Daily Dialogue — October 30, 2014

“LOOK UPON ME! I’LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND!”

— Barton Fink (1991), written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Madness.

Trivia: Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen after a trip to see Baby Boom (1987) while suffering writer’s block writing Miller’s Crossing (1990).

Dialogue On Dialogue: Barton goes through a slow descent into a metaphorical madness, but Charlie Meadows is madness personified. What better backdrop to explore madness than Hollywood where insanity seems to be the basis of the studios’ business practices.