Reviews - Coen Brothers Gift Set (1984) [DVD, 5-Disc Set]

Five of the Coen Brothers' most popular films are gathered here. Beginning with 1984's classic love triangle tragedy BLOOD SIMPLE, the collection brings on the laughs with RAISING ARIZONA, then mov... more

Five of the Coen Brothers' most popular films are gathered here. Beginning with 1984's classic love triangle tragedy BLOOD SIMPLE, the collection brings on the laughs with RAISING ARIZONA, then moves on to MILLER'S CROSSING, BARTON FINK, and the critically acclaimed FARGO. Overview ; Barton Fink is the Coen brothers' apocalyptic masterpiece about the creative process. John Turturro stars as the title character, an idealistic young man with an ERASERHEAD-like do who believes that writing should be about the living truth, revealing the hopes, the dreams, the tragedies of the common man. When Hollywood comes calling for him to write a wrestling picture for Wallace Beery, Fink suddenly finds himself in Los Angeles with a severe case of writer's block, unable to combine his deep-seated ethics with Hollywood's desire to just make a buck. Fast-talking mogul Jack Lipnick (a terrific Michael Lerner) sets Barton up at the Hotel Earle, where the writer meets up with Charlie Meadows (John Goodman), a traveling insura... less