I love her having to point at her police emblem since he can’t hear her over his accomplice’s body being shredded. Probably one of the best little dark comedy moments ever.
I love the parallels given in this scene. Earlier in the movie, Gaear shoots the innocent passenger in the back after he was trying to run away from the car wreck. In this scene, the roles are flipped as it is Gaear trying to run away from his own "wreckage" as he gets it shot from the back by Marge. Karma.
Yeah that’s cool but there’s no way she should actually make that shot with that small of a pistol the barrel would mean that it would inherently be far less accurate
Funny thing is, the guy who ended up in the wood chipper is the same guy who voiced Randall in Monsters Inc, and Randall once threatened his assistant with the door shredder in the scare floor scene XD
@Selarom Ogeid probably wasn't meant to hit her! Happens all the time in movies where a small stunt like that actually hurts a person but they keep rolling because the acting is real. In breaking bad, in a fight scene between Aaron Paul's character and a early villain, Paul is tackled and pushed through a door. One of his ribs was broken, but they kept rolling because they didn't know until it ended, and used the cut because it was real pain.
@@inlander.wentruz That happened on the Sopranos, in the scene where Tony kills Ralphie. James Gandolfini stuck his hand on the hot stove by mistake and stayed in character.
Lewis 970, I think he's referring to the "American Redoubt," a concept developed and popularized by best-selling post-collapse survivalist author, James Wesley Rawles. At it's most basic, the American Redoubt is a block of states in the NW with vast tracts of undeveloped land where survivors can take refuge from the government, as the vast amount of land acts sort of like a redoubt (A sort of fort). Although Minnesota isn't really redoubt state.
This scene was filmed at Square Lake, which is about ten miles north of Stillwater, Minnesota where I live. I remember when they were filming this movie there was an assortment of hand painted cardboard signs that said FARGO on them, with an arrow pointing in the direction of where the people were supposed to go.
the home of great snorkeling and big sunnies. my buddy's Chevy blazer was used as one of the cop vehicles in the scene you see while Margie is taking this guy to jail
Supposedly the movie is not based on a true story but they claimed that to include the woodchipper scene which is so grusome it prob. would have been censored
I love the juxtaposition between these two characters. Earlier he had shot on of the witnesses in the back ruthlessly, but here she shows mercy and shoots him in the leg
At the distance he was at, she could have been aiming centre mass and the bullet drop put it into his leg. She was lucky to get any kind of hit. Especially with a small revolver like that. Considering she is on her own, how she got the wounded and heavy Grimsrud into her squad car after this is a bit of a mystery.
The iconic nature of this scene aside, imagine your whole existence boiling down to this. You went to grade school, raised by a loveing mother and father, grew up with friends, but in your adult years things went awry, and now your body is being turned into a unrecognizable mulch by your accomplice, never to be discovered again as the snow covers tracks of your blood, flesh & bones, as if you've never even existed to begin with. (And yes I know that there was probably a lot of Buscemi's character left when Marge caught Gaear grinding up his accomplice in the wood chipper, but just think if Gaear didn't get caught and successfully disposed of Carl's body)
That's exactly what death is, though. You can't keep a memory of a person forever. Hell, even the people that left their mark on history like Ceasar and Napoleon feel more like legends, rather then actual human beings. We know more about what they accomplished and less about who they were. What can you tell me about the bronze age civilizations, about King Tut and Agamemnon? They are phantoms clouded by time. Truth is, in due time anything will be forgotten and it's vain to think otherwise. Sorry, for my little rant there and yes, before you ask, i have considered psychotherapy. :)
@pickleneck526 You're right, and for some reason it's easier to be remembered for centuries for having done something VERY bad and wicked than for having done something noble, maybe it's this feeling of curiosity about the morbidity that humanity has
I remember my parents renting this when it first came out on VHS, they said it was too violent for me even though it was also funny. I didn't understand what a dark comedy was, but I wanted to see it, I couldn't sleep while they watched it. So I cracked my door and tried to listen to it, I just remember being so intrigued yet somewhat creeped out by the buzzing of the saw. I knew something grotesque was happening, but I wasn't allowed to watch it until years later. From my bedroom, it sounded like the saw noise lasted forever. Memories...
fun fact I was supposed to be in this film as an extra in a scene in the twin cities they were filming a public crowd scene taking place when Marge visits Minneapolis, and asked several people to be in it including me but the scene was cut for time.
Lois Griffin:"Has anyone seen the rest of my white wine?" Brian Griffin:"Sorry, Lois. I drank that." Lois:"Oh, it's fine, Brian. (Inhales) Hey, what do you say you and me go for a walk in the woods?" Brian:"You know what? This is kind of nice. I thought you were gonna do some kind of GodFather murder on me." Lois:"Oh, Brian. I don't watch Mafia movies, but I did see Fargo........" Brian:"Huh?" (Lois tosses Brian in a woodchipper killing him instantly.)
FUN FACT: The movie was never based on a true story even though it said it was in the begining sequence. The movie was only based off two different stories that were convinently used in two different scenes. This is one of them. New Town Connecticut - Helle Craft, 1986, one of the most grousme murders ever committed by any individual.
Gaear seeing Marge and trying to run away hammers home the fact that despite his strength and frightening appearance, he is just another two-bit criminal.
She has a gun, he doesn't. I suppose he could have rushed her and tried to kill her with the chunk of wood, but she would probably get a couple of bullets into him before he closed the distance, though it might not have stopped a big guy like him. He kills her, then slowly bleeds out in that frozen wasteland. Basically, he has no good options.
I figured she had backup on the way or called it in while holding the gun to him laying on the ice. I doubt she tried to get him up or carry him or he could easily overpower her.
When she spots the car, she's on the radio with the other cop, Lou. He tells her to be careful and says that he'll send a couple of cars. So all she really has to do is hold him at gunpoint until the cavalry arrive.
Was at a friends house when this came out on TV and I was pretty young. Couldn't get to sleep and was flipping through channels and saw this. I wanted to cry I was so scared.
Did anyone else catch the mistake? The gun she draws originally is a smith and wesson j-frame snub nose. This is the gun we see through most of the scene. The gun in her hand when she jumps down the bank onto the ice is a larger smith revolver, with a longer barrel.
It’s possible that the second larger gun is a rubber version since stepping down the embankment may be considered a light stunt. They probably figured it was close enough.
There's irony in the scene where Gaear is captured. When he runs away notice how he chooses probably the worst direction to run in? He ran on an open frozen lake where he was an easy target. any other direction he cut of have used the trees as cover and there is no way that a heavily pregnant Marge would be able to keep up with him on foot. I find it Ironic because when he kills the motorist the motorist effectively did the same thing, ran away in the worst direction that made him an easy target. had he run in even the slightest different direction he would have been hard for Gaear to shoot him due to the darkness, but he instead chose to run in the direction that the car lights were facing.
and the fact that once he's running away all the blood from the woodchopper is gone, and the bottom of his shoe says $99.99 and isn't covered in blood anymore like it was before 😭
This is why this scene's the most iconic scene of the movie considering that it shows Marge confronting Grimsrud while he's putting Carl's body in that woodchipper. Add to the fact that she defeats him by shooting him right in the thigh with her gun makes this scene even more iconic and unforgettable.
OK...I cannot be the first one who noticed this.... Marge draws a tiny 2" barreled snubby revolver (with a filled in barrel) as she approaches the bad guy, and shoots him with it. Then, as she steps onto the ice to approach him, she is packing a huge 4" barreled revolver, which looks like a large frame S&W magnum. The two guns are vastly different. I know there are always continuity mistakes in films...but why switch guns? Seems a blatant and avoidable mistake.
I used to work as a script supervisor and that's part of our job. Continuity. I can tell you there's probably a million reasons why they screwed up. Chief among them is no communication between the props Department and the script supervisor. Especially back then the editors probably figured no one would notice because no one would have the ability to rewind and pause with perfect clarity. That is a good question though. Why the hell would they have two different kinds of prop guns? I asked the same question about why the costuming department gave that one guy in my movie a different vest and the one he was wearing before he got shot. Everyone says it was my fault for not paying attention to the vest but I asked the same question you asked. Why the hell were there two different vests? So I guess the problem lies with a script supervisor who didn't pay enough attention but in their defense the props Department shouldn't have had two different kinds of guns
It could have something to do with the fact that a snubnose isn't very accurate at long distances VS how easily she pulls the weapon from her coat. That would be harder to do with a longer barrel. I wonder if the Coen bros just thought it was negligible.
And, you will also notice, the former gun doesnt have a through-hole barrel. The latter gun is probably the one they used to fire the blank. To save money?
One of my all time favorites. Props to the person who commented below about the blood around the chipper not being there in the shot where he is hit in the leg. When I went back to look at that I noticed his white boots were bloody in the earlier shots. After he is shot and falls, the boots at perfectly clean, except for the $99.99 written on the sole. I guess they filmed that shot first due to the light ??
Yeah, she's a really good character. Was refreshing to see that her relationship with her husband was so nice as well. Many of the "darker" movies/series always have to include bad relationships.
I didn't know who Steve Buscemi was before Fargo and remembered what a cold blooded killer he was. I never would've imagined him in Sandler comedies like Big Daddy and Mr. Deeds
The same character who wanted we cut woody "Johnson" of dude Gaear (Peter Stormare)and same character in Fargo mini-series loosed ear (Yuri cossack of plains - Gaear), Sometimes bear cuts your ears, or sometimes Gaear cuts you.
The only far fetched part of this is her being able to get him into her squad car all by herself. This is a character that would not go down without a fight.
I always thought that too; only thing I can surmise is after she shot him, she quickly handcuffed him and held him there until the backup arrived to help transport him to the cruiser.
In 1996 those surplus military Mickey Mouse boots (called that because of how big they are, they have a layer that is inflatable to insulate your feet) were $99.99?! Damn those boots were always pretty pricey, that’s like $150 today. (BTW you can see the price written on the sole of his boot)
I saw a low quality version of this scene (I haven't seen this movie and my dad just told me about , and I thought, "Hey, it's not that bad!" Then I saw 720p... "OH GOD IT'S THAT BAD!!!"
On one hand, there's a guy disposing of a body by making a mess that is impossible to clean up and spraying a snow white landscape with red just to make it more obvious. On the other we have a cop who shoots an unarmed, fleeing suspect. Not sure who is the stupider of the two.
Aaron Liu you might be the stupid one. Why would she not shoot him? Because he was unarmed? She just saw him grinding up a guy in a wood chipper, and I would try not to let a guy get away after that
I really dont think he has any winning argument about being unarmed as he is caught red handed putting a human leg into a woodchipper. Dont really think they are gonna take the word of a stone cold psychopath over the word of a pregnant police chief
Upon deep reflection during an interview 30 years into the future Steve Buscemi, after several seconds of intense rumination, will admit that he considers this scene to have been amongst his ""finest hours. At least in terms of character immersion, depth of dedication, all of that. It was painful, though well worth it. I came out of it a better, stronger n' more resilient person. A true master of my craft."". 😜😉
I love her having to point at her police emblem since he can’t hear her over his accomplice’s body being shredded. Probably one of the best little dark comedy moments ever.
I think her character's professionalism is incredible. She identifies herself numerous times and conducts herself with outstanding integrity.
I love that too.
yegfreethinker yeah and how instead of chasing him like you might see in most movies she just patiently stood and lined up her shots
Fav part of the scene too haha
@@yegfreethinker she's probably the most badass and realistic heroine in any movie I've ever seen.
"Oh Brian I don't watch mafia movies, but I did see fargo."
"What?"
UA-cam algorithm stays undefeated
@@AmaticXLII Family Guy reference.
Only came here for that lol
That’s why I’m here lol
I love how the noise of the wood chipper works as a score for this scene. It sounds like suspenseful strings and it’s wicked
Metallica hasn't stolen this idea yet, so please copyright it. Lars will take it and run.
Steve Buscemi was great in this scene
his best
I can't agree more. His shredded leg says it all...
He poured his blood, sweat and tears into this scene. But mostly blood.
He was ‘grated’
Steve Buscemi was grate in this scene.
- "What ya doing there ? Grinding some bahdy parst?"
- "you betcha"
After going to Pancakes house.
As a minnesotans I approve these accents
@@RowanG_G Real good then. Thank You sir. You betcha.
dont bring a wood log to a gun fight
Or at least make sure you hit your target if you do.
He it her in the leg... she didnt even feel it
Fun fact, the actor himself was the one who thought of throwing the log. It wasn't intended to be in the scene originally
If she hadn't ducked, that log would have hit her right in the torso
I love the parallels given in this scene. Earlier in the movie, Gaear shoots the innocent passenger in the back after he was trying to run away from the car wreck. In this scene, the roles are flipped as it is Gaear trying to run away from his own "wreckage" as he gets it shot from the back by Marge.
Karma.
He was shot in the leg, not the back.
@@evanpeltier booo
@@evanpeltier The symbolism is definitely still there.
Symmetry exists.
Apparently, police officers in 1996 could shoot fleeing suspects.
Can we talk about what a marvelous character Marge is? An excellent chief, a solid shot, a great detective, and all while preggers.
Oh jeez
And all the while about to barf.
Yeah that’s cool but there’s no way she should actually make that shot with that small of a pistol the barrel would mean that it would inherently be far less accurate
@@charlottewalnut3118 Well it is the movies. They do all kinds of things that wouldn't actually work. Like "MacGyver".
@@charlottewalnut3118 Accurate range 25 mts for that kind of revolver.
The sound of that leg bone being ground down is the worst.
Captain Hook the sick still on the foot is what got me 😂😂
When he tried to push the foot inside i felt in my own
it’s nasty
Funny thing is, the guy who ended up in the wood chipper is the same guy who voiced Randall in Monsters Inc, and Randall once threatened his assistant with the door shredder in the scare floor scene XD
Didn't know that was Buscemi.
Lmao didn't know that and had to look it up because for the longest time I thought it was Ed Norton who voiced him. Good looks!
I'm glad that SOB got the wood chipper, he doesn't believe in tipping
Frank Zappa was pretty good here.
What do you mean you don't tip???@@MisfitsFiendClub138
This fricking music at the end of all these clips...grrr
goes on for like a minute aswell
It always ruins the vibe and they ALWAYS cut it off too early.
fun fact they actually put steve buscemi through a woodchipper to film this scene. his dedication to the craft of acting is incredible!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
“I’m not going to debate you Wazowski”
That's method acting for you
I figured that leg with the sock was real
That’s why he was called Mr. Pink..the red blood and the white snow.
Don't eat the red snow
Don't tell me what to do Benjamin!
Taste like a type casted actor
@@seamussmyth1928 Clean your room!!
The way she says "hands up!" is hilarious to me, for some reason.
I remember this scene scaring the absolute shit out of me as a 10 year old.
Your parents are idiots for letting you watch this at ten
Ohh suzie q
I watched it and im 13 with my dad its really funny its a dark comedy
@@techshadowmusic1588 you got a real cool dad
your worst nightmare yeah
Just noticed the block of wood actually hits Marge pretty hard in the leg.
Ditto! You can even see her grimace. Wonder if there’s any mention of that somewhere.
@Selarom Ogeid probably wasn't meant to hit her! Happens all the time in movies where a small stunt like that actually hurts a person but they keep rolling because the acting is real. In breaking bad, in a fight scene between Aaron Paul's character and a early villain, Paul is tackled and pushed through a door. One of his ribs was broken, but they kept rolling because they didn't know until it ended, and used the cut because it was real pain.
@@inlander.wentruz That happened on the Sopranos, in the scene where Tony kills Ralphie. James Gandolfini stuck his hand on the hot stove by mistake and stayed in character.
Homie i cant walk
Her somber tone in the next scene was probably her actual mood. I’d be pissed too if I got hit like that.
Seems like a pretty ineffective way of getting rid of a body.
+Sunburn2007 Nobody ever said the guy was smart.
When you're out in the middle of nowhere in winter in Minnesota, hiding from the police, your options for getting rid of a corpse are somewhat limited
He was hoping to play the long game...because snow.
Lewis 970, I think he's referring to the "American Redoubt," a concept developed and popularized by best-selling post-collapse survivalist author, James Wesley Rawles. At it's most basic, the American Redoubt is a block of states in the NW with vast tracts of undeveloped land where survivors can take refuge from the government, as the vast amount of land acts sort of like a redoubt (A sort of fort). Although Minnesota isn't really redoubt state.
@@Lewis-pr8cr "and they elected a Muslim who's abused women."
Well he'll fit in with a good portion of the state population who do the same.
This scene was filmed at Square Lake, which is about ten miles north of Stillwater, Minnesota where I live. I remember when they were filming this movie there was an assortment of hand painted cardboard signs that said FARGO on them, with an arrow pointing in the direction of where the people were supposed to go.
the home of great snorkeling and big sunnies. my buddy's Chevy blazer was used as one of the cop vehicles in the scene you see while Margie is taking this guy to jail
@Head Head Yah!
my grandparents live there, used to go to square lake once a year!
@@b.a.p.2731 It's a beautiful lake. It's really clear. SCUBA classes are taught at this lake because of its clarity.
Dont know if steve buscemi goes to the gym at all, but he sure is shredded in this scene
Ripped and then some...
Supposedly the movie is not based on a true story but they claimed that to include the woodchipper scene which is so grusome it prob. would have been censored
I like how she waited for him to run first before she shot him. Give him some gleam of hope like he could escape, straight savage.
No she was hoping to take him in without shooting him. The fact that she shot him in the leg and not the torso proves that.
She was probably lining up her shot
@@thechosenone1533 She was certainly trained by Roger Murtaugh.
Mad dog needed putting down. She handled it just like my grandma in Central Missouri would handle grisly things that were necessary and needed doing.
Well if she missed he could have tried to tackle her and that would have been extremely dangerous for a pregnant woman.
I love the juxtaposition between these two characters. Earlier he had shot on of the witnesses in the back ruthlessly, but here she shows mercy and shoots him in the leg
At the distance he was at, she could have been aiming centre mass and the bullet drop put it into his leg. She was lucky to get any kind of hit. Especially with a small revolver like that.
Considering she is on her own, how she got the wounded and heavy Grimsrud into her squad car after this is a bit of a mystery.
Also he gets shot running in the snow just like he shot the Witnesses.
Morbid, but a very beautifully shot scene.
This movie would be truly disturbing if they didnt add comedy elements in it.
Wood chipper scene is just pure shock
Based on a true story.
That foot always gets me
Makes me laugh too
@@alexisfucci3524 me too hahahahahaha
Something about Carl's nice clean white sock, while the rest of him turns the snow carmine..
Look on the bright side. At least those trees will be well fertilized all winter.
He’s being very environmentally friendly
Did the new Family Guy episode bring anyone else here
Yep
No, but this clip was in my recommendations after watching that Family Guy scene..
Stupid Brian drink my wine .
Yep that’s why I watched the whole movie and I loved it
You son of a gun lol yes
He needs to sharpen the blades on the chipper. You shouldn't have to push that leg in like that.
Have you ever used a woodchipper before? On like wood just curious....
@@kiran-gs2srbeing I'm in the lumber, chip, paper business for 23 years the answer is YES.
@@kkttss1928 ok good cuz if you said you didn't I would've thought you did something very diffrent...
@@kkttss1928 ever used it on a leg though?
@@jamesgreen9480 a leg is not harder than a piece of White Oak
The iconic nature of this scene aside, imagine your whole existence boiling down to this. You went to grade school, raised by a loveing mother and father, grew up with friends, but in your adult years things went awry, and now your body is being turned into a unrecognizable mulch by your accomplice, never to be discovered again as the snow covers tracks of your blood, flesh & bones, as if you've never even existed to begin with.
(And yes I know that there was probably a lot of Buscemi's character left when Marge caught Gaear grinding up his accomplice in the wood chipper, but just think if Gaear didn't get caught and successfully disposed of Carl's body)
That's exactly what death is, though. You can't keep a memory of a person forever. Hell, even the people that left their mark on history like Ceasar and Napoleon feel more like legends, rather then actual human beings. We know more about what they accomplished and less about who they were.
What can you tell me about the bronze age civilizations, about King Tut and Agamemnon?
They are phantoms clouded by time.
Truth is, in due time anything will be forgotten and it's vain to think otherwise.
Sorry, for my little rant there and yes, before you ask, i have considered psychotherapy. :)
@pickleneck526 You're right, and for some reason it's easier to be remembered for centuries for having done something VERY bad and wicked than for having done something noble, maybe it's this feeling of curiosity about the morbidity that humanity has
everyone ever will be totally forgotten, that's just life. The universe itself will die someday.
now, WHAT is it about carl (buscemi) that makes you think he was raised by a loving mother and father and grew up with friends?
I remember my parents renting this when it first came out on VHS, they said it was too violent for me even though it was also funny. I didn't understand what a dark comedy was, but I wanted to see it, I couldn't sleep while they watched it. So I cracked my door and tried to listen to it, I just remember being so intrigued yet somewhat creeped out by the buzzing of the saw. I knew something grotesque was happening, but I wasn't allowed to watch it until years later. From my bedroom, it sounded like the saw noise lasted forever. Memories...
fun fact I was supposed to be in this film as an extra in a scene in the twin cities they were filming a public crowd scene taking place when Marge visits Minneapolis, and asked several people to be in it including me but the scene was cut for time.
Lois Griffin:"Has anyone seen the rest of my white wine?"
Brian Griffin:"Sorry, Lois. I drank that."
Lois:"Oh, it's fine, Brian. (Inhales) Hey, what do you say you and me go for a walk in the woods?"
Brian:"You know what? This is kind of nice. I thought you were gonna do some kind of GodFather murder on me."
Lois:"Oh, Brian. I don't watch Mafia movies, but I did see Fargo........"
Brian:"Huh?"
(Lois tosses Brian in a woodchipper killing him instantly.)
Yeah, that scene was stupid as hell, family guy sucks now.
I just watched tht!!!
Watched this clip cause I was watching family guy and wanted to understand the reference
@@creamysenpai9020 For real most of the time they just abuse Brian in any horrible way, nothing funny about that, I just hate it
And yet she ranted to Peter about how good Fargo is.
FUN FACT: The movie was never based on a true story even though it said it was in the begining sequence. The movie was only based off two different stories that were convinently used in two different scenes. This is one of them. New Town Connecticut - Helle Craft, 1986, one of the most grousme murders ever committed by any individual.
What was the other one?
Gaear seeing Marge and trying to run away hammers home the fact that despite his strength and frightening appearance, he is just another two-bit criminal.
She has a gun, he doesn't. I suppose he could have rushed her and tried to kill her with the chunk of wood, but she would probably get a couple of bullets into him before he closed the distance, though it might not have stopped a big guy like him. He kills her, then slowly bleeds out in that frozen wasteland. Basically, he has no good options.
He's not so tough without his gun is he?
@@Kaboomboo A gun is a great equalizer.
That’s one of my favorite movie scenes and Marge Gunderson is one of my favourite movie characters.
Didn't Francis McDormand win an Oscar for her role? IDR.
In Monsters Inc, when Randall says, "I will personally put you through the shredder!" That is a reference to this scene.
Some movie moments just stand out as all time iconic and this is one of them
I've always wondered how Marge manages to get Grimsrud to the car considering that he is a 6,5 ft guy and she is 7 months pregnant
I figured she had backup on the way or called it in while holding the gun to him laying on the ice. I doubt she tried to get him up or carry him or he could easily overpower her.
When she spots the car, she's on the radio with the other cop, Lou. He tells her to be careful and says that he'll send a couple of cars. So all she really has to do is hold him at gunpoint until the cavalry arrive.
but the cavalry arrive in the next scene
She told him to be careful cause of her 7 month pregnancy. Not that she knew but he was touched by that when watching that show on tv
@@JabberCT Yea, that wouldn't make sense, but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, does anything else in the movie? LOL!
Frances McDormand just won her 3rd Oscar for Nomadland.
One of the most iconic scenes in cinema history!
What no one talks about is the fact that the guy threw a whole log piece at her and it hit her leg. She wasn’t even injured from it 😂
I love the little details, like his bunny boots, which tons of Minnesotans wear in winter
There also seems to be writing in permanent marker on the soles.
1:40 Cocaine Paradise.
Was at a friends house when this came out on TV and I was pretty young. Couldn't get to sleep and was flipping through channels and saw this. I wanted to cry I was so scared.
Did anyone else catch the mistake? The gun she draws originally is a smith and wesson j-frame snub nose. This is the gun we see through most of the scene. The gun in her hand when she jumps down the bank onto the ice is a larger smith revolver, with a longer barrel.
good eye. and how about that teacup grip shooing double action.
It’s possible that the second larger gun is a rubber version since stepping down the embankment may be considered a light stunt. They probably figured it was close enough.
Notice how when he is running away and being shot all the blood around the woodchipper is suddenly gone 😂
imagine deciding to run in a straight line from someone with a gun 🤡
Looks like that guy went to the Prometheus school of running away from things
There's irony in the scene where Gaear is captured. When he runs away notice how he chooses probably the worst direction to run in? He ran on an open frozen lake where he was an easy target. any other direction he cut of have used the trees as cover and there is no way that a heavily pregnant Marge would be able to keep up with him on foot. I find it Ironic because when he kills the motorist the motorist effectively did the same thing, ran away in the worst direction that made him an easy target. had he run in even the slightest different direction he would have been hard for Gaear to shoot him due to the darkness, but he instead chose to run in the direction that the car lights were facing.
Interesting how Margie's gun changes from a revolver with a 2" barrel to one with a 4" barrel. But hey, it's Fargo, LOL
No doubt film-making is complex but that is quite a continuity error to make. Unless they didn't care...
and the fact that once he's running away all the blood from the woodchopper is gone, and the bottom of his shoe says $99.99 and isn't covered in blood anymore like it was before 😭
Love how the foot sticks out of the woodchipper and all that blood on the snow
0:57 you can see the blood leaking out the bottom of the wood chipper
Who's here because of Brian Griffin's death?
Same
Me
Its insane that the guy this man is portraying was actually released from prison.
Funny part is when he chucked the log at her it hit her in the ankle.
Notice that there's no blood in front of the cottage. After getting hit with an axe... there should have been blood trails to the wood chipper
Celtichammer
that was her foot (Miss Laundengard/ whatever is her name)
@@carlostejada1479 no. It was the accomplices foot
@@lcddrownd874 The kind of funny-looking guy.
Greatest film of the nineties and it goes at a pace of half a mile an hour.
Great film but it’s borderline top 10 of the 90’s.
This is why this scene's the most iconic scene of the movie considering that it shows Marge confronting Grimsrud while he's putting Carl's body in that woodchipper. Add to the fact that she defeats him by shooting him right in the thigh with her gun makes this scene even more iconic and unforgettable.
I absolutely love the sountrack of this movie.
1:38 continuity error with the hat
Steve Buscemi really had a LEG UP in this scene.
OK...I cannot be the first one who noticed this....
Marge draws a tiny 2" barreled snubby revolver (with a filled in barrel) as she approaches the bad guy, and shoots him with it. Then, as she steps onto the ice to approach him, she is packing a huge 4" barreled revolver, which looks like a large frame S&W magnum. The two guns are vastly different.
I know there are always continuity mistakes in films...but why switch guns? Seems a blatant and avoidable mistake.
Re-watched it, you're right, good eye.
I used to work as a script supervisor and that's part of our job. Continuity. I can tell you there's probably a million reasons why they screwed up. Chief among them is no communication between the props Department and the script supervisor. Especially back then the editors probably figured no one would notice because no one would have the ability to rewind and pause with perfect clarity. That is a good question though. Why the hell would they have two different kinds of prop guns? I asked the same question about why the costuming department gave that one guy in my movie a different vest and the one he was wearing before he got shot. Everyone says it was my fault for not paying attention to the vest but I asked the same question you asked. Why the hell were there two different vests? So I guess the problem lies with a script supervisor who didn't pay enough attention but in their defense the props Department shouldn't have had two different kinds of guns
Damn nice catch
It could have something to do with the fact that a snubnose isn't very accurate at long distances VS how easily she pulls the weapon from her coat. That would be harder to do with a longer barrel. I wonder if the Coen bros just thought it was negligible.
And, you will also notice, the former gun doesnt have a through-hole barrel. The latter gun is probably the one they used to fire the blank. To save money?
One of my all time favorites. Props to the person who commented below about the blood around the chipper not being there in the shot where he is hit in the leg. When I went back to look at that I noticed his white boots were bloody in the earlier shots. After he is shot and falls, the boots at perfectly clean, except for the $99.99 written on the sole. I guess they filmed that shot first due to the light ??
Peter stormare is such an amazing actor
Marge Gunderson is the greatest hero in cinema ever!
Don't mess with me, pal! I'm seven months pregnant and I'm armed! That's a dangerous combination!
That shot of the foot with the sock has always grossed me out so much!
Great scene, but a chipper that size would have chewed body parts up like they weren't even there.
It did do that though.
Anyone else notice how Marge’s revolver changes from a snub nose to a completely different model, perhaps a .38 model-15, starting around 1:45??
It does not.
As horrifying as this situation is, Marge wrinkling her nose at 0:27 ALWAYS catches me off guard.
The best police Chief ever!
Yeah, she's a really good character. Was refreshing to see that her relationship with her husband was so nice as well. Many of the "darker" movies/series always have to include bad relationships.
Using the log to push the foot into the chipper was a nice touch lol
This could be the alternative ending of *Christmas Vacation*
Good idea Deb
Lois
I love how the sound of the gun came first before the impact on his leg, because sound are faster than bullet.
I didn't know who Steve Buscemi was before Fargo and remembered what a cold blooded killer he was. I never would've imagined him in Sandler comedies like Big Daddy and Mr. Deeds
First thing I saw him in was a Mt. Dew commercial.
First thing I saw him in was Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs.
Oh, golly, that was a heckofa shot there, Margie!
The wood chipper scene was based on an actual murder.
I’m impressed she got his leg while he was running away. Hard shot.
“But I did see Fargo”
Things turned upside down for Carl
The same character who wanted we cut woody "Johnson" of dude Gaear (Peter Stormare)and same character in Fargo mini-series loosed ear (Yuri cossack of plains - Gaear), Sometimes bear cuts your ears, or sometimes Gaear cuts you.
I live in Fargo, ND, and I’m currently standing in front of the prop they used for this movie at the Fargo Visitor Center
Doesn't really make sense when the movie takes place and was filmed in Minnesota. Idk why this movie is even called fargo.
Tyler Kriesel who knows lol
sloopzi the opening scene happens in Fargo
The only far fetched part of this is her being able to get him into her squad car all by herself. This is a character that would not go down without a fight.
I always thought that too; only thing I can surmise is after she shot him, she quickly handcuffed him and held him there until the backup arrived to help transport him to the cruiser.
That not how you hold a gun.
I love this movie no matter people say
Love that she gave him a 5 second headstart to run
I bet that’s an accurate amount of blood in the snow.
That's gotta be the worst way to dispose of a body in the winter
RIP Brian. Never touch a woman’s wine... Never.
Peter Stormare did the same "face to the ground puffing" he did in the lost world xD
Plot twist: he was just making cranberry juice, and the foot gives the juice an extra 'kick' to it.
A leg for a leg..
Who else came here because of Family Guy
The stunt man in the wood chipper certainly earned his pay.
In 1996 those surplus military Mickey Mouse boots (called that because of how big they are, they have a layer that is inflatable to insulate your feet) were $99.99?! Damn those boots were always pretty pricey, that’s like $150 today. (BTW you can see the price written on the sole of his boot)
Despite having done many great roles since then still think this is Frances McDormands greatest role.
I saw a low quality version of this scene (I haven't seen this movie and my dad just told me about , and I thought, "Hey, it's not that bad!" Then I saw 720p... "OH GOD IT'S THAT BAD!!!"
World's Greatest Snowglobe.
On one hand, there's a guy disposing of a body by making a mess that is impossible to clean up and spraying a snow white landscape with red just to make it more obvious. On the other we have a cop who shoots an unarmed, fleeing suspect. Not sure who is the stupider of the two.
Aaron Liu you might be the stupid one. Why would she not shoot him? Because he was unarmed? She just saw him grinding up a guy in a wood chipper, and I would try not to let a guy get away after that
@@retrobeast2745 yeah, and she shot him in the leg.
I really dont think he has any winning argument about being unarmed as he is caught red handed putting a human leg into a woodchipper. Dont really think they are gonna take the word of a stone cold psychopath over the word of a pregnant police chief
That's right, run into the open when the other person has a gun a clear shot...
Upon deep reflection during an interview 30 years into the future Steve Buscemi, after several seconds of intense rumination, will admit that he considers this scene to have been amongst his ""finest hours. At least in terms of character immersion, depth of dedication, all of that. It was painful, though well worth it. I came out of it a better, stronger n' more resilient person. A true master of my craft."". 😜😉
"I let myself be liquefied. I really poured myself into the role." (The ghost of Steve Buscemi)
@@stevekaczynski3793 😂👍