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And I could tell you some stories

Well, I guess that's a tragedy right there

Barton Fink • 1991

Charlie Meadows:

And I could tell you some stories... Barton Fink:
Sure you could and yet many writers do everything in their power to insulate themselves from the common man, from where they live, from where they trade, from where they fight and love and converse and... and... So naturally their work suffers and regresses into empty formalism and... well, I'm spouting off again, but to put it in your language, the theatre becomes as phony as a three-dollar bill. Charlie Meadows:
Well, I guess that's a tragedy right there

Full Transcript

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because you're a real man I could tell you some stories

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Sure you could and yet many writers do everything in their power

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to insulate themselves from the common man

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from where they live from where they trade

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from where they fight and love and converse and

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GROANS

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So naturally their work suffers and regresses into empty formalism

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I'm spouting off again but to put it in your language

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the theater becomes as phony as a three dollar bill

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Well I guess that's a tragedy right there

Duration

37 seconds

Views

1,215

Timestamp in Movie

00:27:04

Uploaded

Nov 23, 2022

Genres

comedy, drama, thriller, mystery

Production

Working Title Films,Circle Films,20th Century Fox

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Movie Summary

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Actors

Charlie Meadows

Barton Fink