Product Description

Winner of the Academy Award as the best Original Screenplay of 1996. Set in the midst of the bleak midwinter snow drifts of the American Midwest, "Fargo "is a story of murder and mayhem. Stylistically, "Fargo"-in its observation of a specific Minnesota community-is at the opposite end of the spectrum from the post-modernism of "The Hudsucker Proxy "and the baroque hallucinations of "Barton Fink," "Fargo "exposes the dark side of existence, but the grimness of the tale is alleviated by the laconic humor with which the characters greet their fates. The plot is executed with brilliance, and yet the writing also reveals a humanity at its core.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #964111 in Books
• Published on: 1996-05-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

It's all there!
Reading this screenplay makes one realize just how much the Coens impose their personal vision upon their films. If one has seen the film, one can just hear the characters saying their lines: every intonation, every pause, seems accounted for in the prose transcription.

Even if one has seen the film, there are a few good reasons to buy this book. There are a few scenes that don't appear in the final cut which add a little to the characters. The descriptions of characters and locations might shed a little light upon how the Coens want their viewers to see certain things. And most importantly, the screenplay is preceded by an extremely amusing anecdote relating to the mock-'truthfulness' of the film.

A good read.
From those dark wrighters of Blood Simple and Millers Crossing comes another following their style but with a touch of comedy. It's a story about a kidnap and the conciquences of it. For those of you public oput there that wish for a book combining the truth of crime this is the book for you.