Sunday, April 27, 2014

Fargo: A TextBook Coen Brothers Film


Fargo has an irresistible charm to it. The characters are sculpted in a very simple and folky way. The accents and the dialogue in this movie are just great, an instance of this is how everyone described Steve Buscemi’s character, they all described him as, “ Small funny looking guy”. I have always been a big fan of when characters have brought up something that a different character had said without any previous connection to them. I’ve noticed this motif in almost all Coen brothers’ movies.  Fargo puts a funny spin on this mess of a story that resulted in actual deaths, and it completely succeeds. I believe the characters really sold this movie for me though. The Coen brothers have always come up with great characters that are just interesting. Marge Gunderson, a pregnant, pretty much up beat women who is the sheriff of Fargo. You don’t find a goofy accented, corky, pregnant woman wielding a gun in every movie. This ends up giving the movie some atmosphere, which a lot of movies lack lately. This movie also reminds me a lot of The Big Lebowski, and Burn After Reading. Along with goofy and unique characters, these movies have similar stories of something simple as, getting mistaken for someone else, or just a love relationship, that spiral into a complicated story that ends up being very enjoyable.

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