Unable to write, he calls Audrey in desperation to ask her whether she found an old script of Mayhew's about boxing. As Fink's block continues, he is faced with the fact that he needs to present a first draft the next morning. Fink gives him the address of some relatives of his to visit. Meadows tells Fink that he's had a terrible day at work, and that he's going to be moving back and forth to and from New York. When Fink passes Mayhew's secretary and personal assistant Audrey Taylor (Judy Davis), she tells him to call on Mayhew some other time, as Mayhew is completely drunk, demanding to know where his honey is, and will probably become quite violent. Mayhew drinks a lot, and invites Fink over. Mayhew (John Mahoney) - a writer with a serious aim in mind whom he admires - who tells Fink that he has been offered every kind of film possible. There is a weird mishap with their shoes, which are switched after they'd left them outside their rooms. He advises Fink to look for inspiration to any of the many successful writers residing in Hollywood. The noisy neighbour Fink complained about, insurance salesman Charlie Meadows (John Goodman), apologizes for the noise, adding that he's quite successful at his work. Back at the hotel, the wallpaper is peeling off and the heat is overwhelming. He asks for help from Ben Geisler (Tony Shalhoub), who calls Universal and tells them to offer some images of another movie - still on the montage board - to inspire Fink, but it doesn't work. Nevertheless, the Universal deal is all set, and Fink sets out to write. Lipnick decides that Fink is going to write a film about boxing starring Wallace Beery, but Fink seems paralyzed in the face of his situation. He's loud and pushy, and his timid secretary, Garland Standord (David Warrilow) used to be a big shot but now he's basically a butler to a crazy boss á la Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada. Jack Lipnick (Michael Lerner), the boss of Universal Pictures, refuses to define his movies as b-movies. Fink also complains about the laughter and crazy cries of a male's voice. A mosquito bites him, which his future boss will notice in his job interview. He takes to correcting the peeling wallpaper, which is constantly falling off because of the heat. To add to his disquiet, Fink is blocked, and cannot get past the first few sentences of his work. Then there's the picture of a woman at the beach in his room, and he seems to hear the sound of crashing waves. At the Earle, everything seems to disturb Fink: First it's the noise of the neighbouring guest. He checks in at the Earle, a huge hotel with an eerie atmosphere where Chet (Steve Buscemi), the receptionist and manager, welcomes him and gives him his key. He gets called to Hollywood to write screenplays, and accepts. Dimos Iīarton Fink (John Turturro) is a playwright who while he's just released his first play on Broadway garnering good reviews, he doubts his own talent. Fink slowly realizes Meadows' hidden agenda, while finding himself out of favor with his boss at the film studio. Shortly after, two police detectives inform Fink that Meadows is actually wanted serial killer Karl Mundt, who typically decapitates his victims. After Taylor is murdered in Fink's bedroom, a traumatized Fink becomes increasingly emotionally dependent on Meadows. Fink finds a love interest in Audrey Taylor, Mayhew's personal secretary, long-term mistress, and the ghost writer behind most of Mayhews' recent works. Mayhew, but soon realizes that the man is an abusive alcoholic whose career has declined. Fink seeks writing advice from the experienced novelist and screenwriter W. He views Meadows as a typical working stiff, but he likes sharing drinks with him. Feeling lonely, Fink befriends his next door-neighbor, the insurance salesman Charlie Meadows. Fink becomes a long-term resident of the Hotel Earle, a decaying relic of the art deco era. His first assignment is to work on the script of a B-Movie about wrestling, though he does not even know the basics about this form of entertainment. Fink settles into the life of a hack writer, though he is not truly suited for the job. His agent instead convinces him to sign a lucrative screenwriting contract with Capitol Pictures, a Los Angeles-based film studio. He aspires to write more plays about the lives of the working class, as he finds them more interesting than the kings and the aristocracy. He wrote a play about the struggles and aspirations of common fishmongers. Barton Fink is a novice Jewish-American playwright, who has just had his first great success at the Broadway stage. The film opens in New York City during the year 1941.
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