What the hell was the point of this movie? Was it just about

The hotel was hell and Goodman was Satan.

>>87166303
That seems too obvious to be true.

Rise of fascim
Disregard of the left to the common people they claim to represent (see Alf Garnett)
The death of theatre and rise of both cinema and tv
Things are not as they seem to be
The hard truth behind several talented writers, like Faulkner
Low culture vs high culture
The ways of media moguls
The studio system in hollywood before the war
Jewish diaspora

>>87167071
You're just listing themes that are presented at face value throughout the movie. Is it supposed to be just a huge mess of different plot elements with no overarching purpose?

>>87167120
You are supposed to watch the film and think about those themes

>>87167148
I did think about them, and they are definitely themes of the movie. But I want to know what the actual point of this movie was. Anyone can make a movie and throw a bunch of shit together, like writer's block, media moguls, serial killers, etc. But you realize at the end that it was all for a purpose, that they all connect to each other to give the movie meaning. I didn't see it with this movie and I just want to know what it is or if there even is one.

>>87167213
Sometimes the purpose is just to think of those themes. But, if you do need to have a purpose, the purpose is to see how Barton Fink self proclaims to be a voice for the common people, but is disattached from them, as you can see by he refusing to listen to John Goodman's stories, and fails to be what he is. That, and the othe themes, are the point. There are films made for you to think about the themes on it, and the characters are just proxies. And you can also watch Fink's journey, which is entertaing per ser

>>87167120
This movie was born out of writers block for the Coen brother's other movie "Miller's Crossing". So I think that's supposed to play into the idea of the movie as well, explaining why there's a bunch of themes jumping around but no real structure to it. It's like a writer trying to make sense of it all.

>>87167120
So he lists you all the movie's themes and all you had to see is they are not connected...

Disregard this thread, OP is just a fucking idiot.