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and Ethan Coen, is the only Film in
the history of the prestigious Cannes
Film Festival to pull a hat-trick —
Best Film, Best Director (Joel Coen)
and Best Actor (John Turturro).
It’s a Film concerning many differ
ent things — challenging many are
nas. But what’s marvelous about
“Barton Fink” is what has been mar
velous about the Coens’ work since
their debut Film, “Blood Simple:”The
Coens understand what it means to
confine oneself to a given space. They
understand what belongs there, why
it belongs there and they understand
how utterly miserable this situation
can be.
Most importantly, the space in
which a Coen movie involves itself
reels on an internal level — strewn
across a visceral plain of despair,
longing and desperation.
The Coens are surgeons who cut
delicately with precision instruments
to try and reveal exactly what it is
that’s lurking in these inner depths.
Their devices are crafty and furtive, if
not a little arty. And it’s true these
devices are easily lost in the poignant
dialogue and striking imagery of their
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ber^may be empty, but that other one
will knock your head off.
—John Skretta
“Worldwide”
Everything But The Girl
Atlantic
Everything But The Girl used to
be quite good. “Worldwide” finds the
band pursuing the same cheese-pop
that dominated their last album,
“Language of Life.”
“Eden” and “Love Not Money,”
the bands first two releases, remain
untarnished pop gems with their shiny
guitars and effective mix of warmth
and melancholy. These albums show
the promise of the EBG of the mid
80s.
Since then, Tracey Thorn and Ben
Watt have discovered synthesizers and
drum programming. The early strains
of nightclub jazz that powered much
of “Eden” have given way to the half
hearted saxophone toots of fusion.
The Rickenbacker-powered gui
tar riffs that smiled in 1985 in songs
like “Anytown,” “Love Not Money”
and “Laugh You Out The House”
have withered away to catchy beat
box rhythms and an occasional organ
melodies.
Thankfully, Tracey Thom’s voice
has not changed. Although Watt sings
occasionally, Thom’s voice provides
the band’s signature—and class. Her
voice is full and throaty, pure and
playful with the lyrics.
Much of the fault of “Worldwide”
lies in the fact that half of it is simply
tiresome.
The band’s first single, “Old
Friends” is sentimental, sloppy and
slow. The lyrics are as winsome and
cliche as the dinky layers of key
boards: boring, snoring, bleah.
That is the common problem with
much of “Worldwide.” The songs are
thin, both lyrically and musically.
Mushy might be an accurate word for
it.
Songs like “You Lift Me Up,”
“British Summertime” and “Frozen
River” apparently are intended to
showcase Thom’s brilliant voice and
it is quite beautiful. But it is not
enough.
The production is thick and too
clean. If you want to hear the dear
and simple purity of Thom’s voice,
pick up her debut solo album, “A
Distant Shore.” “Worldwide” is gen
erally too weak to reveal the past
talents of its band members.
There are some good moments on
the album. But they are rare.
Songs like “Talk To Me Like The
Sea” and “One Place” feature promi
nent beat-box rhythms. Luckily,
however, the bouncy spirit of EBG of
yore is still there, just beneath the
surface. Likewise, “Twin Cities” is
happy and snappy, incorporating the
underlying strum of an acoustic gui
tar, a Hammond organ and real drums.
The song swings and saunters as the
finest track on “Worldwide.”
“Feel Alright” is spirited and folksy.
The percussion emanates the Latin
shake of 1983’s “Each and Every
One.” Unfortunately, the song only
amounts to about 54 seconds.
That isn’t quite enough time to
justify a good album. Perhaps if there
were two minutes instead of one ...
—Michael Stock
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films. But what the Coens accom
plish suggests an all-out rampage with
a chainsaw.
“Barton Fink” is about extremes.
In a sense, it appears to be a cure for
the ailing that may very well stir up
those inner depths. And then, it might
be an irresistible poison. The Coens
are suggesting you take a sip. You’re
either immune or you suffer the con
sequences. Either way, you’re in for
one hell of a ride.
And this is exactly why “Barton
Fink” may follow in the footsteps of
“Miller’s Crossing,” the Coens’ 1990
gangster drama which was easily one
of the best movies of that year.
“Barton Fink” is so terrific, yet so
utterly strange that the general view
ing public is likely to run for cover
under the mediocre and less enthrall
ing fall film releases. The problem is
that it will make people think, and it
may very well hurt their brains a
little.
The question at hand is DO people
want to spend two hours with a man in
a large, haunting hotel struggling to
come to terms with his craft and the
vast expanse of nothingness that lays
between him and the ideals he so
longs to imbibe?
