the Coen brothers (pictured). 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 movie studio in Hollywood, and John Goodman as Charlie,
the insurance salesman who lives next door at the run-down Hotel Earle.
The Coens wrote the screenplay in three weeks while experiencing
difficulty during the writing of another film, Miller's Crossing.
Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1991, Barton Fink won the
Palme d'Or, as well as awards for Best Director and Best Actor
(Turturro). Although it was celebrated almost universally by critics and
nominated for three Academy Awards, the movie grossed only $6,000,000 at
the box office, two-thirds of its estimated budget. The process of
writing and the culture of entertainment production are two prominent
themes of Barton Fink. The worlds of Hollywood and Broadway are
contrasted, and the film analyzes superficial distinctions between high
and low culture. Barton Fink has defied efforts at genre classification.
It has been variously referred to as a film noir, a horror film, a
Künstlerroman, and a buddy film.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Fink>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1521:
After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador
Hernán Cortés captured Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquered the Aztec
capital of Tenochtitlan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Tenochtitlan>
1704:
War of the Spanish Succession: The Duke of Marlborough led
Allied forces to a crucial victory in the Battle of Blenheim.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim>
1898:
Spanish–American War: After a mock battle for Manila, the
Spanish commander surrendered to the U.S. in order to keep the city out
of Filipino rebel hands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1898)>
1954:
The complete version of "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem
of Pakistan, was broadcast for the first time on Radio Pakistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaum%C4%AB_Tar%C4%81na>
2010:
After having been boarded by Canadian authorities, the MV Sun
Sea docked and the 492 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants on board were
placed into detention.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Sun_Sea_incident>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
erratic:
(geology) A rock moved from one location to another, usually by a
glacier.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/erratic>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Too much has already been said and written about "women's
sphere". Leave women, then, to find their sphere.
--Lucy Stone
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lucy_Stone>
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