[School of Movies 2023]
Part II of the Coen Brothers series. This 1996 film was the point where they hit the big leagues. Showered with awards and nominations, Joel and Ethan were placed alongside great and classic directors by the establishment.
The story itself is one of a bungled kidnap, a bag filled with cursed money and the needless murders that take place as a result of seeking it. It's a frosty noir, set on the snowbound roads between Fargo, North Dakota and the twin cities of Minneapolis-Saint Paul. A weasel of a car salesman arranges for the kidnapping of his own wife, and from that atrocious act, calamity radiates.
The local sheriff on the case is Margie Gunderson, played by Frances McDormand, whose genial, mumsy attitude hides a sharp, observant detective brain. And it is from her perspective that we observe with bewilderment the cluttered mistakes of daft, greedy men.
Next time around we go bowling with The Big Lebowski. More kidnaps, more bungling, more greed, less murder.
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
This is Spinal Tap
The Good Dinosaur
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The Princess Bride
Shrek
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Westworld
Red Dwarf V
Poltergeist
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Terminator: Dark Fate
Resident Evil 2
The Phantom of the Opera
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