20 Things You Didn't Know About Miller's Crossing

18. The Writing Process Directly Inspired Their Next Film, Barton Fink

The Coens followed up Miller’s Crossing with Barton Fink, a film all about writer’s block, in which our lead character (played by John Turturro) struggles with writing a screenplay for the first time.

Sound familiar?

Well, Barton Fink was actually directly inspired by the Coens’ experience with writer’s block while writing the Miller’s Crossing screenplay.