I’ve talked before about how I went to see Fargo in the theater when it first came out. About how I went in blind, knowing nothing about it, and came out loving it. I saw it three times in the theater, bringing new friends each time.
When it came out on VHS I remember my local video store had this big cardboard cutout of the film. It had a tag, or maybe a critic quote on it stating that it was a really good thriller or some such thing. I remember being surprised because I thought of it as a comedy – a dark, pitch-black comedy, but a comedy nonetheless.
Of course, it has thriller elements, and that probably is its biggest genre. But I realize that the Coen Brothers have a warped sense of humor, one that perfectly fits mine.
I love that movie, and I still think it is hilarious. I picked up a Blu-ray of the film in 2014 and wrote a review for Cinema Sentries.
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I LOVED Fargo. I also thought of it as a black comedy. William H. Macy played an excellent part. Everything he touched turned to S%it!! I liked Steve Bushemi’s character a lot too. For years my grandmother would say, ‘Ooooooh Daddy! Ooooooh Daddy!’ Too funny.
I remember people talking about how the Coen brothers made fun of the dialect of the upper MidWest, but I had a friend in Minneapolis that I traded tapes with that LOVED that film and would say, ‘Have you seen Fargo yet? Have you seen it yet?’, prompting me to go and rent it.
It is one of my favorites. I’m a pretty big Coen Brothers fans, almost all of their films are great, but Fargo holds a special place in my heart.