Saturday, July 31, 2010

All About The Motion Picture Fargo

By Alberto Hayden

I can venture a guess that by you reading over this article, you are curious about the critically acclaimed dark comedy "Fargo". Sure, there is a good bit that you are going to want to consider here, and to truly appreciate this film you are going to have to read over this article to get a better feel for the movie itself.

The main way of doing this, will be through the use of a plot synopsis. By learning the various events of the film, and the most important points in the film, you can be properly introduced to the film. So, through the synopsis, as well as other important factors, you should be able to come away from this article better informed about this film.

The film is set around a man that is in desperate need of money, and hatches a plan for two men to kidnap his wife in order to collect ransom money from his wife's well to do father. Jerry, the husband is a shady car dealer with a checkered past of bad car deals and numerous methods to make a quick buck.

The trouble really begins when Jerry learns that he does not need the money, when another business venture that he has tried to start seems as though it will get the financial backing that it requires. So in an attempt to call off the kidnapping, Jerry learns that he cannot get a hold of the soon to be captors. The next sequence involves the two kidnappers very awkwardly taking Jerry's wife, Jean.

Jerry's original plan was to set the ransom at 80,000 but he changes his mind. He then decides that it would be better to ask his father in law for one million, on behalf of the kidnappers of course. Wade, her father, agrees to pay the amount but refuses to allow Jerry to hand it to them as he wants to meet them himself and give it to them. His actual plan is to kill them both, save his money, and save his daughter all in one fell swoop.

The whole thing gets botched, and Wade ends up dead and one of the kidnappers is seriously wounded. He leaves with the whole million, and buries what isn't the 80,000 that his partner is expecting. Back at the hideout, the wounded kidnapper learns that the other killed the wife. They begin to argue over who gets the car and soon the one who was already wounded is dead as well.

The police arrest the other, as well as Jerry for orchestrating the whole thing. The film is a depiction of the debauchery of money, the deadly levels that it can drive people to. Powerful performances take this film from being good to being exceptionally great. Performances from William H. Macy (Jerry) and Steve Buschemi as one of the kidnappers.

If you cared to know more about the film, "Fargo", hopefully this article was helpful in that respect. While there might be a good bit to consider, this should have at the very least, given you a proper introduction to what might have made this film as exceptional as it was.

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