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CNN - 'Fargo:' Another Coen brothers gem? - Mar. 7, 1996
'Fargo:' Another Coen brothers gem?
'Yah, sure'
March 7, 1996
Web posted at: 7:35 a.m EST (1235 GMT)
From Correspondent Mark Scheerer
NEW YORK (CNN) -- From the quick-draw antics of Hi and Ed in
"Raising Arizona" to the hypnotic imagery of "Barton Fink,"
the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, make movies that just
aren't like any others. And their latest film "Fargo,"
opening this weekend in New York and Los Angeles, will not
disappoint fans of their offbeat world view.
If you loved her in "Raising Arizona" as Ed's gum-smacking
white trash friend who warns her of the dangers of
diphtheria, then you're going to really love Francis
McDormand as pregnant Police Chief Marge Gunderson of Fargo,
Minnesota.
"Fargo" is based on the true story of a bungled Minnesota
kidnapping, but in the Coen brothers' screenplay it also
becomes a funny take on upper Midwestern manners.
"There's a sort of politeness and a little bit of a distance
or reserve that's characteristic of a lot of people in the
area that's oddly punctuated by these horrible, heinous
crimes that you hear about more frequently than you think,"
Ethan Coen says.
Chief Gunderson reflects his observation, calling the crime
she's investigating a "malfeasance."
Having grown up on suburban Minneapolis, director Joel
Coen is sensitive to the film's portrayal of Minnesotans
.
"They're sort of ordinary, everyday Joes on the surface, but
when you get to sort of look at them more closely, you
realize they're much more complex than that," he says.
McDormand, who is married to Joel Coen, is an Illinois
native. She says she doesn't detect any condescension in
"Fargo."
"It's because I have so much respect and love for Marge that
I'd be surprised if people thought I was making fun of her or
that Joel and Ethan were," she says.
Steve Buscemi, who has made a career out of playing sinister
yet quirky criminals, says the Coens' rendition of
Minnesotans isn't condescending, but simply accurate.
If "Fargo" makes fun of anyone, it's the two dim-witted
criminals played with a unique and delightful style by
Buscemi and Peter Stormare.
Like their debut film, "Blood Simple," "Fargo" has its share
of Coen-style guts and gore, courtesy of a wood-chipper.
For the brothers, "Fargo" represents a chance to bounce back
after the critical and commercial disappointment of their
last film, "The Hudsucker Proxy."
Asked if "Fargo" will put the Coens back on the industry map,
McDormand says, "I don't think Joel and Ethan will ever be on
the map, because they are unto themselves, something outside
of the Hollywood film industry."
As they say in Minnesota, "Yah, sure."
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