Following their 1984 feature debut, Blood Simple, Joel and Ethan Coen well and truly put themselves on the filmmaking map with Raising Arizona, Miller’s Crossing and then Barton Fink. And now, 30 years since its initial release, Barton Fink is getting a new release courtesy of Umbrella.

Starring John Turturro as the titular Barton, a struggling New York playwright trying to overcome a major bout of writer’s block after taking a gig in Los Angeles, Barton Fink is a picture that’s impossible to truly categorise. Part drama, part comedy, part horror, and very much all Coens.

Doing his best to assist Turturro’s character is his hotel neighbour, John Goodman’s Charlie Meadows, and the pair end up intwined in a plot that takes some utterly bizarre turns as the picture progresses. But the chances are, given Barton Fink was released in 1991, you’re likely well, well aware of the ins and outs of this phenomenal film.

Here, the appeal of any such new release of an old favourite lies in additional elements that make this a much-buy. On that front, though, Umbrella’s release of Barton Fink is painfully disappointing.

Barton Fink is still just as good a movie 30 years on, but those looking for something more than just the movie will be left sorely disappointed by this new release. As in, there are zero special features or bonus material included here. Similarly, there’s no new restoration or enhanced audio experience.

Instead, this is every bit as vanilla a release of a film as can be. There’s the film itself included, but that’s it. And for those fans of Barton Fink, you may well actually already own this Blu-ray release – for it’s exactly the same, bar slightly tweaked cover art, as the Blu release that was first made available to Region 2 audiences in 2012.

This really is a tricky one to rate. One could easily argue that Barton Fink is a four-star, maybe even five-star movie, yet the lack of any additional content here means the score given to this release has to take a hit.