Far Gone in the Wood Chipper.

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2015)

Fargo (1996): Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen / Cast: William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell: Satire about place and happening starring William H. Macy as a car salesman threatened with bankruptcy. He hires two thugs to kidnap his wife but everything goes wrong. His father-in-law insists on delivering the money and Macy is unable to contact the kidnappers. This all concludes with shock, humour and surprise. Splendid directing by Joel and Ethan Coen who previously made Blood Simple and Barton Fink. Frances McDormand is wonderful as a pregnant police woman investigating the case. She is the one character who lives for right, and her dialogue upon solving the case sums it up with blunt delivery. Macy flawlessly plays a desperate man smitten by guilt. He is clearly terrible at crime and even worse at trying to prevent it. Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare play two thugs. Buscemi is talkative and ill tempered but it is his final footage that is memorably shocking. Stormare is more reserved and quiet, which conceals his dangerous tendencies that are defeated by a fragile physical state and strong will of an opposing factor. Harve Presnell plays Macy's father-in-law who adds further complications when he decides to deliver the ransom cash himself. Theme exposes guilt and our ever present urge to hide sin. Score: 9 / 10