Daily Dialogue — November 29, 2011
Chet: Are you a trans or a res?
Barton: A what?
Chet: Transient or resident?
Barton: Oh, I’ll be here a long time. Indefinitely.
Chet: Res. That’ll be $25.50 a week payable in advance. Checkout time is twelve sharp, but you can forget about that on account of you’re a res. Now if you need anything, anything at all, just pick up your personal in-room telephone and talk to me. My name is Chet. Although we do provide privacy for the residential guests, we are also a full-service hotel including complementary shoeshine. My name is Chet.
[writes his name on a slip of paper in capital letters with an exclamation point and passes it to Barton]
Barton: Thanks…
— Chet (Steve Buscemi), Barton (John Turturro), Barton Fink (1991), written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is hotel check-ins, suggested by Teddy Pasternak. Barton Fink suggested by @husein_alicajic via Twitter.
Trivia: Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen after a trip to see Baby Boom while suffering writer’s block writing Miller’s Crossing.
Dialogue On Dialogue: The use of “trans” and “res” is interesting, putting a spotlight on Barton’s fish-out-of-water experience in this new world of Hollywood, as he doesn’t even know the language.
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