
SCREENING
Barton Fink
Sunday, Feb 2 at 6:00 p.m.
Location: Redstone Theater
Part of Snubbed Forever
Snubbed Forever: John Goodman & John Turturro
Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen. 1991, 116 mins. U.S. 35mm. With John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, John Mahoney. The Coen brothers’ tour de force set in 1930s Hollywood stars Turturro as an overly idealistic east coast playwright who goes west for a gig writing studio scripts. Facing an epic bout of writers’ block while cooped up in a rotting Los Angeles hotel, Barton befriends a diabolically charismatic traveling salesman named Charlie (Goodman) who’s staying down the hall. While attracted to Charlie’s everyman quality, Barton gets drawn ever further into his own psyche, facing ever more blurred lines of reality and fantasy. Exquisitely designed and brilliantly acted by odd couple Turturro and Goodman, Barton Fink remains one of the Coens’ most deliriously inscrutable dark comedies.
Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership.
Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.