Twenty-five years later, and we're still thinking about that wood chipper. It's hard to imagine a time before the Coen brothers were household names. At the time they made their crime classic Fargo, they had been making movies for over a decade. The Coens were stuck with mostly indie movies that did well with critics, but never really expanded beyond. They even had a few bombs. But when Fargo debuted at Cannes it took the Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director Award), and the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or. When it hit theaters, the movie was also a hit, making $60,611,975 worldwide, off only a seven million dollar budget. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning two for Frances McDormand and a screenwriting award for the Coens. Fargo also became part of the cultural lexicon, putting the Minnesotan accent on the map and making everyone a little more scared of woodchippers, except Minnesotans, who embraced that item and still use it as the grand marshal of a parade held in Dillon. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 21 June, 2021