Especially when Buscemi was burying the money. He looked for a landmark to remember where buried it, but in both directions it was the same white, flat scenery as far as the eye can see.
Winter sucks - at least as an adult. It's all fun and games as a child. I put up with winter in Montana for 20 years. Then moved to Arizona and California. Visiting family during Xmas was miserable.
Beautiful shot down at the parking lot. Jerry the size of an ant. Then the key in the ignition, but he's going nowhere. Madly scraping the windshield to no avail. One of the best depictions of helplessness I've ever seen. Brilliant.
225 Marklin I also appreciate the ambient sound of Jerry getting in the car only with his sadness and anger and disappointment-the jangle of the keys, the kachunk of the door, the ice cold breath. All of a sudden it’s overwhelming being with himself.
Right out of the page of a Hitchcock thriller, where the frightened or pursued is a speck fleeing. E G: Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) fleeing from the United Nations Building after being fingered as an assassin. See: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A7gKFleV_JU.html two minutes in.
The circumstances combined with the bitter cold, which is something that anyone who ever lived i that area can remember and relate too, blend to make the end of that scene all the more powerful and real.
Note how Jerry awkwardly looks for somewhere to sit when he enters the room, there is no chair for him. The Cohens are masters of this kind of detail. He's not a part of the inner circle and never was.
It is a miserable proposition for Wade, he pays out three quarters of a million dollars and the best that can possibly happen is that he will get it back.
ZombryaTheDark You got that right. Jerry Lundergaard first took out a loan that he fraudulently collateralized on non-existent vehicles and Jerry Lundergaard couldn't even do a good car sales when he deceived that customer who made it clear that he does not want any trucoat.
Hope ol' Bill Diehl doesn't talk to Riley Diefenbach. When I first saw this Movie, I had no idea that the Folks were of Scandinavian and Norwegian background.
One of the little touches I love in this scene is that, after Jerry walks in and shakes hands with Stan, he quickly looks around for a seat, and, not finding one, must settle for the arm of the chair turned away from him. It symbolizes how much he wants to be considered equal to these men who own the dealership, but they know they're above him and don't even give him a proper chair to sit down in like they do. Basically, he's not allowed to sit at the grown-up table and must awkwardly stand around next to it!
Mad Hatter Similiar to Fredo in Godfather 2 when he is slumped in the chair at the Tahoe estate and Michael is cutting him off from the family forever.
Mad Hatter Well done thanks for pointing that out! I've seen this movie a billion times but had never noticed that! What the heck is wrong with that chair anyway? It looks so odd like it's one of those chairs that's closed or something.
Fargo is one of my favorite movies. It amazes me how much disdain Wade has for Jerry throughout the movie. You know he cannot stand his daughter being married to him.
@@keldonmcfarland2969 She loves her Son Scotty very much and she wants him to know his priorities. Can you imagine how heartbroken Scotty was knowing his last conversation with his Mother was a "hostile" one. Not to compare but when Kunta Kinte became a "Man" in 1765 in Roots he told his Mother "A Woman Shouldn't Tell A Man What To Do". His Grandmother severely reprimanded him for his rudeness and ordered him to do something nice for his Little Brother. In less than 24 Hours, Home, Mother, Family & Freedom would be taken away because he didn't "Listen". Even Prince William & Prince Harry lost a chance to speak with their mother before she died and it really affected them both, more Harry than William.
Jerry saw light at the end of the tunnel with this deal, when it collapsed before his eyes, he was probably too shocked to think of anything else in that moment. Plus, Wade had already exerted his dominance over Jerry by saying he was going to move forward with the deal. Jerry was too weak to stand up to Wade.
Paul yes you are correct ! A month ago I found the old wood scraper new at the Hardware store for $2.49 . It was Black plastic and made in China but I bought it any way . It made me so happy ha ha . I shun the fancy and foamy grip ones now . I scrape happily these days and swear joyful bad words as I clear the ice these days .
Another great Coen touch: almost every time we see Jerry, he's either in front of or behind vertical bars. When you see it it's like the Xs in Scarface and The Departed. It's not even subtle.
love the walk out to his car and the ice scraper, it's happened to all of us, you suffer a huge set back and all of the sudden mundane tasks become surreal.
@@davehasenford3985 the whole thing is great. brilliant acting by macy, the whole range of emotions, he walks into the office on top of the world, then it crashes down on him. love the music too, as he walks to the car, with the crane shot, or top to the building camera looking down on him walking to the lone car in the parking lot... coen bros. are so creative.
yeagh, that was kind of Cold too.. they could have at least said "we will pay you XYZ amount then" and " expect the money when the deal is signed.".. but they pretty much said "thanks and you get nothing" which just goes to show his father in law was no angel either...
Jeff from Jersey C'mon, his demands are ludicrous to begin with. The father realized he is a scrub and treated him like one. I mean only because he was in such desperate deep shit did he not think to ask for just the finder's fee after the whole discussion.
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Jeff from Jersey and him being gunned down was a type of dark poetic justice .
what's interesting about that statement is that Midwest Federal collapsed way before Fargo was made; back in the 80s, as part of the whole S & L collapse, where S&Ls around the country where going under, in most cases due to fraud & greedy mgmt. A guy named Greenwood was the boss of Midwest Federal & he did time over his part in MF's collapse. I'd have thought the Coens, being from the area (St. Louis Park, a suburb just north of Edina & west of Minneapolis) would've known this, since it was big news at the time, hell that whole S & L bailout/crisis think was news nationally. Remember Charles Keating/the "Keating Five" or Neil Bush (Dubya's bro) who played a part in Silverado S&L's downfall (I don't think young Neil did any time, being the VP at that time's son!)...
It's stupid things Jerry says like that, that he can't sit at the big boy's table. But Scotty will "never have to worry," @0:50 you can clearly see he's already at the table.
Wade's disdain for Jerry is apparent from the first scene they're in together. Here it's the only time Wade shoes Jerry any kind of acknowledgement, although they did stiff him on the chair.
It's obvious he's naive and desperate, although its never explained why he needs all that money. That aside, I don't know what your point is. Based on Jerry's character, I don't think he would think Wade "found his money on the ground". He works for him after all.
It's funny how a lot of people come away from this movie thinking Jerry was somehow getting screwed. He simply wanted a interest-free or semi-interest free extremely risky loan.
@@RedVelvetBlackleather sure, wade was greedy. That brought him where he is. He also hates Jerry. But, Jerry is also a piece of shit, the difference is he's pathetic so you feel bad for him.
@@splibb You didn't understand what I said at all. Wade offered Jerry the finder's fee, Jerry said he wanted the principal, Wade refused to give it to him because just handing over $750K to someone without loan security is ridiculous. Jerry didn't say at that point "Ok fine, give me the fee" so Wade assumed Jerry wasn't interested anymore. He didn't "cut him out" of anything.
Jeff McMillan You've got a point there. Remember how he tried to Falsify The Serial Numbers on The Cars to Riley Diefenbach and Riley had to call him to say he couldn't make out The Numbers.
"We're not a Bank Jerry!" Probably the most Bone Chilling Statement. Jerry thought he was going to get the whole $ 750,000.00 but of course that was out of the question. Also Wade wasn't anybody's fool. Remember when he had Dinner with Jerry and Jean and Jerry asked him about the Land and how he wanted to build a Parking Lot. Wouldn't you be a bit peeved if you were being pestered about Money all of the time.
Wade and his right hand guy are so smart it never occurs to them to ask why Jerry wants the $750,000 but doesn't care about $75,000 finder's fee if he can't have that... and the next day needs a million dollar ransom for his wife.
@@9tothe9th They are "Smart". Jerry wanted to create a Parking Space Lot, also even though he is "Fam", he shouldn't expect any special treatment of this level, he gets away with too much as it is.
I love how there’s no chair for him to sit in so he just sat on the arm of the chair as if they only wanted to know one thing from him and then ask him to leave.
One of the many things I love about this movie is they don't explain why Jerry needs the money - not exactly...I heard Macy say that no prequel or origin is needed....it's up to the imagination why his character needed the money and not everything has to be explained which seems to the norm these days with remakes/prequels/origin stories, etc.. Brilliant movie.
+mep41376 Exactly. I love movies where the viewer has to use use their imagination to fill in the blanks. It reminds me of Tarantino's Pulp Fiction where it was never explicitly revealed what was in the briefcase and why Brett's contract with Marcellus Wallace went awry.
He gets $320,000 in loans by giving GMAC false serial numbers for cars that don't really exist. They're threatening him that they're going to bring it to legal if he doesn't give them the proper serial numbers.
I love the synochronized laughing of Wade and Stan in this scene after "we put in all the money and you collect when it pays off." Fargo is about as perfect a film as you will find and that includes that weird scene with Mike Yagagita.
I saw a video on here saying the reason for that Mike scene was that eventually we found out he was never married and the woman he claimed he'd been with - who had supposedly died of leukemia - was still alive. The point was that sometimes things just aren't what they seem, and you need to scratch the surface a bit more. That gave Marge the initiative to go back and interview Jerry again, and that's when he flees.
You get a true sense of his despair and panicked state of mind when he decides to scrape his windshield without first starting the car and blasting the heat. Perhaps a night at a local Radisson would help set his mind at ease.
I had thought that him not starting the car was a directorial decision for simplifying the action, but one that came across as an obvious break in what happens in real life. But I like your analysis of the scene: his illogical behavior reveals the jumble of negative self talk reinforcing his defeated self image.
I think this is one of the most intelligent movies ever made. There are so many little things that are easy to miss, which is why it's so fun to watch again and again.
I also realized that Wade went to the "Heart & Soul" of The Meeting. He wasn't going to sit and talk Shop with Jerry like it was a solid Business Meeting.
"...1 over prime.." LMAO!!!! When I saw this movie I'd had my degree in Finance maybe three years and when he said that I almost spewed my coke in the theater. My girlfriend was like "what's so funny?" I was like "nothing babe.." :-)
I would've liked the ending of the movie to focus more on what happens to Scotty and Jerry. I really like Marge but I think there was too much emphasis on her and it kind of took the focus away from the family.
BJ: Can be either: Deal Name Meaning English: variant of Dale (from the Old Kentish form del) or a habitational name from Deal in Kent, named with this word.Americanized spelling of German Die(h)l.
I rewatch this film so many times, it's so great LOL. "We're not a bank Jerry". LMAO.. I get the feeling that Stan Grossman suspected Jerry being involved in the kidnappings, ESPECIALLY once Wade goes missing.
And in the Jurassic movie too. I'm seeing a pattern. Pathetic husband in real life. Probably had no say in college admission scandal because his real wife was in charge.
Frickn Bill Macy hands down is one of the greatest actors ever. And highly underrated. No one ever talks about him in the same sentence with DeNiro and Pacino- but he has all the expressionist and mannerisms of the character down. What's even more is the ability to portray that character from North Dakota. In the winter the northern half of the country is so much different. I grew up in Ohio and that's mild Compared to North Dakota. I saw an interview with him where he said he read for one part in Fargo and then they said would you like to read for the part he eventually got? And he said yeah. And he said he read pretty well. And then the Coen Brothers went to New York to audition other actors - and Bill found out about it. So he flew to New York and showed up at the audition. And they said what are you doing here? And he said I'm afraid you'll cast the wrong actor and screw up your movie. He told one of the Coen brothers I don't remember which one -. He had just gotten a new puppy - and he said if you don't give me this part I'll shoot your puppy. And he got the part. What a great story
Boy, that is the saddest walking to a Car that I've ever seen in My Life. He's worse off more than he could ever dream of. Also he probably started the day in an upbeat mood, and then ends it heartbroken.
Gooding Jr. won for Jerry Maguire. A great film and a pretty good performance, but I don't get him winning. Macy for Fargo and Edward Norton for Primal Fear were miles above him.
Brilliance at 3:10. After the most perfect expression of pent up frustration and defeat ever filmed, just for an instant Jerry glances up in the direction of the office he just visited, concerned his father in law witnessed the outburst.
When Jerry enters the room, Wade never takes his eyes out of his report. He doesn't say Hello. Wade starts talking to Jerry but he's still looking at the files.
