Blood, blizzards, and the true(ish) story behind Fargo
The mischevious Coen brothers ran rings around their audiences for decades, before revealing a woman blitzed in a woodchipper inspired Fargo
You betcha! Frances McDormand as Marge in Fargo
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It’s 25 years since Fargo – “a homespun murder story”, as it was then billed – premiered in Cannes. We think of it now as quintessential Coen Brothers, and part of the pantheon of great American crime movies. Belatedly, it spawned the spin-off TV series on FX in 2014, which has run by now to four seasons and counting.
If you asked the average filmgoer to put on a Minnesotan accent, there’s a sizeable chance they’d attempt an impression of Marge Gunderson, Frances McDormand’s pregnant cop, with her litany of “you betcha”s and “real good then”s and “oh yaah”s. Thanks to Marge and every one of its finely etched characters, Fargo is part of the cultural furniture at this point – as enshrin
Given that our “hero” Jerry Lundegaard endearingly portrayed by the ever-likable William H. Macy is a salesman at an Oldsmobile dealership, it stands to reason that the brand occupies a sizable portion of the spotlight. In fact, part of the payment he offered to the kidnappers was a shiny new Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera. The film is set in 1987, so that would either have been a 1987 or 1988 model, both of which retailed for more than $12,000.
But wait, there’s more! According to the wizards on the IMCDB, “Fargo” also proudly features Oldsmobile models like the 1989 Cutlass Calais, 1987 and 1995 Cutlass Cruiser, an 1887 Cutlass Supreme, a 1997 Delta 88 Royale, and four different versions of the Ninety-Eight, ranging from 1982 to 1990. And yes, at least two of those now-defunct GM cars introduce that beloved “Cars You Didn’t Know Were In” classic anachronisms.
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