Review from imdb.com
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Barton Fink (John Turturro) is a troubled New York playwright obsessed with bringing his new idea of "Theater of the Common Man" to the producers he loves to hate. After his first budding success his agent convinces him to travel to Los Angeles to write for Capital Pictures. When he arrives he checks into the dark Hotel Earle and meets with Capital Pictures President Jack Lipnick (Michael Lerner), who tells him of the movie he's writing: a B-Movie wrestling picture for Wallace Beery. Fink travels back to his hotel room to begin, but when he arrives he types one sentence and then falls into the horror of writer's block. He tries getting help from his neighbor, "Common Man" Charlie Meadows (John Goodman); famed writer Mayhew (John Mahoney); Mayhew's girlfriend Audrey (Judy Davis) and producer Ben Geisler (Tony Shalhoub). But as Fink drifts further away from his script strange things start happening, and eventually two detectives show up at his door...
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Just saw this movie at the recommendation of a friend. Odd movie, I liked it, but it was not what I expected. Filled with symbolism and some surreal twists, there are a lot of theories on what this movie is actually about. Most people agree that the hotel represented hell, my personal theory is that the entire LA sequence was a dream, and the other characters -- Charlie, Audrey, Mayhew, the cops -- represented parts of Barton's psyche.
The movie also featured several sitcom staples, including John Goodman (Roseanne), John Mahoney (Frasier) and Tony Shaloub (Wings). Shaloud was especially hilarious. One of the few Coen brothers movies that Steve Buscemi lived through, BTW.
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