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Fargo (1996). The Coen Brothers. Fargo (1996). The Coen Brothers. Fargo (1996) Cast. The Coen Brothers. The Coen Brothers. Coen Motifs: Howling Fat Men: None Blustery Titans: Family patriarch Wade Gustafson (Harve Presnell) Vomiting: Marge thinks she going to barf
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Fargo (1996) The Coen Brothers
Fargo (1996) The Coen Brothers
Fargo (1996) Cast The Coen Brothers
Coen Motifs: • Howling Fat Men: None • Blustery Titans: Family patriarch Wade Gustafson (Harve Presnell) • Vomiting: Marge thinks she going to barf • Violence: Triple murder (cop, bystanders), murder of Jerry’s wife, Carl Showalter has part of his face shot off, murder of Wade Gustafson, Carl in the wood-chipper • Dreams: Original screenplay had a Marge dream sequence with Native American imagery and a fetus • Peculiar Haircuts: None, though lots of weird hats • Lost Hats: None From Tricia Cooke and William Preston Robertson. The Big Lebowski: The Making of a Coen Brothers Film. New York: W. W. Norton, 1998: 16-23. The Coen Brothers
Coen Interviews • “What a couple of assholes.”—Frances McDormand on watching an interview with Joel (her husband) and brother-in-law Ethan • Early Blood Simple Interview (on blog—3 minutes) • Barry Sonnenfeld interview (on Miller’s DVD—16 minutes) • Charlie Rose Show Interview: Joel, Ethan, Frances McDormand (on Fargo DVD—20 minutes) The Coen Brothers