Barton Fink
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:05:00
His gut tells him
what's good and what's...

:05:03
merely adequate.
:05:06
I don't pretend to be a critic,
:05:09
but Lord knows I have a gut,
:05:12
and my gut tells me it's simply...
:05:16
marvelous.
:05:18
And a charming gut it is.
:05:20
Oh, you dog.
:05:22
Aroo!
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Oh, stop.
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[ Bell Jingles ]
:05:31
I thought you were going to join us.
:05:34
Jesus, Garland,
you left me alone with those people?

:05:37
Don't panic.
:05:38
I'll join you in a minute.
:05:40
We have to talk a little business.
:05:43
I've just been on the phone
to Los Angeles.

:05:46
Barton, Capitol Pictures wants to
put you under contract.

:05:49
They've offered you $1,000 a week.
:05:52
I think I can get them
to go as high as 2.

:05:55
To do what?
:05:56
What do you do for a living?
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I'm not sure anymore.
:06:00
I guess I try to make a difference.
:06:04
There's no pressure here
because I respect you,

:06:07
but a brief tenure in Hollywood
:06:09
could support you through the writing
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of any number of plays.
:06:13
I don't know, Garland.
:06:15
My place is here right now.
:06:17
I feel I'm on the brink of success.
:06:20
I'd say you're already enjoying some.
:06:22
No. Don't you see?
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Not the kind of success
where critics fawn over you

:06:27
or producers like Derek
make a lot of money.

:06:30
No. A real success.
:06:31
The success we've been dreaming about--
:06:34
the creation of a new living theater
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of and about and for the common man.
:06:40
If I ran off to Hollywood now,
:06:42
I'd be making money,
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going to parties,
meeting the big shots,

:06:46
but I'd be cutting myself off
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from the wellspring of that success,
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from the common man.
:06:53
Oh, I guess I'm spouting off again.
:06:57
You see Caven's review?
:06:59
No. What did it say?

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