The Coen Brothers on 'Barton Fink' and Audience Feedback | The Dick Cavett Show

The Coen Brothers discuss their movie 'Barton Fink' and shed light on criticism they've both given and received!
Date aired - 8/23/1991 - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, John Turturro
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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[@displaychicken]

Cavett having a mysterious bandaid on his head is a perfect addition to a Coen Bros interview

[@thumbprintn2413]

😂

[@TerminallyBored]

So true lol

[@jillsandwitch67]

i thought this interview mustve been towards the end, only to find out he's still kicking

[@aceuni-rider6921]

The Coen Brothers are like Art Garfunkel split into two people.

[@wingflanagan]

That is an amazingly apt description. On many fronts.

[@joeblow7236]

nah give joel a mustache and he's more like frank zappa.

[@wingflanagan]

@Michael Maison comment spam.

[@ruly8153]

Ahahahahahahaha 😂😂😂😂

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

Ethan looks like he's about to dance to Jamiroquai in a school auditorium.

[@SKarthikeyan75]

My goodness. Dick Cavett is the best!! he can get even the Coen brothers to relax. He is, by leagues, the best talk show host ever. Smart , witty, personable conversationalist.

[@timtrek]

he's always on the edge of falling apart but never quite does

[@Studeb]

Barton Fink is my favourite Coen Brothers' movie after The Big Lebowski and No Country, just love the ending extra much, such a mature movie from relatively young creators.

[@diegoinjapan]

I just watched it tonight in a small cinema in Tokyo. Double screening with big Lebowski. Three days ago I watched fargo and no country at the same place. No country is my fave.

[@simonpenum]

I love how you can see exactly what kind of teenagers the Cohens were

[@sratus]

yeah DOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSS

[@basehead617]

Joel looks like the kind of guy that would love Tool lol

[@Marc-dj5fk]

​@@sratus yea, well they're dorks who did better in life than you did 😢

[@bubediscuss]

Ethan must have shape-shifted over the years

[@burgesssam]

About to get to the actual good stuff, and then... CUT...

[@henryhammond7393]

I was gonna say... that was really anti-climatic...

[@maxmonas7131]

Haha seriously. For anyone curious, Joel was about to talk about how they write their scripts very organically. They don’t plan ahead at all. They write the first scene, then the second scene, then the third scene, until they get to the end. I’ve seen them mention this in a different interview.

[@ADemonsPlus]

It seems Joel Coen continues his response at the beginning of the video titled "John Turturro on Working with the Coen Brothers | Dick Cavett Show"

[@drhit-gx3ky]

I saw this comment before the video even started. Was still surprised.

[@sinansaulic4000]

John Goodman is the most underrated actor ever.

[@raymofarrell19]

Idk John Turturro is kind of underrated aswell in my opinion

[@sinansaulic4000]

@@raymofarrell19 for sure

[@VolvoImpala]

I don't think so. Jon Stewart said of him "You are good in everything." I'd say he's only underrated in that he didn't win the Oscar for The Big Lebowski. But at the same time everybody knows damn well he deserved it, so... *equivocal hands*

[@lukess.s]

@@VolvoImpala he's never even been nominated for an oscar

[@222aloof]

love how this man has a bandaid on his forehead

[@dylanthrillmour866]

Aloof feels like a character from one of their films lol, just casually chatting with a wound

[@222aloof]

Comrade Kong no I truly love him and I am aware

[@georgem.8827]

I think the comment was meant to be endearing... Dicks one of the best for sure. Also, dude is definitely in his 80's I'd say.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Years later Nelly would steal this and build a rap career around it

[@khuddle]

Only thing I was thinking about during the entire interview.

[@wesleyjohndelaney106]

Everyone always forgets about John in Millers Crossing "Have a heart."

[@corbinmarkey466]

Cavett just loved interviewing filmmakers, didn't he?

[@PaquiChipSkylar]

Joel kinda looks like a hipper Howard Stern.

[@ballzack4866]

Creative genius. What a trio.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I have a notion to second that emotion !!

[@MarvinMonroe]

Watched Barton Fink with parents when I was 11 and I think I was mainly just confused about why it was Rated R

[@ThePlaceForThings]

wow, classic film. love to see these guys when they’re my age. inspiring!

[@ThePlaceForThings]

@PARER1 I do 🍿

[@artbrutfilm]

The chairs being so close to the edge of that stage gives me anxiety.

[@opaljk4835]

Just drink some chamomile and breathe a bit

[@richardcahill1234]

This was the 90s but they were still in the 70s.

What I love about these old talk shows is how quiet the audience is. Today people applaud and scream every time the guest says something.

[@dylanthrillmour866]

I’m confused about how they direct. Did Ethan just write up until Ladykillers and Joel did the directing solo, or did Ethan co direct the whole time but just went uncredited?

[@neonatalpenguin]

They co-wrote and co-directed all their films, but took different credits because of Directors Guild regulations.

[@Freakoutski]

Thanks for posting! Is there any chance of part 2 coming up?

[@citehcitehcitehcitehciteh]

They uploaded out of order. Part 1 is here kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqO8c3emqstspLc&t

[@bradtaormina]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqO8c3emqstspLc

[@Freakoutski]

@@bradtaormina You rock Brad. Thanks.

[@Pun2404]

My dad went to school with and was “locker buddies” with the Coen’s in SLP in MN

[@captainsassy69]

?

[@TheEeshan]

How were they like in person?

[@curiouscactusnetwork7652]

those quotation marks tho...

[@jamessweeney5459]

Both of them?

[@sunnylife7934]

‘Unvarnished truth’ that comment from True Grit!

[@VolvoImpala]

D'oh!!! It cuts as soon as it's starting to get good! Yeah, I don't think there are many characters more different from each other than Barton Fink and Bernie Bernbaum. I loved Miller's Crossing actually. There were giant plot zig-zags just like in Barton Fink but you'd never know which way they would go, good or bad. Barton Fink there are only two directions, bad and worse.

[@peterzebot1795]

The band aid on the forehead says it's Les Nessman.

[@Featheon]

Were they ever right back?

[@bradtaormina]

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[@Gannooch]

have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like these.

[@somethingyousaid5059]

Is that a very young Adrian Monk's brother that I see.

[@jonnamechange6854]

Hold that thought, I'll be right back.

[@harmanx.]

Tony Shalhoub had a role in Barton Fink.

[@charleshroyer]

Ethan be lookin like Napoleon Dynamite lol

[@gardensofthegods]

That was a weird movie... it was also a good film ... John Goodman in it really shows years ago he was a great actor .

[@djstarsign]

That cast in general was so brilliant.

[@0oidiedinatimemachineo024]

I mean John Goodman has always been a good actor lol Hes in good stuff before Barton Fink.

[@briansinger5258]

Check out _Matinee._

[@alfonsogayman9699]

John Goodman is a great actor and still is

[@acidjamproductions2306]

I wonder who was the filmmaker who hid under table.

[@ruly8153]

Terry Gilliam ?

[@flx0011]

Quentin Tarantino?

[@345mrse]

Tim Burton.

[@HeroJournalism]

Wow, I love Dick, but is that the worst timed "hold that thought"? Should've included the next segment to hear the end of his thought!

[@AwesometownUSA]

I was about to type a quote from Barton Fink - the line John Goodman says right before he shoots the second cop in the hallway scene - but I realized I’d probably get SUPER flagged by KZbin if I posted it, haha

[@llanckin]

1:40 yeah fucking right….

[@aurthanesbit7408]

Cavett 🥰 Coens geeks

[@Hayyden]

If you're reading this... What is your favorite Cohen Brother movie of all time?

[@jamessweeney5459]

Miller's Crossing

[@jakewhite8340]

1. No country for old men 2. Inside Llewyn Davis 3. Fargo 4. Miller’s Crossing 5. The Big Lebowski 6. A Serious Man 7. Burn After Reading 8. The Man Who Wasn’t There I like most of their others, but these ones I absolutely love

[@bwoahviously]

1. No Country 2. Big Lebowski 3. Fargo 4. Barton

[@Hayyden]

@@jakewhite8340 @Thomas Ayres Honestly.. I've been holding out on No Country For Old Men until I watch every movie of theirs. Save the best for last.

[@dylanalbuquerque4854]

Either the ballad of buster scruggs or fargo

[@WalterLiddy]

Jesus they look young.

[@badegg7915]

3:51 what does fill out the cards mean?

[@louisoliverroach1282]

at test screenings they give the audience cards to fill out what they liked or didn't like about the movie

[@badegg7915]

Louis Oliver Roach good looking out homie

[@ernestolombardo5811]

They'll be wrapping fish with the paper of this interview next morning...

[@davesims7917]

Did they put the microphones actually in their mouths??? All I hear is that moist sound of their mouth’s moving!!!

[@gardensofthegods]

What in the world are you listening to them on ... I am having no problem hearing them speak . Sometimes these things are rendered inaudible where you hear a weird sound and the only way you can listen to it is to wear either earbuds or headphones... but on this one they sound fine .

[@davesims7917]

gardensofthegods It’s not that they don’t sound fine it’s just I keep hearing those moist sounds coming out of Dick’s mouth especially… It’s like when your mouth is kind of dry and your lips are smacking against your gums

[@pbrsteve5974]

Dick: Intellectualizzed analyzizz of your filmzz

[@mitza420]

moist sound loll

[@utv5490]

No the audio is crystal clear.

[@Geo-cf7fx]

Dick Cavett is the man !!!!!

[@paolo-n2000]

Too bad the Coen Brothers stopped making films... or... rarely make films anymore...

[@folsomprisonblues5087]

The tragedy of Macbeth even though it was just Joel Coen.

[@francisarsenic9371]

I didn't know the movie was that old. Nvm this is 1991

[@matiasripstein6113]

the big lebowski is teriffic

[@jubalcalif9100]

It was no "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians", but yes indeed, it's one terrific film !!

[@Methilde]

Great, great movie!

[@richardm4857]

Too short.

[@Booogieman]

Love John Goodman in this movie

[@xxHouseInMotionxx]

folks this is Turturro pre Don't fuck with the Jesus

[@Casper50002]

The mystique of the Coen brothers

[@Larkinchance]

Those two brothers will never amount to anything...

[@AlexHodgins]

Can't believe they used to be dudes

[@Oneirovore]

At the risk of dissecting the frog, [he] means the Wachowskis, 😂

[@crappymcdick]

What makes you think they aren't anymore?

[@JasonRamasami]

This interview really should be a lot better.

[@hungrypromethean]

They're just tradesman.

[@Chinaski1]

They seem so weird :D

[@sratus]

Nerds

[@ballzack4866]

Ok Biff.

[@djstarsign]

John Goodman shout out.

[@duder6666]

I'd like to see what they could do with the Matrix franchise.

[@GreyElf3K]

Thomas Anderson (Steve Buscemi) is a typewriter salesman in 1930s Des Moines, Iowa, but bootlegs liquor on the side for the Kansas City mafia. While on the run from Bureau of Prohibition agents, Anderson is rescued by leather-wearing, Tommy Gun-toting anarchists who inform him that it's actually the year 1967, and he's living in a simulated reality created by a physics professor from St. Louis Park, Minnesota. John Turturro is Morpheus Fink.

[@duder6666]

@@GreyElf3K I'd watch it.

[@MenachemRephun]

@@GreyElf3K That's more Philip K Dick than the Matrix

[@taztaztaz]

full interview here kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYTIgISJmLeFpbs

[@wilwilson8146]

FULL INTERVIEW: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYTIgISJmLeFpbs

[@herrklamm1454]

I just hope they don’t end up the Coen sisters.

[@Pun2404]

Heh-I-get-it. Because the Wachowski’s changed their gender identification. * holds up card: 1.0/10.0 *

[@duncanthehut]

0.1/10

[@herrklamm1454]

Pun2404 it wasn’t a joke, it was a genuine concern

[@Metroid545454]

Jesus Christ this review is awful lol

[@xxHouseInMotionxx]

yeah its not edgy or doesn't use memes. How awful were the 70s-80s when people talked in relaxed fashion

[@Metroid545454]

xxHouseInMotionxx ok boomer

[@xxHouseInMotionxx]

@@Metroid545454 case in point, hack

[@you2449]

Oh, so this was b4 they turned into chicks ! That long hair is a giveaway, He's clearly a woman trapped in a man's body!

[@dylanthrillmour866]

They just left the 80s, long hair was the ugly fashion

[@esskivids]

I think you’re thinking of the wachowskis

[@djstarsign]

These aren’t the brothers you’re thinking of. And just for context, just a two years before was the 20th anniversary of Woodstock and between 1988-1994, lots of dudes were rocking long hair. And it got old, and even Metallica cut off all their hair for a while.

[@seaoftranquility7228]

No.

[@Pantano63]

Haha these aren't the Wachowskis.

[@T.J]

I use the super high pitch sound from this video to repel mosquitoes.