| Synopsis
Poor Jerry Lundegaard. He's deep in debt. His wealthy father-in-law has no respect for him. He cheats customers at the car dealership where he works. And now he's hired a bumbling duo to kidnap his wife--a plan that goes horribly awry, leading to homicide.
Enter Marge Gunderson, one of the most fabulous movie cops in film history. The very-pregnant Marge--played marvelously by Frances McDormand in an Oscar-winning and career-defining performance--just goes about her everyday business, eating (in nearly every scene), talking to the people in the community, and examining bloody corpses as if no day is different from the next. A multiple murder in the small town of Brainerd, Minnesota--home of Paul Bunyan, as the sign claims--seems to have little effect on her. Yet she has an innate cop sense--she is very, very good at her job and determined to solve the case in her offhanded manner.
FARGO is yet another offbeat, highly entertaining film from the Coen brothers (BARTON FINK, BLOOD SIMPLE). The film is nearly colorless; instead, director of photography Roger Deakins washes the screen in the blinding white of the snow, occasionally breaking for the drab grays and browns of police uniforms and winter jackets. Carter Burwell's score further enhances the slow, steady pace of this oddly funny and compelling film. The Coens have once again populated their film with a slew of bizarre characters, with outstanding performances delivered by all, particularly the edgy William H. Macy, the quietly luminous McDormand, the nearly psychotic Steve Buscemi, and the oh-so-cold Peter Stormare.
Credits
Leading Role 1 Frances McDormand
Leading Role 2 Steve Buscemi
Leading Role 3 Peter Stormare
Additional Roles by William H. Macy, Harve Presnell, Steve Park, Jose Feliciano, John Carroll Lynch, Kristin Rudrud
Director 1 Joel Coen
Producer Ethan Coen
Screenwriter Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Score Composer Carter Burwell
Author Ethan Coen
Features
Region 2
Release Format DVD
Rating 18
Release Year 2003
Genre Drama
Additional Genre General
Language English
Subtitle Languages Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
Running Time 94 minutes
EAN 5050070008357
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