How far do I have to go? Yar.

Rating: 7/10 (21 July 2019)

How far do I have to go to watch brilliant cinema?
Fargo, the 1996 film from the Cohen Brothers' is lauded as the magnum opus of their cinematic work up to that point.
I disagree with the assessment at the time of many observers. Mildly entertaining black comedy interwoven with several murders and a criminal plot by a financially struggling car dealer Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy).
The locations of North Dakota and Minnesota make for a snowy backdrop that is perfectly lensed by cinematographer Roger Deakins.
Contrasted with the dripping blood of murder victims and hapless criminals led by Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi) and Peter Stormare (Gaear Grimsrud).
The one shining light of this film is the performance of Frances McDormand as pregnant police officer Marge Gunderson.
Gunderson pieces together the hapless criminality of the other characters in kidnapping the wife of Lundegaard in order for her rich father to hopefully pay out a ransom that supposedly will be used to pay off the criminals and Jerry Lundegaard at the same time.
A pretty short runtime doesn't allow any boredom to set in. The black comedy of the hapless crooks and their associates. The Scandinavian derived accent of the locals can be mildly entertaining or annoying!
The characters are pretty geeky in their dialogue. Steve Buscemi is Steve Buscemi.