TODAY IS: Script Magic Day, on which screenwriters are encouraged to forget formula and bring forth the unique stories they have within them (see scriptmagic.com for more info). John Turturro discovers the risks a writer takes when he ignores his muse in 1991's BARTON FINK -- as a 1940s playwright selling out to Hollywood by agreeing to write a B-movie, he descends into a nightmarish bout of writer's block brought on by his attempt at hackdom. [today's movie at IMDb]

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