tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post9008785271063961039..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': FargoMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-84897228522629703432010-10-02T12:45:35.513+01:002010-10-02T12:45:35.513+01:00Very interesting comments, thank you. Deb, yes, an...Very interesting comments, thank you. Deb, yes, an astute point.<br />I didn't appreciate the point about accents, Murderbytype. Thanks again.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-87138075193673281932010-09-29T14:47:07.822+01:002010-09-29T14:47:07.822+01:00For an east coast/west coast/ southern American, t...For an east coast/west coast/ southern American, the flat mid-western accent, especially as delivered by McDormand and Macy was right on target and made the movie even more hilarious. (I am a New Englander).<br /><br />The people in the middle pride themselves on their taciturnity (they don't waste words while the rest of the country uses ten words when two will do). The Coen brothers got that down perfectly.<br /><br />As an aside, Steve Buscemi, the funny looking little guy, is now the main character in a new television series on HBO entitled "Boardwalk". This series is about Atlantic City (the gambling capital before Las Vegas) in the 20's just as Prohibition is becoming the law. HBO is the cable channel that gave the world the Sopranos. Back in his "Fargo" days no one would have predicted that a very expensive and historically authenic series would have been built around Buscemi.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-80029383433138710382010-09-26T17:36:28.746+01:002010-09-26T17:36:28.746+01:00Thank you for recommending this film; another to a...Thank you for recommending this film; another to add to the list of 'films to watch' during winter evenings.agujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857809123531088629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-38576411846885110612010-09-26T14:38:04.931+01:002010-09-26T14:38:04.931+01:00In an essay Roger Ebert wrote just after Gene Sisk...In an essay Roger Ebert wrote just after Gene Siskel died (if you didn't get Siskel & Ebert's show in England, they were the pre-eminent movie critics of the 1990s), Ebert recounted this story: The two men were at a preview of "Fargo" and, as was their usual custom, they sat far away from each other. Usually, they did not talk to each other after they'd seen a movie together, but right after "Fargo" ended, Siskel approached Ebert and said, "Movies like this are the reason I love my job."<br /><br />I'd like to make one more note about the movie--the scene involving the former classmate who tells a long story about his marriage to a woman who died of leukemia. Marge later learns the man lied about everything and that makes her realize she might be too gullible and so the next day she returns to the car dealership to re-interview William H. Macy. A very subtle thing, perfectly done.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-61489967081828708292010-09-26T09:26:05.539+01:002010-09-26T09:26:05.539+01:00I don't have to seek this one out on the TV be...I don't have to seek this one out on the TV because I have the DVD - it's one of my all-time favourite movies. I hope your blog encourages anyone who hasn't seen it to do so (and any other early Coen Brothers work).<br />A few years ago I did a Film Studies AS level course at a local school. One of my essays was about Fargo, comparing Marge with Hercule Poirot!Janet O'Kanehttp://www.jokwriting.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-72413658596789661702010-09-26T08:04:33.237+01:002010-09-26T08:04:33.237+01:00Fully agree with you Martin, one of the best movie...Fully agree with you Martin, one of the best movies of the 90's.Jose Ignacio Escribanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00296527986083953692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-9446609048351741862010-09-26T04:02:43.239+01:002010-09-26T04:02:43.239+01:00I think it was a bit overhyped for me at the time....I think it was a bit overhyped for me at the time. But it's probably worth a second look now.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-58346763126684198782010-09-26T02:55:00.924+01:002010-09-26T02:55:00.924+01:00Martin - Oh, I thoroughly enjoyed Fargo. Thanks fo...Martin - Oh, I thoroughly enjoyed <i>Fargo</i>. Thanks for reminding me of it. I agree that McDormand's performance is memorable. I actually liked William H. Macy, too, in that film. Time for me to rent that one again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com