Posts Tagged ‘Helen Sinclair’
March 29th, 2008 | 
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In the Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath 1995 film, Bullets over Broadway, fictional playwright David Shayne (John Cusack) is on par with fictional playwright turned screenwriter Barton Fink (John Turturro) in the Coen brothers? 1991 film of the same name, Barton Fink. Each character is conflicted by the stereotypical questions that face all authors, such as:
? From where, what or whom does inspiration come?
? What constitutes art, one creator?s original idea or collaboration?
? What is the value of art or artist and how is that value recognized?
? In what ways does the art belong to the author as well as the audience?
? At which point does that private to public transference take place when dictated by capitalism?
? Does this transference to the public realm devalue the art, the artist, both or neither?
What makes each character?s experience realistic in both films is the fact that their moral and ethical struggles in relation to the convergence of idealistic art and life?s monetary motivation are born out of authentic human experience.
Posted in Capitalism, Fiction, Film, Identity | 
Tags: Audrey Taylor, Barton Fink, Bullets over Broadway, Charlie, Chazz Palminteri, Cheech, Coen brothers, David Shayne, Douglas McGrath, Eden Brent, Helen Sinclair, Jack Lipnick, Jennifer Tilly, Jim Broadbent, Joe Viterelli, John Cusack, John Goodman, John Mahoney, John Turturro, Judy Dench, Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Lerner, Nick Valenti, Olive Neal, Rob Reiner, Sheldon Flender, Tracey Ullman, W. P. Mayhew, Warner Purcell, Woody Allen | 
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