Fargo
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By: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
Date: 1996
Source: Fargo. Directed by Joel Coen. Gramercy Pictures, 1996.
About the Artists: Joel Coen (1955–) and Ethan Coen (1958–) were born and raised in a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Joel attended Simon's Rock College in Massachusetts and the New York University, and Ethan attended Princeton. The brothers' collaboration dates to their very first film, Blood Simple, released in 1984.
Introduction
Fargo is the sixth film by the writing team of brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. It opens with a winter landscape scene from the American Midwest—where the white plains of the sky and snow blend into one another. Snow as a white-washed covering of darker undersides served as a metaphor throughout the film.
Allegedly based on actual events, Fargo tells the story of Jerry Lundegaard...
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