Fargo: The Coen Brothers and Frances McDormand interview (1997)
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- An interview on the movie "Fargo" with filmmakers, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen and actor Frances McDormand.
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Every Coen Brothers movie seems like a fascinating inside joke.
That's a GREAT way to put it.
yaaasss
Who are you quoting on this
except no country for old men haha
@@nerdinvader6740 Joel: hey ethan wouldn't it be funny if we made a film like without any kind of music.
Ethan: Hahahahahah it would be sooo funny !!!
Margie and norm were so cute , I love the simplicity of their lives together and the joy they brought one another I feel like they embodied what marriage was all about . Awesome writing I love this movie so much
Mikeyybands🔋 The movie is ridiculing them, showing how horribly wrong their approach to life is. It’s almost like the whole point of it.
@@yelbirkazhykarim3518 defend that statement, I think the movie is not particularly mocking them
That is the type of relationship I want. Good luck 😂🤞
Is that why she had a secret liason with the chinese guy ? Cuz she was so cute...and pregnant ?
@@degsbabe What liaison? She was meeting him as a friend, I think that's very clear in the movie. His intentions were way different and as soon as she saw that, she was out of there.
They grew up a half block away from where I live, though I didn’t live there at the time. Their parents lived there until the late 90’s. Very quiet, intelligent people.
I was a Minnesota guy living and working in Taiwan. When the trailer for Fargo came on I was the only person in a packed theater convulsing with laughter.
Lived in Austin MN, I believe you. I think if youve experienced that culture first hand this movie has additional appeal.
Nice post! Thanks
I love Frances McDormand's voice. I could listen to it all day, I wish she'd narrate some books or something!
I wish she would do a cookie commercial 🍪
@@Saybleu😂🤣😅
My favorite movie hands down. I was living in Germany managing an Irish pub in Baumholder and the only entertainment was the video store. I saw it on the shelf and the cover caught me. I watched it by myself in my apartment and I was like, what the hell was that??? Utter brilliance.
Frances' character was great to watch, and Frances is a tremendous actress.
She is just……………
The best!
Imagine this. They were so incredibly successful in 1997. And they went on to make The Big Lebowski and O Brother where Art Thou and No Country for Old Men and Inside Llewin Davis. These guys are simply amazing.
In 4 consecutive years they directed, written and edited No Country For Old Man, Burning After Reading, A Serious Man and True Grit. These guys are a movie-making machine.
U forget raising AZ. ❤
I lived in Fargo when I was a kid. This movie was spot on! The people there really talk like the characters (“Yah, you betcha!” “Uffda!”), the landscape, for the most part, really is a flat, barren wide-open space, it’s like “American Siberia” in the winter, everyone is Norwegian and they all really do have last names like Gustafson, Gunderson, and Lundegaard. Watching this movie, was like going back in time for me. All the details, right down to the split-level architecture of the houses up there, was so accurate. It’s probably the most bizarre place I’ve ever lived, but I have some very fond memories of Fargo.
I took a long bus trip that took me through Fargo back in winter '89; when I saw "Fargo" way in '2001 or so, I distinctly remember thinking "They picked their location SO well...!"
We lived in Fargo 65’-67’, (snowed in for 2 weeks during the 66’ blizzard). During the summers we’d watch our dog run away for three days, lol
One of the movies I can watch time and time again.
It’s like watching the left side of someone’s brain and the right side of someone’s brain sit down and have a conversation over coffee
Check out an interview with the brothers Quay sometime. Identical twins who literally embody what you describe.
You can tell by their demeanour that they live on a different level, Ethan is my new hero. True artists. I see so many of my friends in them. The people who don't care about being popular, just creating and exploring. True Geniuses. Two fold for Frances Mcdormand, probably one of the brightest clearsighted people in the world. All true inspirations.
Colin Ritchot
What a COENcidince
They don't look like they put up with much BS. Best filmmakers ever for my money.
I never get tired of watching Fargo and Im grateful for talented, driven, warm, and genuine people! I know that's hard to say about 3 people I don't know but to me these 3 are all of those and it's easy to see!
Nice of McDormand and the Coen Brothers to join Charlie Rose interviewing himself...
Jeez - that's a cool and fitting comment! (Still chuckling)
@@Berniewahlbrinck oh yah
I always liked the "date" Buschemi had with her comic face expressing mock horror, misery, disappointment, and disgust. Very expressive moment.
One of the best scores of all time. Even just one theme. So haunting but beautiful
Frances's face is jusst mezmorizing... I could watch her talk and smile all day..
One of my all-time favorite films. Thank you all !
I wish I could forget faster in order to watch FARGO more often. Seen it over the years at least 5-6 times .
I watched it more than 6 times and I will watch it again so good for u .
In addition to having watched it 6-7 times, Fargo is also the only film that I've watched 2 times in a row. Like, I finished watching it one day and immediately watched it again.
5-6 times...Those are rookie numbers in this racket. You need to pump those numbers up lol.
I have never watched it. I will one of these days. I really love the art of Joel and Ethan. And everyone involved in their other films. My favourite is probably Inside Llewyn Davis. But there are so many.
For a guy who got to do long form interviews with a 'serious' black backdrop, Charlie Rose asked a lot of pedestrian questions and wasn't great at listening to his interview subjects.
All his interviews are like that.
Charlie Rose often asked run-on questions that basically answered themselves by the time he finished talking. I would have loved to have been interviewed by him and then just answering one of those question with a simple "no." :D
I find him a seriously weak interviewer. I hate his personality.
He never listens.
Agreed - he seems to think his follow ups are these brilliant ideas that only he could make up
McDormand has something of Jane Fonda and Sigourney Weaver to her aura and energy.
Sort of. But she's a much better actor than both .
She's also married to one of them.
@@bartstarr100 joel coen
@@bartstarr100 What does that have to do with her looking like Jane Fonda and Sigourney Weaver?
America isn't just Los Angeles or New York. Nice to be reminded that it's a whole lot stranger in the middle.
Fargo is still, and always will be cutting edge, and the characters are absolutely great! 😈
Frances McDormand. One of the best actors ever. Ever! 😎
Barton Fink, Raising Arizona, and The Big Lebowski are my all-time favorites.
Fargo and No country for old men are amazing as well.
Francis was better (in my opinion) in Golden Boys. She is not faking a Minnesota accent.
I love these guys.They are so talented !
Charlie Rose: "Good luck with Fargo". It was already a hit.
True, he should have said: "Congratulations for Fargo".
They did discuss the ups and downs of box office success, and Rose even joked about if they could cope with having to make a pure $$-maker movie and put their "art" on hold in order to make the studio an extra $100 million etc. So I think Rose was basically wishing them good luck with the ongoing income stream from Fargo that was going to continue after the Charlie Rose interview with video release and any other spinoffs, royalties, etc. It's not just all about only the first weekend of box office revenue.
He should have wished himself good luck. Me too took him out.
Frances Mcdormand is one of the best actresses ive ever seen in 57 years , shes also a beautiful lady
The looooooong smirk on Ethan's face is a dead give away that this is NOT based on a true story. Let's play poker.
It is. Loosely based, but based none the less.
a highway patrol officer is murdered on the job and not one patrol officer appears in the movie, after the murder...
The only part that’s true is that a guy once tried to dispose of his wife’s remains by putting them through a wood chipper
@@gregbors8364that was the inspiration. I remember that crime. The police did a dna analysis as the criminal wasn’t caught during the use of the chipper.
Oh my god Charlie Rose, shut up and let Mrs. McDormand answer the question!
thank you. I think he's shut up now.
I literally scrolled down to comment the same thing. 90s was not that different of times. i mean youd think hed get the message from her character in the movie
Charlie Rose, could NEVER shut his mouth. He asks a question, then he answers it himself. He has to show everyone how smart he is. Terrible interviewer, the worst ever.
@. Ahh, the days before TH-cam; before people hid behind avatars and the anonymity of the internet and boldly called others 'soy boy...' and named themselves " . " Empty channel, empty head. .
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Charlie can't shut up...he's a master at talking over his guest's.
Agreed. He’s a bit overwhelming and completely rode over Mcdormand at the beginning.
David Hare managed to get him to stop interrupting all the time.
Better than Howard Stern
JOEL COEN: "We let go of the movie and it then becomes the invention of the actors." No wonder why they land such stellar performances! You can watch one of their movies a hundred times and see something different in each and every viewing.
It’s also the mark of a great director, because the director is behind the camera. It’s all about the actors. They’re the ones making the director look good. This is something Tarantino misunderstood later in his career. Django on, he was forcing the audience to play his stupid game of “catch my reference” and “look at this Tarantino-ism.”
Thank you for this .i love the coen brothers
This movie is now available to watch heere => twitter.com/a8f5a5822f4bf83be/status/824452700960026624
They’re the coen sisters now, they chopped off their weiners
@@Rayray-zu1hd no, they're still brothers, just eunuchs - surgically altered men.
The casting is so perfect, that’s why each movie is so great
To me, this is the most perfectly cast movie I have ever seen. Just wonderful.
I thought they are twins...Cause of polarity of personalities...Ethan is happy, energetic...and Joel is like some dark calm serial killer :D
Lol, he has definitely become darker over the years, he doesn't laugh much these days.
@@vb8428 he directs the movies
@@smak387 They both do and have gone to direct separately of late
Everyone is so YOUNG .. holy crap ... She was Beautiful.... really beautiful.. inside and out ..
Rose was right up there with Larry King for being one of the least prepared interviewers on TV.
I thought you were gonna praise him there. Good on ya. Charlie Rose isn't very good
and annoying ones too, their egos always trying to "compete" with guests
Frances McDormand is the absolute best actress when it comes to playing a natural normal woman, she always is great at playing your everyday person
Perfect example of what was so frustrating about this show. It was the only place you could find extended interviews with the people you wanted to see, but the price of admission was that you had to endure the insufferable Charlie Rose.
Karma though, got to him in the end.
@@sundromos9456 I don't miss him one bit. But, as Eric said above, I definitely do miss these kinds of interviews with these kinds of people.
Hear, hear.
He created a great format and then did his best to undermine it. There's one part where McDormand is about to say something insightful about why the film captured the public, but Charlie tries to complete the answer for her. Just stop talking, man. There's a reason why you invited these people to your set. Let them talk. Larry King is still the "king" when it comes to pointed questions and lots of listening.
Absolutely terrible interviewer.
These guys are good at what they do :)
And Charlie isn't
@@merlinsiervo couldn't agree with you more!
The accents in the movie: This part of the the USA was populated by Norwegians a hundred years ago. I live in Norway and I can really hear the influence of the Norwegian language!
Thank you for the post, friend!! My family came from Norway in the late 1800’s. I grew up in North Dakota very close to the Canadian border and later just a bit more southeast to Minot. I love our heritage and traditions. We still enjoy the tradition holiday foods such as
Lefse, Lutefisk, flatbread, herring and all the other delicious treats. We go through much work and expense to obtain these products as we now live in Ohio, USA (yuck) because of work. We still visit our family up north and have visited Norway a few times over the years. Our extended family there insist that we stay in their homes and then treat us like royalty. Wonderful people. Be well!!! Thanks again!!!!!’
Frances McDormand mentions Emmet Walsh (M. Emmet Walsh) he was a great character actor. His face and voice were so expressive. He was great in "Blood Simple" as was everybody, truly, they were all great.
Well, the interview was enjoyable despite Charlie Rose, who from what I've seen never seems to prepare well for his interviews, but who nonetheless wants to pass himself off as the urbane sophisticate. (Ugh, these stupid questions, like "if you had to make a big blockbuster movie" -- what an utterly inane conversational gambit. Just so random and unengaged, so ungrounded in the moment.) But all three rolled with it well: down-to-earth, straightforward, likeable, intelligent.
"Hey Norm...I thot you was goin' ice fishin' out at Mille Lacs?"
why doesn't he let her talk? he starts talking again the second he asks her the question
I never saw Rose "cut off" McDormand. You must remember, being a good interviewer is a little like being the director of a Three Ring circus. You must highlight the central characters (the Coen Brothers) and involve the secondary guests too, but always, ALWAYS concentrate on the core subjects. If you noticed by Frances' delighted expression, she seemed just thrilled to be on the same dais with these two directors.
thats what he does
He's a FREAK
@@tiffsaver Go to 5:28. She trying to respond to the topic of the exotic nature of "Fargo", and she brings up the locale and the dialects involved. Rose steps all over her second point so he can interrupt her and add his own embellishment to her first point. If she's seems good with it, it's just because she's a good sport and expects it because she already knows he's a dick.
@@kennethlatham3133
LOL. If you'll notice, the BEST interviewers always let the guest do most of the talking... and OH, GEEZ... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Frances made Fargo great
And Macy didn't?
sclogse1 they both were great.
Everyone and everything made Fargo great, but Frances and her character are a standout for sure!
That's a fountain of conversation man! That's a geyser!!
McDormand, Macy and Buscemi made Fargo a masterpiece
wish the Cohen Brothers would do their version of Deliverance
That is a VERY intriguing thought. If you have not, please read the novel written by James Dickey. Something there in the book.....can't find the words.
This is the perfect example of the right actor meeting the right role. On Oscar night, when it came time for "Best Actress," I wanted it BAD for McDormand, a performance like I've never seen before, or since. When she won, I remember jumping to my feet and screaming, "THERE IS A GOD,THERE IS A GOD!!!" I think my neighbors thought that there was a religious maniac living right next door to them.
You Betcha....
Cool story bro .utter B.S but cool story bro
lol
@@johnsmith-wx5fb Why would it be BS? When Nicole Kidman won, I was screaming with joy for minutes. People thought I went mental.
There is no God, only Oscar voters, and they can be bribed
we come from low budget filming, we still practice it, i think thats beautiful
I like how Joel always peers over the tops of his purples when looking at anything. Both anatomical and intentional for effect.
Probably the most consistent filmmakers ever.
Nolan
@@smak387oh no, the Coens are mikes ahead. Nolan is too often a blunt instrument where his characters talk down to you as if you’re a child. There’s always a character who’s only purpose is to explain the plot. The Coens don’t do that.
@@smak387 Nolan is consistent alright
@@Whaddayamean13 great point. Nolan also can be over-complicated
so who is this interviewer exactly? he always makes such great interviews. all these vids don't give credits in the desciption. really hope to find an answer
I love how everyone treats Marge with loving respect.
I miss this talk show so much.
I'll bet they made tons of money on Fargo. All the characters were awesome and that made the movie a classic.
They really look like they could perfectly star in their own films
Half the fun of this is watching Ethan when he’s not talking
I would have liked more input from Francis, that’s why I watched.
Frances McDormand is one of my favorite actors. She's beautiful, intelligent, can play any type of role and obviously has the sense of humor that meshes well with both Joel and Ethan.
I love that Charlie Rose always talks like he's at the level of the person on the show. He's essentially asking questions and following it up with his own perspective.
The part about a car salesman faxing illegible VIN numbers to auditors was based on a true story.
“Yeah well, I exist alright!”
Ethan is so cute!! His mannerisms and smile. :) 🥰
maybe Peter Stormare's most loathsome character ever (yet so well played!)
Joel & Ethan did step out, so to speak, with Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers remake, the rough equivalent of what Hollywood used to call 'programmers'. They're considered two of the Coens' weaker films, although they did make enough money to bankroll the next few 'true' Coen brothers movies, which I think was the plan all along. If the media of the time is to be believed, they had troubles raising money for an adaptation of To The White Sea, with Brad Pitt attached and working for scale.
Note that pallid green cast in the hair, jacket, etc. We all had this when we watched the show, kinda figuring it had something to do with it being beamed by satellite. But it never made sense that a product of a major network would look like this.
I love these guys; they are SO humble, honest and straight-talking. They are the type of people that "you'd walk right past them without knowing that they're famous." I also respect them because they openly oppose the Israeli genocide in Gaza, which, in their line of work can "hurt them in the pocket-book." Good on you, gentlemen, you have more courage and moral spine than most American "leaders."👍
One scene that grabbed me was when Marge is informed by her friend on the phone that Mike Y was not married to Linda Cooksy & she is fine , Marge was totally fooled by his bs story, she seemed so crestfallen that her police instincts failed her at the time, the viewer just wants to give her a hug
Love this film and the long-form sequels just as much. What do you all think of them?
The TV sequels are so impressive..considering how disastrous it could've been to follow the original...I've rewatched the first 3 seasons multiple times 2 is my favourite but they're all excellent..what's your favourite?
@@pabloc1788 season 2 is probably the best season in a tv show iv ever seen IMO
The Coen brothers ARE Matt Parker and Trey Stone in disguise. Finally figured it out
It's Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
Never seen any of the films mentioned except Fargo...an excellent film...almost a classic. The wood chipper scene was based on a real event in Connecticut in which a guy killed his wife and put her body in a wood chipper.
The length of the clips in this interview go no distance to explaining the movie whatsoever. I'm surprised how absurdly short they are.
Recently recommended this to a 22 year old Hispanic friend of mine from the central valley of California and he came back days later with his first comment being just how culturally odd/interesting the characters and the setting were and listening to him working out the sounds they made and describing the barren landscapes which he would have seen everyday in the California dessert just with sand and Taco Bells made me love even more what I already thought was a pretty much perfect film. This film is in my top 10.
Fargo is one of my fav movies.
Education on their movies. Fargo is one I have watched several times.
Raising Arizona, incredible movie 🎬
Why was Fargo,which is a city in North Dakota , chosen as the title for the movie,set in a small town in Minnesota?
It's right next door and very similar in speech and scenery. Carl takes the trip to Fargo, as do many Minnesotans. Also, Fargo just has a great sound to it.
McDormant killed Marge. Amazing. They all did great but McDormant's performance together with the intelligent yet simple character stood out. She persisted...lol.
I developed a huge crush for her because of Fargo
How is this 28 (nearly 30!) years ago???
an interview with the Coen Bros and Frances McDormand Starring: Charlie Rose
Yeah, he seems to think he's at a party carrying half the conversation.
Lol exactly, he's always like that, so pretentious
Wow, a whole 5 seconds of film clip! I guess they didn't want to give too much away.
"How do you....talk to somebody."
thank you for that 😄
He's almost disrespectful disinterested when responding to Francis. And yes, LISTEN!
Agreed. He was piggish and demeaning.
Eric Clapton once explained that the best musicians know when to lay out, in other words, not play. Charlie Rose didn't know when to lay out.
Well I don't think anybody would disagree here! This is a good movie don't ya know. Yah William H Macy stayed up all night to study the dialect, so there was no way he wasn't going to get the part. Yah I liked it. It was dramatic and funny
Charlie Rose is an insufferable jerk, crappy interviewer, and constantly interrupts the talent. The Coens and McDormand are at the top of their craft, and deserve better.
Yes.
schwartzenheimer1
I don’t really agree
I like him (as an interviewer)
He asks good questions and does listen
@@ruly8153 All opinions welcome. It's what makes the world an interesting place...
Charlie Rose made himself the center of attention, not what a good interviewer does.
He always does
Really? In what ways? Can you give me examples of him making it about himself here? He's very confident, but I don't really see him talking about himself. Everyone else here is a bit shy, so perhaps the juxtaposition with his confidence is why you think Charlie is making it about himself. I don't know.
The most creative original brothers in our time - if they were British - they should be knighted for they contribution to film.
Great filmmakers are great storytellers. This is the perfect example.
The clips from the film are comically short.
So why was the movie called Fargo, if it was about Minnesota, and filmed in Minnesota?
Charlie didn’t do his homework before this interview. I mean, how did he not know Fran starred in the Coens’ debut film, which was also her first film?! 😬
Fargo is in North Dakota. Why do they all say it's Minnesota?
The film takes place (for the most part) in Brainerd & the Twin Cities.
Because it says so in the opening title "these events happened in Minnesota." Have you not seen the movie?
so funny watching them lie to him about it being a true story... brilliant
The Coen brothers make the ordinary into extraordinary.
what's with the 3-second scenes?
I wonder if Charlie was wearing pants during this interview.
tee-hee
We soon found out if he was wearing pants
Frances is lovely and charming you can see why Joel fell for her during his first casting of her first movie, you don't meat many intriguing ladies even amongst actresses.
Frances McDormand is a very impressive person… and very pretty too 😍
THE STAR OF THE FILM IS SITTING RIGHT THERE AND HE TREATS HER LIKE A LACKEY
David Ayer
Not really
Well he apparently makes female employees look at and flush his crap-filled toilets at his house or hotel, right? One of the stranger MeToo accusations.