Clifford Odets
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Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began t
Odets in 1938
Photo by Carl Van Vechten, 1937
Luise Rainer and Clifford Odets in January 1937, shortly before their marriage
Barton Fink
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Barton Fink is a 1991 American black comedy thriller film written, produced, edited and directed by the Coen brothers. Set in 1941, it stars John Turturro in the title role as a young New York City pl
Clifford Odets
…unpleasant realities." NAATCO was invited by the Public Theater to revive the production under its auspices in 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen's 1990 film Barton Fink contains a number of indirect visual and historical references to Odets's personal appearance, background and career. A minor character in the 1982…
Theatrical release poster
The Coen brothers wrote the role of Charlie Meadows for actor John Goodman, in part because of the "warm and friendly image that he projects for the viewer".
The Coen brothers said of writing Barton Fink: "We didn't do any research, actually, at all."
Restaurant scenes set in New York at the start of Barton Fink were filmed inside the RMS Queen Mary ocean liner.