We have watched a lot of bloody movies over the course of the semester. Almost all of the films we've watched have had some small form of conflict in them; while there were others where cameramen seemed to be constantly wiping blood of their camera lenses. Fargo was another blood bath we can add to the list. But something separates the violence from Fargo from the violence, lets say in the film Drive, or There Will be Blood. Movies like Drive and TWBB, as I like to think of it "owned" their violence. Meaning that there was sort of a set tone throughout the film that yes, these main characters are vicious and violent. And yes the violent scenes/actions are expected or warranted in some sort of way. We have seen semi-psychotic main characters in these movies; but not in Fargo.
Fargo sets a folksy, clumsy and almost innocent tone for the duration of the movie. You don't watch the first minute and expect to see two guys shooting each other repeatedly even after one of them died. It just doesn't carry that vibe to it. The (almost) Canadian accents, the passive and polite demeanor that all of the characters have, make for a movie that when violence appears, causes it to be double the amount of shocking that it would usually be. In this movie you can't help but laugh a bit when you see someone get shot. Which is weird to say, and makes you feel almost slightly evil...?
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