Damn difficult, I'd imagine. |
| 00:23:28 |
And what's your line, Mr. Meadows? |
| 00:23:31 |
Hell, no, call me Charlie. |
| 00:23:32 |
Well, Barton... |
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you might say I sell peace of mind. |
| 00:23:37 |
Insurance is my game. |
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Human contact's the only way |
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In spite of what you might think, |
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It doesn't surprise me. |
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I believe in it. |
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Fire, theft, and casualty aren't things |
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that only happen to other people. |
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Writing doesn't work out, |
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you may want to look into it. |
| 00:23:56 |
Providing basic needs... |
| 00:23:59 |
I'll keep that in mind. |
| 00:24:01 |
What kind of scribbler are you? |
| 00:24:03 |
Newspaperman did you say? |
| 00:24:05 |
No. Actually, I'm writing |
| 00:24:08 |
Pictures? |
| 00:24:09 |
Jesus! |
| 00:24:13 |
Aw, I'm sorry, brother. |
| 00:24:15 |
I was just sitting here thinking |
| 00:24:17 |
I was talking to some ambitious |
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Hell, you've got it made. |
| 00:24:23 |
Beating out that competition? |
| 00:24:25 |
And me being patronizing? |
| 00:24:29 |
Is the egg showing or what? |
| 00:24:32 |
Actually, I'm just starting out |
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though I was well established |
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some renown there. |
| 00:24:39 |
Oh, it's an exciting time, then. |
| 00:24:42 |
I'm not the best-read mug on the planet, |
| 00:24:44 |
so it's not surprising |
| 00:24:48 |
Jesus, I feel like a heel. |
| 00:24:50 |
That's okay, Charlie. |
| 00:24:53 |
My shows have only played New York. |
| 00:24:56 |
The last one got |
| 00:24:58 |
Must be why they wanted me. |
| 00:25:00 |
Why not? |
| 00:25:02 |
What kind of venue... |
| 00:25:06 |
thematically, |
| 00:25:08 |
um... |
| 00:25:10 |
What do I write about? |
| 00:25:13 |
Caught me trying to be fancy. |
| 00:25:16 |
Yeah, that's it, Bart. |
| 00:25:17 |
Well, that's a good question. |
| 00:25:19 |
Strange as it may seem, Charlie, |
| 00:25:22 |
I write about people like you... |
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the working stiff, |
| 00:25:26 |
Well, ain't that |
| 00:25:29 |
I guess it is, but in a way, |
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that's exactly the point. |
| 00:25:33 |
There's a few people in New York... |
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hopefully our numbers are growing... |
| 00:25:38 |
who feel we have an opportunity |
| 00:25:40 |
to forge something real |
| 00:25:43 |
create a theater for the masses |
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based on a few simple truths, |
| 00:25:48 |
not on some shopworn abstractions |
| 00:25:51 |
that don't hold true today. |
| 00:25:53 |
I don't guess this means much to you. |
| 00:25:56 |
Hell, I could tell you stories. |
| 00:25:58 |
And that's the point... |
| 00:26:01 |
The hopes and dreams |
| 00:26:05 |
are as noble as those of any king. |
| 00:26:08 |
The stuff of life... |
| 00:26:09 |
Why shouldn't it be |
| 00:26:12 |
Why should that be |
| 00:26:15 |
Don't call it new theater, Charlie. |
| 00:26:17 |
Call it real theater. |
| 00:26:19 |
Call it our theater! |
| 00:26:21 |
I can see you feel |
| 00:26:24 |
I don't mean to get up |
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but why shouldn't we |
| 00:26:30 |
Who cares about |
| 00:26:33 |
and Lady Higginbottom |
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and... |
| 00:26:36 |
and who killed Nigel Grinch-Gibbons? |
| 00:26:38 |
My butt's getting sore already. |
| 00:26:40 |
Exactly. |
| 00:26:43 |
a lot more than some |
| 00:26:45 |
because you're a real man. |
| 00:26:47 |
I could tell you some stories... |
| 00:26:50 |
Sure, you could, |
| 00:26:51 |
yet many writers insulate themselves |
| 00:26:54 |
from where they live, |
| 00:26:56 |
from where they trade |
| 00:26:59 |
and converse and... |
| 00:27:00 |
and... |
| 00:27:03 |
So, naturally, their work suffers |
| 00:27:05 |
and regresses into |
| 00:27:08 |
Well, I'm spouting off again, |
| 00:27:10 |
but to put it in your language... |
| 00:27:12 |
the theater becomes |
| 00:27:15 |
That's a tragedy right there. |
| 00:27:17 |
You're all right, Charlie. |
| 00:27:20 |
I'm glad you stopped by. |
| 00:27:23 |
I know sometimes I run on. |
| 00:27:25 |
Well, Christ, if there's |
| 00:27:28 |
or help or whatever... |
| 00:27:30 |
You can help by just being yourself. |
| 00:27:32 |
Well, I can tell you some stories. |
| 00:27:35 |
Now, look... |
| 00:27:36 |
I'm sorry about |
| 00:27:38 |
Too much revelry late at night, |
| 00:27:41 |
you forget there's other people |
| 00:29:25 |
I'll be eating on the lot today. |
| 00:29:27 |
Who's this? |
| 00:29:28 |
Barton Fink, Mr. Geezler. |
| 00:29:30 |
Geisler. |
| 00:29:31 |
I'm a writer, Mr. Geisler. |
| 00:29:32 |
Ted Okum said to drop by. |
| 00:29:34 |
Ever act? |
| 00:29:35 |
Huh? No. I'm a... |
| 00:29:36 |
We need Indians |
| 00:29:39 |
I'm a writer. |
| 00:29:40 |
Writers come and go. |
| 00:29:43 |
I'm a writer. |
| 00:29:44 |
Ted Okum said you're producing |
| 00:29:47 |
Ted Okum doesn't know shit. |
| 00:29:48 |
They've assigned me |
| 00:29:51 |
What Ted Okum doesn't know |
| 00:29:52 |
you could almost squeeze |
| 00:29:55 |
Who should I talk to? |
| 00:29:59 |
Get me Lou Breeze. |
| 00:30:03 |
Mr. Breeze's office. |
| 00:30:04 |
Is he in for Mr. Geezler? |
| 00:30:06 |
Geisler. |
| 00:30:07 |
Lou! How's Lipnick's ass |
| 00:30:10 |
Yeah? Yeah? |
| 00:30:12 |
Yeah. All right. |
| 00:30:13 |
I got a writer here... |
| 00:30:16 |
Says I'm producing |
| 00:30:18 |
What am I, the goddamn janitor? |
| 00:30:20 |
Yeah? |
| 00:30:23 |
Well, tell Lipnick |
| 00:30:25 |
No, no. All right. Shit. |
| 00:30:27 |
All right. No. |
| 00:30:31 |
Okay, Fink. |
| 00:30:32 |
Let's chow. |
| 00:30:40 |
Don't worry about it. |
| 00:30:41 |
It's just a B picture. |
| 00:30:43 |
I bring it in on budget, |
| 00:30:45 |
they book it without screening it. |
| 00:30:47 |
Lipnick said he wanted |
| 00:30:49 |
by the end of the week. |
| 00:30:51 |
Sure, he did. |
| 00:30:53 |
He forgot about it |
| 00:30:55 |
He forgot about it |
| 00:30:56 |
Okay. |
| 00:31:00 |
I'm just having trouble |
| 00:31:02 |
It's funny. |
| 00:31:04 |
I just feel |
| 00:31:05 |
like I need |
| 00:31:08 |
of what's expected. |
| 00:31:11 |
Wallace Beery. |
| 00:31:12 |
What do you need, a road map? |
| 00:31:14 |
Look, |
| 00:31:16 |
you're confused. |
| 00:31:17 |
You need guidance? |
| 00:31:20 |
Talk to another writer. |
| 00:31:22 |
Who? |
| 00:31:23 |
Oh, Jesus. |
| 00:31:25 |
You throw a rock in here, |
| 00:31:28 |
Do me a favor, Fink... |
| 00:31:30 |
Throw it hard. |
| 00:32:49 |
Bill Mayhew. |
| 00:32:53 |
Barton Fink. |
| 00:32:59 |
Jesus. W.P.? |
| 00:33:02 |
I beg your pardon? |
| 00:33:04 |
W.P. Mayhew? |
| 00:33:06 |
Just Bill, please. |
| 00:33:08 |
Bill! |
| 00:33:11 |
You're the finest novelist |
| 00:33:13 |
Why, thank you, son. |
| 00:33:15 |
My God. |
| 00:33:16 |
I had no idea |
| 00:33:20 |
All of us undomesticated writers |
| 00:33:22 |
eventually make our way out here |
| 00:33:24 |
to the great salt lick. |
| 00:33:26 |
That's probably why |
| 00:33:27 |
I always have |
| 00:33:30 |
A little social lubricant, Mr. Fink? |
| 00:33:33 |
No. It's a little early for me. |
| 00:33:40 |
Bill... |
| 00:33:42 |
if I'm imposing, |
| 00:33:45 |
I know you're very busy. |
| 00:33:47 |
I just wanted to ask... |
| 00:33:51 |
Have you ever written |
| 00:33:58 |
You are drippin', sir. |
| 00:34:01 |
They have not invented |
| 00:34:04 |
that Bill Mayhew has not |
| 00:34:07 |
been invited to assay. |
| 00:34:09 |
Yes, I've taken my stab |
| 00:34:11 |
as I have stabbed |
| 00:34:14 |
Well, how do you... |
| 00:34:15 |
I gather you're a freshman here, |
| 00:34:17 |
eager for an upperclassman's counsel. |
| 00:34:19 |
However, just at the moment |
| 00:34:21 |
I have drinking to do. |
| 00:34:22 |
Why don't you stop |
| 00:34:25 |
later on this afternoon? |
| 00:34:26 |
We will discuss wrestling scenarios |
| 00:34:28 |
and other things literary. |
| 00:34:32 |
Sons of bitches! |
| 00:34:33 |
Sons of bitches! |
| 00:34:36 |
Where's honey? |
| 00:34:38 |
Huh? |
| 00:34:42 |
Honey! |
| 00:34:44 |
Where's my honey? |
| 00:34:46 |
The water's lapping up on me, honey! |
| 00:34:49 |
Honey, just stop it. |
| 00:34:55 |
I can't. |
| 00:34:57 |
Ohh! |
| 00:34:59 |
Can I help you? |
| 00:35:01 |
I'm sorry. I... |
| 00:35:02 |
Where are you, damn it? |
| 00:35:04 |
My name is Fink. |
| 00:35:05 |
Bill asked me to drop by |
| 00:35:08 |
Is he, uh... |
| 00:35:09 |
Honey! |
| 00:35:10 |
In? |
| 00:35:11 |
Oooh! |
| 00:35:13 |
Mr. Mayhew is indisposed |
| 00:35:15 |
Where's my honey? |
| 00:35:17 |
Is he, uh... |
| 00:35:18 |
Honey! |
| 00:35:19 |
Is he okay? |
| 00:35:20 |
He'll be fine. |
| 00:35:24 |
Mr. Fink, I'm Audrey Taylor, |
| 00:35:26 |
Mr. Mayhew's personal secretary. |
| 00:35:28 |
Where's my honey? |
| 00:35:30 |
I know this all must sound horrid. |
| 00:35:33 |
I really do apologize. |
| 00:35:35 |
Where are you, damn it? |
| 00:35:38 |
When he can't write, he drinks. |
| 00:35:40 |
It's so embarrassing. |
| 00:35:43 |
How about you? |
| 00:35:47 |
I'll be fine. |
| 00:35:50 |
Are you a writer, Mr. Fink? |
| 00:35:52 |
Yes. I'm working on a wrestling... |
| 00:35:54 |
Please call me Barton. |
| 00:35:56 |
I'll tell Bill you dropped by. |
| 00:35:58 |
I'm sure he'll want to reschedule |
| 00:36:01 |
Perhaps you and I can get together |
| 00:36:05 |
Sorry if that sounds abrupt. |
| 00:36:07 |
I just... |
| 00:36:08 |
I... I don't know anyone here in town. |
| 00:36:13 |
Perhaps the three of us, Mr. Fink. |
| 00:36:16 |
Please. Barton. |
| 00:36:18 |
Barton. |
| 00:36:20 |
You see, Barton, |
| 00:36:23 |
I'm not just Bill's secretary. |
| 00:36:26 |
Bill and I are... |
| 00:36:30 |
in love. |
| 00:36:33 |
Where's my honey? |
| 00:36:35 |
Look, I know this must look... |
| 00:36:39 |
Funny. |
| 00:36:41 |
Bastard-ass sons of bitches! |
| 00:36:42 |
I'm sorry. |
| 00:36:44 |
Please don't judge us, Mr. Fink. |
| 00:36:47 |
Where's that woman? |
| 00:36:48 |
Bastard-ass sons of bitches! |
| 00:36:50 |
The water's lapping up! |
| 00:36:53 |
Oh, honey! |
| 00:37:24 |
Oh... |
| 00:37:27 |
Oh... |
| 00:37:30 |
Oh... |
| 00:37:32 |
Oh... |
| 00:37:37 |
Ah... |
| 00:37:40 |
Oh... |
| 00:37:46 |
Oh... |
| 00:37:49 |
Oh... |
| 00:38:06 |
Ah... |
| 00:38:24 |
Howdy, neighbor. |
| 00:38:25 |
Charlie. How are you? |
| 00:38:28 |
Oh, Jesus, I hope |
| 00:38:31 |
Heard you walking around in here. |
| 00:38:34 |
Figured I'd drop by. |
| 00:38:35 |
Yeah. Come on in. |
| 00:38:38 |
I haven't really gotten started yet. |
| 00:38:40 |
What happened to your ear? |
| 00:38:43 |
Oh, yeah. |
| 00:38:44 |
Chronic thing. |
| 00:38:46 |
Goes away for a while, |
| 00:38:48 |
I got cotton in it |
| 00:38:52 |
Don't worry. |
| 00:38:53 |
You seen a doctor? |
| 00:38:54 |
What's he going to tell me? |
| 00:38:56 |
Can't trade my head |
| 00:38:59 |
I guess you're stuck |
| 00:39:02 |
I'd invite you to my place, |
| 00:39:04 |
but it's a goddamn mess. |
| 00:39:05 |
You married, Bart? |
| 00:39:08 |
No. |
| 00:39:09 |
I myself have yet |
| 00:39:12 |
Hey, Bart. |
| 00:39:14 |
Ouch. |
| 00:39:21 |
Got a sweetheart? |
| 00:39:24 |
No. |
| 00:39:26 |
I guess it's something |
| 00:39:29 |
I get so worked up over it. |
| 00:39:31 |
I don't have much attention left over, |
| 00:39:33 |
so it would be a little... unfair. |
| 00:39:36 |
Yeah. Ladies do ask for attention. |
| 00:39:39 |
In my experience, |
| 00:39:41 |
but it's generally a smoke screen |
| 00:39:43 |
for demanding it back with interest. |
| 00:39:45 |
How about family, Bart? |
| 00:39:46 |
How you fixed in that department? |
| 00:39:48 |
My folks live in Brooklyn |
| 00:39:51 |
Mine have passed on. |
| 00:39:53 |
It's just us three now. |
| 00:39:54 |
What's that expression? |
| 00:39:57 |
Me, myself, and I. |
| 00:39:58 |
Sure. |
| 00:40:00 |
That's tough. |
| 00:40:02 |
But in a sense, |
| 00:40:03 |
we're all alone in the world, |
| 00:40:07 |
I'm often surrounded |
| 00:40:10 |
but... |
| 00:40:14 |
You're no stranger |
| 00:40:17 |
I guess I got no beef, |
| 00:40:19 |
especially where the dames |
| 00:40:21 |
In my line of work, |
| 00:40:24 |
I could tell you stories |
| 00:40:27 |
but it looks like you've |
| 00:40:30 |
That's me in Kansas City |
| 00:40:32 |
That was taken by |
| 00:40:35 |
They're more than just customers |
| 00:40:38 |
They appreciate |
| 00:40:40 |
Her hubby was out of town, |
| 00:40:42 |
and they were carrying |
| 00:40:44 |
The third quarter payment |
| 00:40:47 |
In a way, I envy you... |
| 00:40:49 |
your daily routine, |
| 00:40:51 |
You know the drill. |
| 00:40:54 |
My job is to plumb the depths, |
| 00:40:57 |
so to speak. |
| 00:40:59 |
Dredge up something from inside, |
| 00:41:01 |
something honest. |
| 00:41:03 |
I got to tell you, |
| 00:41:04 |
the life of the mind... |
| 00:41:06 |
There's no road map |
| 00:41:09 |
And exploring it |
| 00:41:13 |
I have pain most people |
| 00:41:19 |
This must be boring you. |
| 00:41:21 |
Not at all. |
| 00:41:23 |
Yeah. |
| 00:41:25 |
Probably sounds a little grand |
| 00:41:26 |
for someone who's writing |
| 00:41:29 |
for Wallace Beery. |
| 00:41:30 |
Beery? |
| 00:41:32 |
He's a hell of an actor, |
| 00:41:34 |
though you can't beatJack Oakie. |
| 00:41:36 |
A stitch, Oakie. |
| 00:41:37 |
Funny stuff, funny stuff. |
| 00:41:39 |
But don't get me wrong. |
| 00:41:41 |
Beery? Wrestling picture? |
| 00:41:43 |
Could be a pip. |
| 00:41:45 |
Wrestled myself some back in school. |
| 00:41:47 |
I guess you know the basic moves. |
| 00:41:49 |
No. I never watched any. |
| 00:41:50 |
I'm not interested in the act. |
| 00:41:53 |
Hell, you should know |
| 00:41:55 |
I can show you |
| 00:41:58 |
You're a little |
| 00:42:01 |
but just for demonstration purposes... |
| 00:42:02 |
That's all right. |
| 00:42:03 |
Not a bit of it, compadre. |
| 00:42:05 |
Easiest thing in the world. |
| 00:42:07 |
Just get on your knees |
| 00:42:10 |
Slap your right hand here, |
| 00:42:13 |
Come on, champ. |
| 00:42:16 |
Come on. |
| 00:42:19 |
Come on. |
| 00:42:20 |
Come on. |
| 00:42:23 |
Yeah. There you go. |
| 00:42:24 |
Right there. |
| 00:42:28 |
All right. |
| 00:42:29 |
Now, when I say, "Ready, wrestle," |
| 00:42:31 |
we try to pin each other. |
| 00:42:33 |
That's the whole game. |
| 00:42:35 |
Yeah. Okay. |
| 00:42:36 |
Ready? Wrestle. |
| 00:42:37 |
Oh! |
| 00:42:38 |
1, 2, 3. |
| 00:42:40 |
Damn. There I go again. |
| 00:42:42 |
Going to wake up |
| 00:42:44 |
I didn't hurt you, did I? |
| 00:42:46 |
It's okay. |
| 00:42:47 |
Well, that's all wrestling is. |
| 00:42:48 |
Usually there's |
| 00:42:50 |
before the pin. |
| 00:42:51 |
Well, you're out of your weight class. |
| 00:42:54 |
Jesus, I did hurt you. |
| 00:42:56 |
I sure do apologize. |
| 00:42:58 |
I'm just a big, clumsy lug. |
| 00:43:00 |
I sure do apologize. |
| 00:43:02 |
You sure you're okay? |
| 00:43:04 |
I'm fine, really. |
| 00:43:07 |
Actually, it's been helpful. |
| 00:43:11 |
But I guess I should get to work. |
| 00:43:15 |
It wasn't fair of me to do that. |
| 00:43:17 |
I'm pretty well-endowed physically. |
| 00:43:20 |
Don't feel bad, though. |
| 00:43:22 |
I wouldn't be |
| 00:43:25 |
at mental gymnastics. |
| 00:43:26 |
Give me a holler |
| 00:44:03 |
If I close my eyes, |
| 00:44:04 |
I can almost smell the live oak. |
| 00:44:08 |
That's chicken fat, Bill. |
| 00:44:11 |
Well, my olfactory's |
| 00:44:14 |
lying and deceitful. |
| 00:44:16 |
Still, I must say I haven't |
| 00:44:20 |
since the grand productive days. |
| 00:44:22 |
Don't you find it so, Barton? |
| 00:44:26 |
Ain't writing peace? |
| 00:44:30 |
Well... |
| 00:44:33 |
actually... |
| 00:44:35 |
no, Bill. |
| 00:44:39 |
No. I've always found |
| 00:44:41 |
that writing comes |
| 00:44:45 |
Maybe it's a pain |
| 00:44:48 |
that one must do something |
| 00:44:51 |
to help somehow ease the suffering. |
| 00:44:55 |
Maybe it's personal pain. |
| 00:44:58 |
At any rate, I don't believe |
| 00:45:00 |
good work is possible without it. |
| 00:45:03 |
Hmm. |
| 00:45:04 |
Well, me, I just enjoy |
| 00:45:08 |
Yes, sir. Escape. |
| 00:45:12 |
It's when I can't write |
| 00:45:15 |
that I want to rip my head off |
| 00:45:17 |
and run screaming through the street |
| 00:45:19 |
with my balls |
| 00:45:22 |
Hmm. |
| 00:45:23 |
This will sometimes help. |
| 00:45:25 |
That doesn't help anything, Bill. |
| 00:45:27 |
I've never found that |
| 00:45:29 |
Your writing? |
| 00:45:31 |
Son, have you ever heard |
| 00:45:35 |
Barton, you should read this. |
| 00:45:37 |
I think it's Bill's finest, |
| 00:45:38 |
or among his finest, anyway. |
| 00:45:40 |
So now I'm supposed to roll over |
| 00:45:42 |
and get my belly scratched? |
| 00:45:43 |
Bill. |
| 00:45:44 |
Look, uh... |
| 00:45:46 |
maybe it's none of my business, |
| 00:45:47 |
but don't you think |
| 00:45:51 |
your first obligation |
| 00:45:53 |
Shouldn't you be doing |
| 00:45:55 |
to work again? |
| 00:45:56 |
What would that be? |
| 00:45:58 |
I don't know. |
| 00:45:59 |
But with that drink, |
| 00:46:00 |
you're cutting yourself |
| 00:46:03 |
and your fellow man |
| 00:46:04 |
and everything your art is about. |
| 00:46:06 |
Oh, no, son. |
| 00:46:07 |
I'm building a levee... |
| 00:46:09 |
gulp by gulp, |
| 00:46:12 |
Putting up a levee |
| 00:46:13 |
to keep that raging river of manure |
| 00:46:16 |
from lapping at my door. |
| 00:46:17 |
Maybe you better, too, Barton, |
| 00:46:19 |
before you get buried |
| 00:46:21 |
My honey pretends |
| 00:46:23 |
but she'll put up with anything. |
| 00:46:25 |
Not anything, Bill. |
| 00:46:27 |
Don't test me. |
| 00:46:28 |
You're lucky she puts up with you |
| 00:46:32 |
Maybe to a schoolboy's eyes. |
| 00:46:34 |
People who know about |
| 00:46:36 |
maybe they'd say, |
| 00:46:38 |
he gives his honey love, |
| 00:46:40 |
and she pays him back with pity, |
| 00:46:42 |
the basest coin there is." |
| 00:46:43 |
Stop it, Bill. |
| 00:46:46 |
Gone are the days |
| 00:46:47 |
When my heart was young and gay |
| 00:46:51 |
Gone are my friends |
| 00:46:54 |
From the cotton fields away |
| 00:46:59 |
Gone from the earth |
| 00:47:02 |
To a better land I know |
| 00:47:05 |
I hear their gentle voices |
| 00:47:09 |
Callin'Old Black Joe |
| 00:47:13 |
I'm comin' |
| 00:47:15 |
I'm comin' |
| 00:47:18 |
Oh, my head is bending low |
| 00:47:22 |
I hear their gentle... |
| 00:47:26 |
The truth, my honey, is a tart |
| 00:47:29 |
that does not bear scrutiny. |
| 00:47:32 |
Breach my levee at your peril! |
| 00:47:35 |
Gone are my friends |
| 00:47:38 |
From the cotton fields... |
| 00:47:40 |
That son of a bitch! |
| 00:47:42 |
Don't get me wrong. |
| 00:47:45 |
Gone from the earth |
| 00:47:48 |
Are you all right? |
| 00:47:49 |
To a better life I know |
| 00:47:51 |
Audrey, y-you can't... |
| 00:47:53 |
Oh, Barton. |
| 00:47:54 |
You can't put up with that. |
| 00:47:57 |
Old Black Joe |
| 00:47:59 |
I feel so sorry for him. |
| 00:48:02 |
What? He's... He's a son of a bitch. |
| 00:48:05 |
No. |
| 00:48:07 |
No. |
| 00:48:09 |
He... |
| 00:48:11 |
He sometimes just... |
| 00:48:13 |
I hear their angel voices... |
| 00:48:16 |
Well, he thinks about Estelle. |
| 00:48:18 |
His wife still lives |
| 00:48:22 |
She's... |
| 00:48:26 |
disturbed. |
| 00:48:28 |
Really? |
| 00:48:31 |
I'll just walk on down |
| 00:48:35 |
and from there I'll improvise. |
| 00:48:37 |
He'll wander back |
| 00:48:39 |
and apologize. |
| 00:48:40 |
He always does. |
| 00:48:42 |
Okay, but that doesn't excuse his... |
| 00:48:44 |
Silence upon the hill... |
| 00:48:45 |
behavior. |
| 00:48:46 |
In Darien! |
| 00:48:47 |
Empathy requires understanding. |
| 00:48:50 |
I'm comin' |
| 00:48:51 |
What? |
| 00:48:52 |
What don't I understand? |
| 00:48:54 |
I'm comin' |
| 00:48:55 |
Oh, my head is hangin'low |
| 00:48:59 |
I hear their gentle voices |
| 00:49:03 |
Callin'Old Black Joe |
| 00:50:33 |
I hope these are your shoes. |
| 00:50:36 |
Charlie. |
| 00:50:37 |
Because that would mean... |
| 00:50:39 |
they gave you mine. |
| 00:50:40 |
Yeah. |
| 00:50:42 |
As a matter of fact, they did. |
| 00:50:45 |
Come on in. |
| 00:50:46 |
Jesus, what a day I had. |
| 00:50:50 |
Ever have one of those days? |
| 00:50:53 |
Seems like nothing but lately. |
| 00:50:54 |
Jesus, what a day. |
| 00:50:56 |
Felt like I couldn't have sold |
| 00:51:00 |
Okay. So you don't want insurance. |
| 00:51:02 |
Okay. So that's your loss. |
| 00:51:03 |
But, God, people can be rude. |
| 00:51:05 |
I feel like I have to talk |
| 00:51:08 |
to a normal person like you |
| 00:51:10 |
just to restore a little of my... |
| 00:51:12 |
It's my pleasure. |
| 00:51:13 |
I could use a little lift myself. |
| 00:51:16 |
A little lift? Yeah. |
| 00:51:18 |
Good thing they bottle it, huh, pal? |
| 00:51:21 |
Did I say rude? |
| 00:51:23 |
People can be goddamn cruel, |
| 00:51:26 |
especially some of these housewives. |
| 00:51:28 |
Okay. |
| 00:51:29 |
So I have a weight problem. |
| 00:51:31 |
That's my cross to bear. |
| 00:51:33 |
I don't know. |
| 00:51:34 |
It's a defense mechanism. |
| 00:51:36 |
Defense against what, insurance? |
| 00:51:37 |
Something they need? |
| 00:51:39 |
Something they should be |
| 00:51:42 |
A little peace of mind. |
| 00:51:46 |
Finally decided |
| 00:51:49 |
Went to see a doctor about this. |
| 00:51:51 |
He told me I had an ear infection. |
| 00:51:54 |
$10, please. |
| 00:51:55 |
I says, "Hell, I told you |
| 00:51:59 |
Why don't you give me $10?" |
| 00:52:01 |
Well, that led to an argument. |
| 00:52:07 |
Listen to me bellyaching, |
| 00:52:09 |
as if my problems amounted |
| 00:52:13 |
How goes the life of the mind? |
| 00:52:16 |
Well, it's been better. |
| 00:52:18 |
I can't seem to get going |
| 00:52:21 |
That one idea, |
| 00:52:22 |
the one that lets you get started, |
| 00:52:24 |
I still haven't gotten it. |
| 00:52:26 |
Maybe I only had one idea in me... |
| 00:52:28 |
my play. |
| 00:52:29 |
Maybe once that was done, |
| 00:52:31 |
I was done being a writer. |
| 00:52:33 |
Christ, I feel like a fraud, |
| 00:52:35 |
sitting here staring at this paper. |
| 00:52:38 |
Those two lovebirds next door |
| 00:52:44 |
How do you know about that? |
| 00:52:46 |
Know about it? |
| 00:52:47 |
I can practically see |
| 00:52:50 |
Brother, I wish I had |
| 00:52:53 |
Seems like I hear everything |
| 00:52:54 |
that goes on in this dump... |
| 00:52:56 |
the pipes or something. |
| 00:52:58 |
Yeah, but... |
| 00:52:59 |
You'll lick this picture business. |
| 00:53:01 |
You got a head on your shoulders. |
| 00:53:03 |
What do they say? |
| 00:53:04 |
Where there's a head, there's hope. |
| 00:53:06 |
Where there's life, there's hope. |
| 00:53:07 |
See, that proves |
| 00:53:10 |
There's hope for you, too, Charlie. |
| 00:53:12 |
Tomorrow I bet you sell |
| 00:53:15 |
Thanks, brother, but the fact is |
| 00:53:17 |
I got to pull up stakes for a while. |
| 00:53:24 |
You're leaving? |
| 00:53:25 |
In a few days. |
| 00:53:27 |
Out to your stomping grounds... |
| 00:53:29 |
Things got all balled up |
| 00:53:34 |
I'm truly sorry to hear that. |
| 00:53:37 |
Well, hell, buddy. |
| 00:53:39 |
I keep a room here, |
| 00:53:41 |
and I'll be back sooner or later. |
| 00:53:43 |
And mark my words, |
| 00:53:45 |
by the time I get back, |
| 00:53:47 |
your picture will be finished. |
| 00:53:48 |
New York can be |
| 00:53:51 |
If you need a home-cooked meal, |
| 00:53:53 |
you just look up |
| 00:53:56 |
They live on Fulton Street... |
| 00:53:59 |
with my uncle Maury. |
| 00:54:11 |
Christ. |
| 00:54:14 |
Your room does that, too. |
| 00:54:17 |
I guess the heat's |
| 00:54:21 |
What a dump. |
| 00:54:23 |
I guess this must seem pretty pathetic |
| 00:54:26 |
to a guy like you. |
| 00:54:28 |
Well... |
| 00:54:29 |
But it's pathetic, isn't it? |
| 00:54:32 |
I mean, to a guy from New York? |
| 00:54:35 |
What do you mean? |
| 00:54:38 |
This kind of heat. |
| 00:54:39 |
It's pathetic. |
| 00:54:41 |
Well, I guess |
| 00:54:43 |
So they say. |
| 00:54:45 |
Don't pick up and leave |
| 00:54:48 |
'Course not, compadre. |
| 00:54:50 |
You'll see me again. |
| 00:56:11 |
Zing! Bango! |
| 00:56:12 |
You're dead. |
| 00:56:14 |
You got me. |
| 00:56:15 |
Okay, go, go, you son of a gun. |
| 00:56:18 |
Yeah, Fink. |
| 00:56:22 |
Come on, come on. |
| 00:56:25 |
What do you got for me? |
| 00:56:28 |
What the hell happened to your face? |
| 00:56:30 |
Nothing. |
| 00:56:32 |
There are no mosquitoes |
| 00:56:34 |
Mosquitoes breed in swamps. |
| 00:56:36 |
What do you got for me? |
| 00:56:38 |
Well, I... |
| 00:56:39 |
On the Beery picture, where are we? |
| 00:56:41 |
Well, I'm having a little trouble |
| 00:56:44 |
Getting start... |
| 00:56:45 |
You don't have anything yet? |
| 00:56:47 |
Well, not much. |
| 00:56:48 |
What the hell do you |
| 00:56:51 |
Gone With the Wind, |
| 00:56:53 |
It's a goddamn B picture... |
| 00:56:55 |
big men in tights... |
| 00:56:57 |
I don't really understand that genre. |
| 00:56:58 |
Maybe that's the problem. |
| 00:57:00 |
Understand? Shit! |
| 00:57:02 |
You were going to consult |
| 00:57:04 |
Well, I've talked to Bill Mayhew. |
| 00:57:05 |
Mayhew? Some help. |
| 00:57:08 |
He's a great writer. |
| 00:57:09 |
A great souse! |
| 00:57:10 |
He's in pain |
| 00:57:13 |
Souse! Souse! |
| 00:57:14 |
He manages to write his name |
| 00:57:16 |
on the back |
| 00:57:18 |
I thought no one cared |
| 00:57:20 |
You thought? |
| 00:57:21 |
I don't know |
| 00:57:24 |
but the son of a bitch likes you. |
| 00:57:27 |
He's taken a interest. |
| 00:57:30 |
Never make Lipnick like you. |
| 00:57:32 |
Never! |
| 00:57:33 |
I... I don't understand. |
| 00:57:35 |
Are you deaf? |
| 00:57:37 |
What the hell did you say to him? |
| 00:57:40 |
Nothing. |
| 00:57:41 |
Well, he's taken a interest. |
| 00:57:42 |
He'll make your life hell. |
| 00:57:45 |
Since I drew the short straw |
| 00:57:46 |
to supervise this turkey, |
| 00:57:48 |
he'll be all over me, too. |
| 00:57:50 |
Fat-ass son of a bitch called yesterday |
| 00:57:52 |
to ask how it's going. |
| 00:57:54 |
I said you were making progress. |
| 00:57:56 |
We were all very excited. |
| 00:57:58 |
I told him it was great. |
| 00:58:01 |
Understand that? |
| 00:58:02 |
Now my ass is on the line. |
| 00:58:04 |
He wants you to tell him |
| 00:58:07 |
I can't write anything by tomorrow. |
| 00:58:09 |
Who said write? |
| 00:58:11 |
You got to tell it to him. |
| 00:58:13 |
Tell him something, |
| 00:58:16 |
Well, what do I t-tell him? |
| 00:58:25 |
Yes, Mr. Geezler. |
| 00:58:26 |
Projection! |
| 00:58:28 |
Jerry. |
| 00:58:29 |
Jerry, Ben Geisler here. |
| 00:58:30 |
Any screening rooms free? |
| 00:58:32 |
Good! Book it for me. |
| 00:58:34 |
I got a writer here. |
| 00:58:36 |
You're going to show him |
| 00:58:38 |
I don't give a shit which ones! |
| 00:58:40 |
Isn't Victor Sjoderberg |
| 00:58:43 |
Show him some dailies on that. |
| 00:58:44 |
Okay, Ben. |
| 00:58:46 |
All right. |
| 00:58:47 |
This will give you some ideas. |
| 00:58:49 |
8:15 tomorrow morning |
| 00:58:56 |
Ideas. |
| 00:58:58 |
Broad strokes. |
| 00:59:01 |
Don't cross me, Fink. |
| 00:59:06 |
Devil on the Can... |
| 00:59:08 |
Devil on the Canvas, |
| 00:59:10 |
Action! |
| 00:59:12 |
I will destroy him! |
| 00:59:13 |
Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! |
| 00:59:15 |
Devil on the Canvas, |
| 00:59:18 |
Action! |
| 00:59:19 |
I will destroy him! |
| 00:59:21 |
Cut! Cut! |
| 00:59:24 |
Rolling! |
| 00:59:25 |
Devil on the Canvas, |
| 00:59:27 |
Action! |
| 00:59:28 |
I will destroy him! |
| 00:59:31 |
Cut! Cut! Cut! |
| 00:59:32 |
Devil on the Canvas, |
| 00:59:35 |
I will destroy him! |
| 00:59:37 |
12 Apple, take 6. |
| 00:59:39 |
I will destroy him! |
| 00:59:40 |
12 Apple, take 7. |
| 00:59:43 |
I will destroy him! |
| 00:59:44 |
12 Baker, take 1. |
| 00:59:46 |
I will destroy him! |
| 00:59:50 |
Aah! |
| 00:59:53 |
Aah! |
| 00:59:56 |
Aah! |
| 00:59:58 |
Aah! |
| 00:59:59 |
12 Charlie, take 1. |
| 01:00:00 |
- Aah! |
| 01:00:02 |
- Aah! |
| 01:00:04 |
Take 2. |
| 01:00:05 |
- Aah! |
| 01:00:08 |
2... |
| 01:00:10 |
Take 7. |
| 01:00:11 |
- Aah! |
| 01:00:13 |
2... |
| 01:00:15 |
- Aah! |
| 01:00:17 |
- Aah! |
| 01:00:19 |
- Aah! |
| 01:00:21 |
- Aah! |
| 01:00:23 |
Aah! |
| 01:00:48 |
Orphan. |
| 01:00:50 |
Dame. |
| 01:00:53 |
Front desk. |
| 01:00:54 |
Hello, Chet? |
| 01:00:56 |
This is Barton Fink in room 621. |
| 01:00:58 |
Could you try a number for me |
| 01:01:00 |
Slauson 6-4304. |
| 01:01:03 |
Right away, sir. |
| 01:01:07 |
Pick it up. |
| 01:01:08 |
Hello. |
| 01:01:09 |
Audrey, I need help. |
| 01:01:11 |
I know I shouldn't be |
| 01:01:13 |
I wouldn't have |
| 01:01:16 |
I'm sorry. |
| 01:01:18 |
You doing okay? |
| 01:01:20 |
Who is this? |
| 01:01:21 |
Barton! I'm sorry. |
| 01:01:24 |
Barton, I'm afraid |
| 01:01:27 |
I'm sorry. |
| 01:01:29 |
I know I shouldn't ask. |
| 01:01:31 |
I just need some kind of help. |
| 01:01:34 |
I have a deadline tomorrow. |
| 01:01:37 |
All right, Barton. |
| 01:01:38 |
I'll see if I can slip away. |
| 01:01:40 |
Oh, if you could... |
| 01:01:42 |
If I can. |
| 01:01:44 |
He... He gets jealous. |
| 01:01:46 |
I need help, Audrey. |
| 01:01:49 |
I'll try to slip out |
| 01:01:50 |
if he quiets down, passes out. |
| 01:01:54 |
I'm afraid he thinks... |
| 01:01:56 |
Well, he said you were |
| 01:01:59 |
Uh-huh. |
| 01:02:00 |
He becomes irrational. |
| 01:02:03 |
Uh-huh, uh-huh. |
| 01:02:04 |
I'll try and slip away. |
| 01:02:06 |
Who is that? |
| 01:02:25 |
Audrey, thank you for coming. |
| 01:02:28 |
Thank you. |
| 01:02:29 |
Hello, Barton. |
| 01:02:30 |
I'm sorry to be... |
| 01:02:32 |
such a... such a... |
| 01:02:36 |
Thank you. |
| 01:02:37 |
That's all right, Barton. |
| 01:02:40 |
Everything's going to be all right. |
| 01:02:42 |
Yes. Thank you. |
| 01:02:44 |
Thank you. |
| 01:02:46 |
Yes. Thank you. |
| 01:02:50 |
How's Bill? |
| 01:02:51 |
Oh, he's, uh... |
| 01:02:54 |
He drifted off. |
| 01:02:56 |
He'll sleep for a while now. |
| 01:03:00 |
What is it you have to do exactly? |
| 01:03:03 |
Well, I have to come up |
| 01:03:07 |
I guess you call it, |
| 01:03:09 |
the whole goddamn story, |
| 01:03:12 |
the whole goddamn... |
| 01:03:14 |
That's all right, Barton. |
| 01:03:15 |
You don't have to write |
| 01:03:18 |
No, but the whole goddamn... |
| 01:03:23 |
Audrey... |
| 01:03:25 |
have you ever read |
| 01:03:28 |
Yes, I'm afraid I have. |
| 01:03:31 |
What are they like? |
| 01:03:35 |
Well... |
| 01:03:36 |
usually they're simple morality tales. |
| 01:03:40 |
There's a good wrestler |
| 01:03:44 |
whom he confronts at the end. |
| 01:03:46 |
In between, the good wrestler |
| 01:03:48 |
or a small child he has to protect. |
| 01:03:51 |
Bill would usually make |
| 01:03:53 |
a backwards type or a convict, |
| 01:03:56 |
and sometimes, instead of a waif, |
| 01:03:59 |
he'd have the wrestler |
| 01:04:03 |
The studio always hated that. |
| 01:04:06 |
Some of the scripts were so... |
| 01:04:09 |
spirited. |
| 01:04:14 |
Barton, look, |
| 01:04:18 |
You don't have to type |
| 01:04:21 |
We'll invent some names |
| 01:04:23 |
I'll help you. |
| 01:04:25 |
I did it for Bill so many times. |
| 01:04:28 |
You did what for Bill? |
| 01:04:30 |
Well... this. |
| 01:04:33 |
You wrote his scripts for him? |
| 01:04:39 |
Well, the basic ideas |
| 01:04:43 |
You wrote Bill's scripts? |
| 01:04:47 |
Jesus, you wrote his... |
| 01:04:49 |
Well, what about before that? |
| 01:04:51 |
Before what? |
| 01:04:52 |
Before Bill came to Hollywood. |
| 01:04:54 |
Bill was always the author, |
| 01:04:57 |
What do you mean, "so to speak"? |
| 01:05:00 |
Audrey, how long have you been his... |
| 01:05:04 |
secretary? |
| 01:05:06 |
Let's concentrate |
| 01:05:09 |
I want to know how many |
| 01:05:11 |
I want to know! |
| 01:05:12 |
Barton, honestly... |
| 01:05:17 |
Only the last couple. |
| 01:05:19 |
Hah! |
| 01:05:21 |
And my input was |
| 01:05:25 |
after he had been drinking. |
| 01:05:27 |
I'll bet. |
| 01:05:28 |
Jesus, "the grand productive days"! |
| 01:05:32 |
What a goddamn phony. |
| 01:05:34 |
W.P. Mayhew... |
| 01:05:36 |
William goddamn Phony Mayhew! |
| 01:05:39 |
All his guff about escape! |
| 01:05:41 |
I'll say he escaped! |
| 01:05:45 |
We don't have much time. |
| 01:05:51 |
It'll be fine. |
| 01:05:54 |
Don't judge him, Barton. |
| 01:05:59 |
Don't condescend to him. |
| 01:06:02 |
I help Bill most |
| 01:06:06 |
by appreciating him. |
| 01:06:10 |
We all need understanding, Barton... |
| 01:06:14 |
even you tonight. |
| 01:06:17 |
It's all you really need. |
| 01:09:30 |
Aah! |
| 01:09:32 |
Aah! |
| 01:09:34 |
Aah! |
| 01:09:43 |
Barton? |
| 01:09:56 |
Barton, are you all right? |
| 01:09:58 |
I'm fine, thanks. |
| 01:09:59 |
You sure? |
| 01:10:00 |
No! No. |
| 01:12:15 |
Barton. Are you all right? |
| 01:12:17 |
No. Can I come in? |
| 01:12:19 |
Let's go to your room. |
| 01:12:21 |
Charlie, I'm in trouble. |
| 01:12:24 |
Get a grip on yourself, brother. |
| 01:12:26 |
Whatever the problem is, |
| 01:12:29 |
Charlie, I'm in trouble. |
| 01:12:32 |
I got to call the police. |
| 01:12:34 |
Will you stay with me |
| 01:12:37 |
Don't worry about it. |
| 01:12:40 |
Before you go in... |
| 01:12:42 |
I don't know how it happened, but... |
| 01:12:45 |
I didn't. |
| 01:12:47 |
I want you to know that. |
| 01:12:56 |
Okay. |
| 01:13:03 |
Ohhh! |
| 01:13:09 |
Oh... |
| 01:13:18 |
Oh... |
| 01:13:24 |
Jesus, Barton, |
| 01:13:26 |
What are we going to do? |
| 01:13:28 |
Call the police. |
| 01:13:29 |
Hold on. |
| 01:13:30 |
I didn't do this. |
| 01:13:31 |
I did not do this! |
| 01:13:33 |
Hold on! |
| 01:13:34 |
Stop. |
| 01:13:35 |
Take a deep breath. |
| 01:13:38 |
I passed out! I don't know! |
| 01:13:41 |
Stop with the police! |
| 01:13:43 |
This looks bad! |
| 01:13:45 |
But I didn't do it. |
| 01:13:48 |
I believe you! I know you! |
| 01:13:53 |
Did you... |
| 01:13:56 |
Barton, between you and me, |
| 01:13:58 |
did you have sexual intercourse? |
| 01:14:03 |
Jesus, they can tell that. |
| 01:14:05 |
Got to believe me! |
| 01:14:08 |
They got to have mercy! |
| 01:14:10 |
You're in pictures, Barton. |
| 01:14:12 |
Even if they cleared you eventually, |
| 01:14:14 |
this would ruin you. |
| 01:14:18 |
Come on. |
| 01:14:19 |
Wait in the bathroom. |
| 01:14:43 |
Oh, Lord. |
| 01:14:48 |
Oh, my Lord. |
| 01:14:52 |
Ooh! |
| 01:15:05 |
You passed out. |
| 01:15:09 |
Where's Audrey? |
| 01:15:10 |
She's dead, Barton! |
| 01:15:12 |
She's dead, if that was her name! |
| 01:15:15 |
You got to act |
| 01:15:18 |
Put this totally out of your head. |
| 01:15:20 |
Your play is to go about |
| 01:15:24 |
Give us some time |
| 01:15:36 |
Bart! |
| 01:15:40 |
Sit. Talk. |
| 01:15:42 |
Then talk. |
| 01:15:44 |
Drink? |
| 01:15:45 |
Uh... |
| 01:15:47 |
yeah. |
| 01:15:49 |
Rye whiskey? |
| 01:15:50 |
Boy, you writers. |
| 01:15:53 |
That's what I hear, anyway. |
| 01:15:55 |
Anyway, Ben Geisler tells me things |
| 01:15:59 |
Says we got a real winner |
| 01:16:02 |
I'll tell you something. |
| 01:16:04 |
I've taken an interest. |
| 01:16:07 |
Hardly seems necessary in your case... |
| 01:16:09 |
a writer, |
| 01:16:11 |
Give it to me |
| 01:16:14 |
Give me the broad outlines. |
| 01:16:15 |
I'm in the audience, |
| 01:16:18 |
Capitol logo comes up. |
| 01:16:19 |
You're on, huh? |
| 01:16:25 |
Yeah. |
| 01:16:26 |
Uh... okay. |
| 01:16:28 |
Huh? |
| 01:16:31 |
Well, uh... |
| 01:16:34 |
we... we fade in... |
| 01:16:35 |
Uh-huh. |
| 01:16:39 |
It's... It's a tenement building |
| 01:16:42 |
Great! |
| 01:16:44 |
He's had to struggle, huh? |
| 01:16:47 |
And then... |
| 01:16:49 |
Uh-huh? |
| 01:16:50 |
Well, uh... |
| 01:16:54 |
Can I be honest, Mr. Lipnick? |
| 01:16:56 |
Can you? |
| 01:16:59 |
If I wasn't honest |
| 01:17:02 |
Well, you can't always be honest, |
| 01:17:04 |
not with the sharks |
| 01:17:06 |
If I'd been totally honest, |
| 01:17:08 |
I wouldn't be near this pool |
| 01:17:10 |
unless I was cleaning it. |
| 01:17:11 |
But that's no reason |
| 01:17:14 |
Honest, I mean. |
| 01:17:20 |
Oh. |
| 01:17:22 |
Uh-huh. |
| 01:17:30 |
To be honest, uh... |
| 01:17:32 |
I'm never really comfortable |
| 01:17:34 |
discussing work in progress. |
| 01:17:36 |
I got it all worked out in my head, |
| 01:17:39 |
but sometimes, |
| 01:17:42 |
prematurely... |
| 01:17:44 |
uh, the wrong words... |
| 01:17:46 |
Well, your meaning changes, |
| 01:17:47 |
and it changes in your own mind, |
| 01:17:52 |
so I'd... I'd just as soon |
| 01:18:01 |
Mr. Fink... never mind me. |
| 01:18:03 |
Never mind how long |
| 01:18:05 |
Mr. Lipnick's been in pictures |
| 01:18:07 |
about since they was invented. |
| 01:18:09 |
He practically invented them. |
| 01:18:10 |
I think if he's interested |
| 01:18:12 |
in what one of |
| 01:18:15 |
that employee |
| 01:18:18 |
if he wants to stay an employee. |
| 01:18:21 |
Right now, |
| 01:18:24 |
are the property |
| 01:18:28 |
If I was you... |
| 01:18:30 |
I would speak up. |
| 01:18:31 |
And pretty goddamn fast. |
| 01:18:37 |
You lousy kike... |
| 01:18:43 |
You're telling this man... |
| 01:18:46 |
what to do? |
| 01:18:47 |
Mr. Lipnick, I... |
| 01:18:49 |
He creates for a living! |
| 01:18:50 |
Thank him, you son of a bitch, |
| 01:18:53 |
Mr. Lipnick, |
| 01:18:56 |
Get down on your knees, |
| 01:18:59 |
Kiss this man's feet! |
| 01:19:00 |
Mr. Lipnick, please. |
| 01:19:02 |
Kiss this man's feet! |
| 01:19:09 |
Get out of here! |
| 01:19:11 |
You're out of here. You're fired. |
| 01:19:24 |
I... |
| 01:19:25 |
I apologize, Barton. |
| 01:19:26 |
No. Mr. Breeze actually |
| 01:19:28 |
You don't have to cover for him. |
| 01:19:32 |
I'd feel much better |
| 01:19:34 |
If that son of a bitch |
| 01:19:37 |
then goddamn it, I will. |
| 01:19:39 |
I respect your artistry |
| 01:19:42 |
If you can't fill us in yet, |
| 01:19:43 |
hell, we should be kissing your feet |
| 01:19:49 |
You know... |
| 01:19:54 |
in the old country, |
| 01:19:57 |
that there's no shame |
| 01:20:00 |
when you respect someone. |
| 01:20:01 |
On behalf of Capitol Pictures, |
| 01:20:04 |
the administration, |
| 01:20:07 |
please accept this |
| 01:20:09 |
as a symbol of |
| 01:20:40 |
Barton, can I come in? |
| 01:20:55 |
Jesus... you're leaving? |
| 01:20:58 |
Have to, old-timer, |
| 01:21:01 |
Jesus. |
| 01:21:03 |
Charlie, I... |
| 01:21:04 |
Everything's okay, believe me. |
| 01:21:06 |
I know it's rough mentally, |
| 01:21:08 |
but everything's been taken care of. |
| 01:21:10 |
Charlie, I got no one else here. |
| 01:21:13 |
You're the only person |
| 01:21:18 |
that I... |
| 01:21:29 |
I feel like I'm... |
| 01:21:31 |
like I'm losing my mind, |
| 01:21:34 |
I don't know what to do. |
| 01:21:37 |
I didn't do it, believe me. |
| 01:21:40 |
I... I'm sure of that, Charlie. |
| 01:21:42 |
You got to get a grip on, brother. |
| 01:21:45 |
You got to carry on till I get back. |
| 01:21:48 |
Try and stay here. |
| 01:21:51 |
We got to keep our heads, |
| 01:21:53 |
and we'll figure it out. |
| 01:21:55 |
Okay, but... |
| 01:21:56 |
Don't argue. |
| 01:21:57 |
You asked me to believe you and I do. |
| 01:22:00 |
Now, don't argue with me. |
| 01:22:02 |
Look, pal, |
| 01:22:06 |
Keep that for me |
| 01:22:09 |
It's just a lot of personal stuff, |
| 01:22:11 |
but I don't want |
| 01:22:14 |
Funny, huh? |
| 01:22:15 |
When everything |
| 01:22:18 |
everything he wants to keep |
| 01:22:21 |
and he can fit it all |
| 01:22:27 |
I guess... |
| 01:22:29 |
I guess it's pretty pathetic. |
| 01:22:31 |
It's more than I've got. |
| 01:22:35 |
Well, keep it for me. |
| 01:22:36 |
Maybe it'll bring you good luck. |
| 01:22:38 |
It'll help you finish your script. |
| 01:22:40 |
You'll think about me. |
| 01:22:43 |
Then you'll lick that story. |
| 01:22:45 |
Thanks, Charlie. |
| 01:22:46 |
Yeah, yeah, sure. |
| 01:22:47 |
I'll see you soon, friend. |
| 01:22:50 |
And you'll be back? |
| 01:22:52 |
Don't worry about that, compadre. |
| 01:22:54 |
I'll be back. |
| 01:25:53 |
You read the Bible, Pete? |
| 01:25:57 |
Holy Bible? |
| 01:26:01 |
Yeah. |
| 01:26:04 |
Yeah, I think so. |
| 01:26:07 |
Anyway, I've heard about it. |
| 01:26:23 |
Fink? |
| 01:26:24 |
Yeah. |
| 01:26:26 |
Detective Mastrionotti. |
| 01:26:27 |
Detective Deutsch. |
| 01:26:29 |
L.A.P.D. |
| 01:26:31 |
Uh-huh. |
| 01:26:32 |
Got some questions |
| 01:26:34 |
Just routine. |
| 01:26:37 |
What do you do, Fink? |
| 01:26:41 |
I... I write. |
| 01:26:43 |
Oh, yeah? |
| 01:26:45 |
As a matter of fact, |
| 01:26:48 |
Big fucking deal. |
| 01:26:49 |
Should my partner |
| 01:26:51 |
I didn't mean to sound... |
| 01:26:53 |
What did you mean? |
| 01:26:54 |
I got respect |
| 01:26:57 |
Jesus, ain't that a load off. |
| 01:26:59 |
You live in 621? |
| 01:27:00 |
Yeah. |
| 01:27:02 |
How long? |
| 01:27:03 |
A week. Eight, nine days. |
| 01:27:05 |
This multiple choice? |
| 01:27:06 |
You know this slob? |
| 01:27:17 |
Yeah, he lives next door to me. |
| 01:27:20 |
That's right, Fink. |
| 01:27:22 |
He lives next door to you. |
| 01:27:25 |
You ever talk to him? |
| 01:27:27 |
Once or twice. |
| 01:27:29 |
His name is Charlie Meadows. |
| 01:27:31 |
Yeah, and I'm Buck Rogers. |
| 01:27:33 |
His name's Mundt. |
| 01:27:36 |
Also known as Madman Mundt. |
| 01:27:38 |
A little funny in the head. |
| 01:27:40 |
What did he... |
| 01:27:42 |
He likes to ventilate people |
| 01:27:45 |
and cut their heads off. |
| 01:27:46 |
Yeah, he's funny that way. |
| 01:27:48 |
Started in Kansas City. |
| 01:27:50 |
We got the same M.O. in Los Feliz. |
| 01:27:53 |
Doctor. |
| 01:27:55 |
All of which is missing. |
| 01:27:56 |
Well, some throat was there. |
| 01:27:58 |
Physician, heal thyself. |
| 01:27:59 |
Good luck with |
| 01:28:01 |
Hollywood precinct finds |
| 01:28:04 |
not too far from here. |
| 01:28:05 |
This one's better-looking |
| 01:28:08 |
Female Caucasian, |
| 01:28:10 |
nice tits, no head. |
| 01:28:12 |
Ever see Mundt with anyone |
| 01:28:15 |
But, you know, |
| 01:28:19 |
No, I never saw him |
| 01:28:22 |
So you did talk to Mundt. |
| 01:28:25 |
Nothing, really. |
| 01:28:27 |
He said he was |
| 01:28:30 |
Yeah, and he's Buck Rogers. |
| 01:28:32 |
No reputable company |
| 01:28:35 |
That's what he said. |
| 01:28:36 |
What else? |
| 01:28:40 |
I'm trying to think. |
| 01:28:42 |
Nothing, really. He... |
| 01:28:45 |
He said he liked |
| 01:28:50 |
You know, ordinarily we say |
| 01:28:55 |
could be helpful, |
| 01:28:57 |
but I'll be frank with you, Fink. |
| 01:29:00 |
That is not helpful. |
| 01:29:01 |
Notice how he's not writing it down? |
| 01:29:04 |
Fink. |
| 01:29:07 |
That's a... |
| 01:29:09 |
a Jewish name, isn't it? |
| 01:29:11 |
Yeah. |
| 01:29:13 |
Yeah. |
| 01:29:14 |
I didn't think |
| 01:29:18 |
Mundt has disappeared. |
| 01:29:20 |
I don't think he'll be back, |
| 01:29:23 |
but give me a call |
| 01:29:28 |
or if you remember something |
| 01:31:17 |
"Fade in. |
| 01:31:19 |
Ayoung hussy opens the door... |
| 01:31:25 |
to the burlyman's... |
| 01:31:29 |
apartment. |
| 01:31:31 |
If you were a man, |
| 01:31:33 |
a real man, |
| 01:31:37 |
you'd slap me." |
| 01:31:40 |
"I put my mark on you first... |
| 01:31:45 |
in... delibly." |
| 01:31:58 |
"Boardinghouse, |
| 01:32:00 |
painted women, |
| 01:32:02 |
and the burlyman..." |
| 01:32:04 |
"Why'd you arrest him?" |
| 01:32:05 |
"With one lightning move |
| 01:32:09 |
the burlyman..." |
| 01:32:11 |
"She's a good woman..." |
| 01:32:12 |
"I don't care what people say..." |
| 01:32:17 |
"So, Burlyman, |
| 01:32:21 |
from your personal..." |
| 01:32:23 |
"Don't you care for me |
| 01:32:27 |
Hold the line, sir. |
| 01:32:30 |
Hello, operator! |
| 01:32:33 |
Oh, God. |
| 01:32:38 |
Ahem. Hello? |
| 01:32:39 |
Garland, it's me. |
| 01:32:40 |
Barton? |
| 01:32:42 |
Wh-What time is it? |
| 01:32:44 |
Are you all right? |
| 01:32:45 |
Yeah, I'm... I'm fine. |
| 01:32:47 |
I have to talk to you, Garland. |
| 01:32:49 |
I'm calling long-distance. |
| 01:32:51 |
What is it, Barton? |
| 01:32:53 |
Yeah, I'm fine, Garland, |
| 01:32:55 |
but we have to talk. |
| 01:32:56 |
It's about what I'm writing. |
| 01:32:58 |
I think... |
| 01:33:00 |
it's really... |
| 01:33:03 |
I think it's really big. |
| 01:33:05 |
What do you mean, Barton? |
| 01:33:07 |
Not big in the sense of large, |
| 01:33:09 |
although it's that, too. |
| 01:33:11 |
I... I mean important. |
| 01:33:12 |
This may be |
| 01:33:15 |
I've ever done. |
| 01:33:17 |
Barton, is everything okay? |
| 01:33:19 |
You sound a little, um... |
| 01:33:22 |
Sound a little what? |
| 01:33:24 |
You sound a little, um... |
| 01:33:26 |
Thanks, Garland. |
| 01:33:29 |
Thanks for all the encouragement. |
| 01:33:33 |
Nitwit. |
| 01:34:39 |
Whoo! |
| 01:34:40 |
You're cute. |
| 01:35:09 |
Excuse me, buddy. |
| 01:35:11 |
This is my dance, sailor. |
| 01:35:14 |
Hey, come on, buddy. |
| 01:35:18 |
I'm a writer |
| 01:35:20 |
celebrating the completion |
| 01:35:23 |
Do you understand that, sailor? |
| 01:35:25 |
Beat it, creep. |
| 01:35:27 |
Come on, buddy, |
| 01:35:30 |
Let somebody else spin the dame. |
| 01:35:32 |
Step aside, four eyes! |
| 01:35:33 |
4-F, take a hike! |
| 01:35:35 |
Go sit on a tomato. |
| 01:35:37 |
I'm a writer, you monsters! |
| 01:35:40 |
I create! |
| 01:35:41 |
I create for a living! |
| 01:35:43 |
I'm a creator! |
| 01:35:45 |
I am a creator! |
| 01:35:47 |
Screwy! |
| 01:35:48 |
This is my uniform. |
| 01:35:51 |
This is how I serve the common man! |
| 01:35:54 |
This is where I... |
| 01:35:57 |
Get 'em, boys! |
| 01:36:38 |
"He left this morning. |
| 01:36:39 |
Said he had a job to do. |
| 01:36:42 |
There was something in his eyes, |
| 01:36:46 |
something new. |
| 01:36:47 |
What's to become of him?" |
| 01:36:54 |
We'll be hearing |
| 01:36:57 |
and I don't mean a postcard. |
| 01:37:00 |
Fade out. |
| 01:37:02 |
The end." |
| 01:37:05 |
I thought you said |
| 01:37:07 |
I don't know, Duke. |
| 01:37:11 |
Keep your filthy eyes |
| 01:37:15 |
You made the morning papers, Fink. |
| 01:37:17 |
Second one of |
| 01:37:19 |
You do get around, don't you? |
| 01:37:22 |
You didn't tell us |
| 01:37:25 |
Sixth floor too high for you, Fink? |
| 01:37:27 |
Give you nosebleeds? |
| 01:37:30 |
Just tell me one thing. |
| 01:37:32 |
Where'd you put the heads? |
| 01:37:34 |
Charlie. |
| 01:37:36 |
Charlie's back. |
| 01:37:38 |
No kidding, bright boy. |
| 01:37:39 |
We smelled Mundt all over this. |
| 01:37:42 |
Was he the idea man? |
| 01:37:44 |
Tell us where the heads are. |
| 01:37:45 |
Maybe they'll go easy on you. |
| 01:37:48 |
Only fry you once. |
| 01:37:49 |
Come back later. |
| 01:37:51 |
My head's killing me. |
| 01:37:52 |
All right, forget the heads. |
| 01:37:54 |
Where's Mundt, Fink? |
| 01:37:56 |
He teach you how to do it? |
| 01:37:57 |
You two have some sick sex thing? |
| 01:37:59 |
Sex? |
| 01:38:00 |
He's a man. |
| 01:38:01 |
We wrestled. |
| 01:38:06 |
You're a sick fuck, Fink. |
| 01:38:08 |
Charlie's back. |
| 01:38:11 |
It's hot. |
| 01:38:12 |
He's back. |
| 01:38:38 |
Fred. |
| 01:38:46 |
Sit tight, Fink. |
| 01:38:53 |
Why's it so goddamn hot out here? |
| 01:38:58 |
Duke. |
| 01:39:27 |
Mundt! |
| 01:39:34 |
Mundt! |
| 01:39:35 |
Show yourself. |
| 01:39:59 |
There's a boy, Mundt. |
| 01:40:03 |
Put the policy case down |
| 01:40:05 |
and your mitts in the air. |
| 01:40:16 |
He's complying. |
| 01:40:22 |
Look upon me! |
| 01:40:25 |
I'll show you the life of the mind! |
| 01:40:28 |
Aah! |
| 01:40:30 |
Aah! |
| 01:40:32 |
Aah! Look upon me! |
| 01:40:34 |
Aah! I'll show you |
| 01:40:39 |
I'll show you the life of the mind! |
| 01:40:41 |
I'll show you the life of the mind! |
| 01:40:43 |
I will show you the life |
| 01:40:48 |
Aah! |
| 01:41:15 |
Heil, Hitler. |
| 01:41:17 |
Aah! |
| 01:41:31 |
Barton. |
| 01:41:35 |
Brother, is it hot. |
| 01:41:39 |
How you been, buddy? |
| 01:41:42 |
Well, don't look at me like that. |
| 01:41:45 |
It's just me... Charlie. |
| 01:41:48 |
I hear it's Mundt. |
| 01:41:50 |
Madman Mundt? |
| 01:41:53 |
Jesus, people can be cruel. |
| 01:41:55 |
If it's not my build, |
| 01:42:05 |
They say I'm a madman, Bart, |
| 01:42:08 |
but I'm not mad at anyone. |
| 01:42:11 |
Honest, I'm not. |
| 01:42:12 |
Most guys I just feel sorry for. |
| 01:42:16 |
It tears me up inside |
| 01:42:18 |
to think about what |
| 01:42:21 |
how trapped they are. |
| 01:42:25 |
I understand it. |
| 01:42:28 |
I feel for them. |
| 01:42:32 |
So I try and help them out. |
| 01:42:35 |
Jesus. |
| 01:42:38 |
Yeah. |
| 01:42:39 |
Yeah. |
| 01:42:41 |
I know what it feels like |
| 01:42:44 |
when things get all balled up |
| 01:42:46 |
at the head office. |
| 01:42:48 |
They put you through hell, Barton. |
| 01:42:52 |
So I help people out. |
| 01:42:57 |
I just wish someone |
| 01:43:02 |
Jesus, it's hot. |
| 01:43:09 |
Sometimes it gets so hot |
| 01:43:11 |
I want to crawl |
| 01:43:15 |
But, Charlie, why me? |
| 01:43:18 |
Why... |
| 01:43:19 |
Because you don't listen! |
| 01:43:31 |
Jesus. |
| 01:43:32 |
I'm dripping again. |
| 01:43:37 |
Come on, Barton, |
| 01:43:40 |
you think you know pain? |
| 01:43:44 |
You think I made your life hell? |
| 01:43:49 |
Look around this dump. |
| 01:43:50 |
You're just a tourist |
| 01:43:53 |
I live here. |
| 01:44:03 |
And you come into my home... |
| 01:44:08 |
and you complain |
| 01:44:10 |
that I'm making too much noise. |
| 01:44:25 |
I'm sorry. |
| 01:44:34 |
Don't be. |
| 01:45:24 |
I'll be next door |
| 01:45:31 |
Oh... |
| 01:45:33 |
I dropped in on |
| 01:45:35 |
And Uncle Maury. |
| 01:45:38 |
Good people. |
| 01:45:46 |
By the way, |
| 01:45:49 |
I lied. |
| 01:45:51 |
It isn't mine. |
| 01:46:57 |
Fink. |
| 01:46:58 |
Samuel or Lillian Fink. |
| 01:47:00 |
85 Fulton Street. |
| 01:47:01 |
Or Uncle Maury. |
| 01:47:03 |
I understand that, |
| 01:47:06 |
Mr. Fink? |
| 01:47:07 |
Shall I check for trouble |
| 01:47:15 |
Fink. |
| 01:47:18 |
Mr. Lipnick. |
| 01:47:19 |
Colonel Lipnick... |
| 01:47:22 |
Sit down. |
| 01:47:23 |
I was commissioned yesterday |
| 01:47:25 |
Henry Morgenthau arranged it. |
| 01:47:28 |
Congratulations. |
| 01:47:30 |
It hasn't officially |
| 01:47:31 |
Had wardrobe whip this up. |
| 01:47:33 |
Got to pull teeth |
| 01:47:35 |
Can understand |
| 01:47:37 |
but now it's all-out warfare |
| 01:47:39 |
They'd love to see me |
| 01:47:42 |
Yes, sir. |
| 01:47:45 |
Anyway, I had Lou |
| 01:47:48 |
I got to tell you, Fink... |
| 01:47:51 |
it won't wash. |
| 01:47:52 |
With all due respect, |
| 01:47:54 |
I think it's |
| 01:47:56 |
Don't gas me, Fink. |
| 01:47:57 |
If your opinion mattered, |
| 01:48:01 |
The lunatics aren't going to run |
| 01:48:04 |
Let's put a stop |
| 01:48:07 |
Yes, sir. |
| 01:48:09 |
Had to call Beery this morning, |
| 01:48:10 |
tell him we were pushing |
| 01:48:13 |
After all I told him about quality, |
| 01:48:15 |
about that Barton Fink feeling, |
| 01:48:17 |
how disappointed we were. |
| 01:48:18 |
Wally was heartbroken. |
| 01:48:21 |
I didn't actually call him. |
| 01:48:24 |
That's a fair description, |
| 01:48:26 |
Yes, Colonel. |
| 01:48:27 |
I could take you |
| 01:48:31 |
explaining why |
| 01:48:33 |
but I won't insult |
| 01:48:35 |
Well, all right. |
| 01:48:36 |
First of all, |
| 01:48:39 |
The audience wants to see action, |
| 01:48:42 |
They don't want to see a guy |
| 01:48:46 |
All right, some for the critics. |
| 01:48:47 |
You make it the carrot |
| 01:48:50 |
Too much, |
| 01:48:52 |
There's plenty of poetry |
| 01:48:55 |
Look at Hell 10 Feet Square. |
| 01:48:57 |
Blood, Sweat, and Canvas. |
| 01:48:58 |
Blood, Sweat, and Canvas. |
| 01:48:59 |
These are big movies, |
| 01:49:03 |
In tights! |
| 01:49:03 |
Both physically |
| 01:49:06 |
especially physically. |
| 01:49:08 |
We don't put Wally Beery |
| 01:49:10 |
I thought we were |
| 01:49:15 |
I'm sorry if I let you down. |
| 01:49:17 |
You didn't let me down |
| 01:49:19 |
We don't live or die |
| 01:49:22 |
You let Ben Geisler down. |
| 01:49:23 |
He liked you, |
| 01:49:25 |
That's why he's gone. |
| 01:49:27 |
That man had a big heart. |
| 01:49:29 |
You fucked him. |
| 01:49:31 |
He tried to convince me |
| 01:49:33 |
but that'd be too easy. |
| 01:49:34 |
You're under contract. |
| 01:49:36 |
Anything you write is |
| 01:49:39 |
Capitol Pictures won't produce |
| 01:49:42 |
not until you |
| 01:49:44 |
You ain't no writer, Fink. |
| 01:49:47 |
You're a goddamn write-off. |
| 01:49:51 |
I... I tried to show you... |
| 01:49:54 |
something beautiful. |
| 01:49:58 |
Something about all of us. |
| 01:50:00 |
I... |
| 01:50:01 |
You arrogant |
| 01:50:05 |
You think |
| 01:50:07 |
that can give me |
| 01:50:10 |
I got 20 writers |
| 01:50:12 |
I can ask for |
| 01:50:15 |
You swell-headed hypocrite. |
| 01:50:17 |
You don't get it. |
| 01:50:18 |
You think the whole world |
| 01:50:19 |
revolves around |
| 01:50:21 |
inside that little |
| 01:50:24 |
Get him out of my sight, Lou! |
| 01:50:27 |
I want him in town, though. |
| 01:50:29 |
He's still under contract. |
| 01:50:30 |
I want you in town |
| 01:50:35 |
Now, get lost. |
| 01:50:37 |
There's a war on. |
| 01:51:37 |
It's a beautiful day. |
| 01:51:39 |
Huh? |
| 01:51:46 |
I said it's a beautiful day. |
| 01:51:49 |
Yes. |
| 01:51:51 |
It is. |
| 01:51:55 |
What's in the box? |
| 01:51:59 |
I don't know. |
| 01:52:02 |
Isn't it yours? |
| 01:52:09 |
I don't know. |
| 01:52:17 |
You're very beautiful. |
| 01:52:24 |
Are you in pictures? |
| 01:52:28 |
Don't be silly. |
