``Fargo'' Happiness lies beyond greed. The Coen brothers' masterpiece, its charm

"Fargo" synopsis

Fargo, North Dakota. Jerry, a car salesman whose life is on the verge of collapse due to a large amount of debt, comes up with an outrageous solution. The plan is for Carl and Gere, two ex-convicts, to kidnap his wife under false pretenses in order to defraud her father-in-law, a bigwig in the car industry, out of a ransom. However, the duo doesn't seem to be able to successfully carry out a disguised kidnapping, and as expected, they shoot and kill a police officer and a witness, leading to a series of murders. The person in charge of solving the case is Marge, a pregnant female police chief. They painstakingly pursue the evidence left behind by the culprit, and gradually zero in on Jerry. How will the incident end?

Index

• The Coen brothers' masterpiece, the secret behind its charm
• Outrageous humor that lives everywhere
• Good work by talented staff and cast
• Beyond the masterpiece “Raising Arizona”
• Happiness is right next to your daily life
  

The Coen brothers' masterpiece, the secret behind its charm

If there is a movie that I want to see in the winter, for me, who grew up in a snowy country, ``Fargo'' (1996) is one of them. Needless to say, this is the masterpiece of the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan. The setting is Minnesota, USA, which is also the brothers' hometown. The desolate and cold snowy landscape leaves a lasting impression.

Let's take a look back at the story of "Fargo." Jerry, a car dealer in debt, plans a fake kidnapping of his wife and hires two thugs, Carl and Gere. The wife's father is a successful businessman, so paying the ransom should be easy. The plan is carried out, but the gears start to go awry when Carl and Gere end up killing three policemen while on the run. Marge, the police chief who is in charge of the investigation, approaches the truth of the case little by little with calm deduction. On the other hand, an unforeseen situation occurs when the ransom is handed over, and more corpses end up lying around...

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The main character of the movie is Marge, but she doesn't appear until a third of the way through the story, so it could be more of a group drama. The story is suspenseful, as people who are possessed by greed go astray, and as a result, tragedy unfolds, but it is also a comedy, and at the same time a realistic human drama. The story is chilling, but it doesn't end there. Let's take another look at the appeal of this film, which was nominated in 7 categories at the 1996 Academy Awards.

Outrageous humor that lives everywhere