Essay On Barton Fink
Barton Fink
Barton Fink is a film directed by Coen brothers about a guy who wrestles with his own soul. Barton Fink goes through the mental struggle to find his place in the world and to find his dream and one idea that would be the best he ever wrote. The mental hell that Barton goes through is reproduced in audible form. Music, many of the sound effects, and dialogue in the movie are loaded with meaning. Coen brothers, picture editor and sound editor achieved great relationship between the sound and the image. Added sound to the image dramatically enhanced Barton Fink’s confused mental state. One of the best scenes full of expressive sound effects in Barton Fink is his arrival in to the hotel in Los Angeles. It starts with a shot of a big rock on the beach, which is splashed by a huge wave. It is a …show more content…
Unnaturally sustained bell rings endlessly through out the lobby telling us something is not right. In the next shot, Bart nervously taps his fingers on the table. Suddenly we hear footsteps and a door opens, the shot is on Barton but the sound is letting us know that the hotel concierge is coming. The atmosphere throughout the hotel is packed with diegetic, and special sound effects, that were recorded after the shooting and then synchronized with the image. Some scenes contained little or no dialogue because Coen brothers wanted this film to be sound driven. That is why everything that Barton does, every move or turn has a sound. Finally concierge finds a piece of paper that confirms Barton’s registration. Concierge asks: “Barton Fink that must be you? “ Barton answers: “Must be”. We can tell that Barton is confused and he has a complex emotional state at that moment. Barton pretends to be knowledgeable about many things, but in fact he knows nothing about the real world at all. All these sound effects represent the real world. That is why we hear them so clear and
Barton Fink is a film directed by Coen brothers about a guy who wrestles with his own soul. Barton Fink goes through the mental struggle to find his place in the world and to find his dream and one idea that would be the best he ever wrote. The mental hell that Barton goes through is reproduced in audible form. Music, many of the sound effects, and dialogue in the movie are loaded with meaning. Coen brothers, picture editor and sound editor achieved great relationship between the sound and the image. Added sound to the image dramatically enhanced Barton Fink’s confused mental state. One of the best scenes full of expressive sound effects in Barton Fink is his arrival in to the hotel in Los Angeles. It starts with a shot of a big rock on the beach, which is splashed by a huge wave. It is a …show more content…
Unnaturally sustained bell rings endlessly through out the lobby telling us something is not right. In the next shot, Bart nervously taps his fingers on the table. Suddenly we hear footsteps and a door opens, the shot is on Barton but the sound is letting us know that the hotel concierge is coming. The atmosphere throughout the hotel is packed with diegetic, and special sound effects, that were recorded after the shooting and then synchronized with the image. Some scenes contained little or no dialogue because Coen brothers wanted this film to be sound driven. That is why everything that Barton does, every move or turn has a sound. Finally concierge finds a piece of paper that confirms Barton’s registration. Concierge asks: “Barton Fink that must be you? “ Barton answers: “Must be”. We can tell that Barton is confused and he has a complex emotional state at that moment. Barton pretends to be knowledgeable about many things, but in fact he knows nothing about the real world at all. All these sound effects represent the real world. That is why we hear them so clear and