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Fargo (1996)
Cohen brothers have seen a lot of movies, they basically Filmed all types of films. But they are best at crime movies. This film is not only a typical crime film, but also the top one of their works in IMDB250.
The movie tells the story of a planned kidnapping case that broke away from the plan due to various complicated reasons. In order to invest in a project, the actor plans to kidnap his wife and ask his father-in-law for huge sums of money. He contacted the two criminals through his auto mechanics and prepared a car for them. After the plan was implemented, the two criminals met the police on their way out, and one of the criminals murdered the police and the witnesses who were passing by. The actor who saw his wife kidnapped pretended to ask his father-in-law for help, but the father-in-law wanted to send money by himself, but he couldn't trust the actor. At this time, the police chief of the town, after discovering the three bodies, began investigating the case and found a car repairman who had contacted the criminal. The auto mechanic became angry when he learned about the murder, and found one of the criminals and beat him violently. The criminals who were beaten up were also very angry, and proposed the time and place to pay the money, and wanted to end it soon. Father-in-law gave the money by himself, but his stubborn temper when sending the money caused him to be killed by the criminal, and the criminal himself suffered a gunshot wound. The sheriff investigated the actor's company at this time, and the actor found an excuse to run away. The injured criminal divided half of the money to another criminal, but the two had a dispute over the car, and one criminal killed one of them. Later, the police chief on the road found the criminal's car and hit him when the criminal was destroyed. In the end, the criminal was arrested by the sheriff, and the actor was also found and arrested and brought to justice.
The story told in the whole film reveals a kind of black humor, and this humor comes from a coincidence. The whole film emphasizes the fact that "the plan does not change quickly", and things tend to become worse than the planned results due to some external factors. This unplanned factor runs throughout the movie, such as the criminal being bitten by the hand while arresting, the criminal being intercepted by the police on the road, the criminal being seen by witnesses when the criminal is killing the police, the criminal being shot while taking money, etc. Things are getting worse and worse, and it also makes the story even more ridiculous. From the sheriff's point of view, there is also a coincidence factor-she found that the criminal's car was a complete accident, and she was just passing by the lake. In short, the story of this film is completely uncertain, or it can be said to be caused by coincidence. Therefore, the story of the film must not be "adapted from real events" as the opening caption said.
The film story has three aspects. The first aspect is the criminals and their kidnapping process, the second aspect is the relationship between the hero's life and his father-in-law, and the third aspect is the life of the sheriff. These three aspects are in sharp contrast. The criminals are crazy and depraved, the male protagonist is depressed, distorted, and dull, and the sheriff is warm and plain. Through the comparison of these three aspects, the cause of the incident and the inevitability of those accidents are revealed. In other words, although the whole case has changed due to coincidence, the internal reasons for these changes are deeply reflected in these three aspects of life. Regarding this point, I won't say much about it, and it can be clearly felt from the behavior of each of them. In short, seemingly bizarre coincidences are in line with the law of development of things, that is, everything changes from quantitative to qualitative.
The filming style of the film can be summarized by the name of the film, "ice", "blood", and "violence", which concisely summarizes the style and characteristics of the film. Bing is not only the environment in which the movie takes place, but also the mood of the characters. Everyone's heart is as cold and ruthless as ice: the male protagonist kidnaps his wife for money, the father-in-law is unscrupulous and extremely unsympathetic to the son-in-law, the two criminals kill people without blinking their eyes and wantonly murder. Blood is both a color and expression of film. There are many bloody scenes in the whole film, such as the headshot of the policeman, the criminal who was shot in the face, the scene of the broken body, etc. It is very uncomfortable to watch these scenes. Violence is the visual style of the movie. Violent scenes abound, kidnappings, fights, shootings, destruction of corpses, etc., which are very in line with the pattern of crime movies. The movie also uses the strong contrast between white snow and red blood to stimulate the audience's vision and increase the degree of violence in the movie. In addition, the film also uses many perspectives and panoramas to express the environment of the story and the smallness of the characters. Such shots are most obvious at the beginning and end of the movie. In short, watching this movie is more visually impactful than watching other crime movies.
There is another place in the film that I feel very funny, that is, the "ah" when the sheriff talks with other people in the film. This "ah" must be heard a second time. From the sheriff and his husband, to talking with prostitutes, and talking on the phone, "Yeah" one after another, my stomach hurts with laughter. The Minnesota accent is really messy!
The actors in this film are very brilliant. What impressed me the most was Peter Stormare, who played the silent criminal. His performance relying solely on expressions and eyes is amazing. Just one word: cool! William H. Macy is a familiar supporting actor, this time he finally played the leading actor. William H. Macy's appearance is always wretched, which fits the character image too much. Steve Buscemi is still acting as a stubborn criminal, with superb acting skills, and large dialogues are also difficult to interpret. The heroine Frances McDormand didn't feel how brilliant her acting was, but her eyes were very special. It's just that she is too old to act in movies anymore.
In general, this is a ridiculous crime film with black humor. It’s a good movie, but it’s overrated in IMDB, right?
Frances McDormand
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Fargo.1996.BluRay.720p.x264.DTS-MySilu
2011-10-26
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