@@arkady714 I've been a movie study archivist for almost 30 years. I own over 5000 films on DVD, and watch at least two movies a day. I have two degrees in Film Studies.
His thousand yard stare from the backseat is because he may be locked up with people with this accent (I say this as a Canadian with a harder accent than them, these people sound like home to me)
Just rewatched Fargo for the first time in years and I’d forgotten what a fantastic film it is. This scene does really stand out because Marge is the moral compass of the film. She’s smart, brave, genuine and doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Amongst thieves, murderers and scummy businessmen, Margie is the heart of the film and the relationship she has with her husband is very sweet and endearing. A small town hero darn’ tootin’!
Man, right in the heart. "I just don't understand it"... profoundly sad. Money DOES corrupt, and it's never been conveyed so perfectly before or since this very scene.
When you actually think about all the dynamics going on here. These people have no moral compass. Life means nothing to them. She's pregnant, about to bring a life into the world. Life is all that matters to her and her husband.
@@elizabethescalante7866 The actual quote is love of money is the root of all evil. Money is simply a tool; like a hammer, pocket knife, or a gun. It's amoral. The act is whether good or evil is done by the person.
Yeah, I think that sometimes clever movies run the risk of getting lost in their cleverness. This scene, and particularly her performance, are where the film finds its heart and soul, its moral sense. It's comparable to Samuel L. Jackson's diner monologue at the end of "Pulp Fiction."
0:42 - 0:53 when she asks "don't you know that" hurts, she knows there's no reasoning but deep down she really wanted the answer, the reason why he did it all and a little bit of that grief and pain came out but was written all over her face
Anytime I see something horrible happen for no reason, I always look back to this scene. Like Marge, I also don't know what can ever explain why people sometimes do terrible things to others, and I think the film's answer is that we're not meant to understand it all. We just have to try to help where we can.
This scene is crucial to the full development of the Marge character. Throughout the film, we see her as a chipper caricature of Minnesota Nice, one that's a fantastic investigator, yes, but with a sort of fundamental lightness and unseriousness underpinning everything she does. In this scene, we finally get to see her with her mask down; we can read on her face that the events of the film have impacted her deeply. She's not just Minnesota Nice, she's a human being with real feelings who had to fight absolute evil (while carrying a child, no less), and it took its toll on her. Which makes the triumph of her success all the more satisfying.
I believe that Marge Gunderson is the greatest hero in movie history. She's a very good cop, who has seen the worst in people over and over. And yet she remains so anchored, so devoted to her job and husband, just plain 'good' through and through, that she is honestly flabbergasted that people can do such horrible things. An incredible performance by an incredible actor.
This scene really resonates with me. I feel it applies to so many people's lives (especially mine). I'm stuck in a high-stress high-pay job (or career rather) and I sometimes work 90+ hours a week. And all i can think of is this scene.
that is not the same thing as this scene, you didn't destroy an entire family for a sleazy car salesmen, this scene soes not apply to you. go back to work, wagie
This scene should be studied at Berkeley. The Coen Bro’s are some of the finest writers and directors ever. Fargo and No Country for Old Men are 2 of the best movies of this generation. No question.
“Raising Arizona” is very underrated too And the “true grit” remake was better than the original which is rare for a remake to be better than its predecessor. Especially, these days
Actually no. Jones' character is fundamentally a coward. To afraid to actually do standard police work. That fat woman in the trailer park complex had seen Sughr and could circulate a description. Whatever else you can say about Margie, she isn't a coward or incompetent.
Except Anton didn't give a flip about money. Money or drugs or not you was going to die. Plus Anton was way more professional and smarter than these 2 lol. I agree Jones character was scared of Anton and what he represented. He wouldn't make deals or take money instead of doing the job
The message that I get from this movie is that love is the most powerful thing in the world. Gaer is going to jail forever, Jerry will get at least 20-30 years, Jean and Wade are dead, Scottie is an orphan, and for what? Jerry had a loving family (except Wade) and it wasn't enough for him. He ruined everything with his greed. Meanwhile, Norm and Marge are content with the love they have for one another and for their future child. They don't need money to make them happy. As they cuddle in their warm bed on a cold winters night, and blissfully remind one another they have two more months to go before their child is due, it's so powerful. Love is all you need.
Thinking about this scene this morning has made me feel better about a lot of things that have been troubling me recently. Frances as Marge is one of the best heroines to grace our cinema screens and I am forever grateful for her. Happy New Year to Movieclips.
It’s interesting you say that. I do like this movie but it was hard for me to find it really funny because I always thought it was a little too dark, it kind of crossed the line where something becomes so dark that’s finding humor in it becomes uncomfortable. I don’t know if that’s what they were going for. Maybe it says something about the viewer more than the film.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!! Fargo is one of my favorite movies of all time the entire cast including Frances McDormand was perfect. The writing is tremendous, the plot was engaging, and no matter how many times I have seen this film it just gets better every time I watch it.
It was absolutely unthinkable that anyone else could have won Best Actress that year. This scene in particular was where the rubber meets the road, emphasizing how Marge is the moral center of the story. In her quaint, folksy way, she makes us understand what it's like for a good person to contemplate the unbridgeable chasm between herself and a sociopath.
The scene is really tied together when she says “I just don’t understand it”. She’s wrong in thinking the violence was committed about the money. But I think she knows she’s wrong and that’s why she says she doesn’t understand.
No closure for this woman. Gaear was indifferent about being caught. It's like Marge was defeated even though she got the guy. Guy felt no remorse nor was he visibly affected by getting caught. That's what she doesn't understand.
In my opinion, this is one of the best scenes in all film-world. If you are paying attention, you can feel the pure evil of her prisoner, whose malevolence is powerful enough to allow him to come through the screen to kill her. The irony of "its a beautiful day" in the blowing snow of western MN is a perfect place to end the movie. (the last scene about the duck stamp just subtracts)
I don't think the duck stamp scene subtracts at all. If anything it adds more to the realism of the situations and its characters; these are people. Marge does this daily, I'm sure she's given people she's had in her cruiser these kind of talks before, and then goes on home to be with her husband. This particular talk, however probably stayed with her character; at the end of the day, though, she got to go home.
There is no irony in "It's a beautiful day." Marge is so good a person that she sees it as a beautiful day. If you think the Coen brothers were going for irony, then they may have actually ended it there, but the duck scene is the true ending because the movie is, in the end, meant to be hopeful, not ironic. The scene shows a truly loving and functional marriage so that the messed up family relationship of the Lundegards isn't the last impression you get.
@@sfsdfsd4235 I very much agree--she does`t want any vengeance or anything like that. She really wants to understand why he did these horrible things and she points out with incredible sincere humanity, as a woman who I might add is also about to have her first child ever. A child with a husband whom she deeply loves. It makes her character genuinely long to reach out to understand other human beings I think--even ones who doe horrible things. I wonder if she thinks what this guys mother would say to him--especially as Margie is very near the end of her very first pregnancy. Perhaps she was thinking about how she would deal with her own children if they were to ever do as horrific acts as him: here"s the crux of it--I think the spiel she gives him is what she would may say to her own child/ren if they ever did something as horrible as he. She talks to him in the tone of mother trying to guide a child. She wants him to try understand what life should really be about. Mothers and expectant mothers have a way of humanizing with others because of the this maternal instinct to really just say what's on their mind about being a better human being.
Great comment, and agree that this could have been the last scene, but the Duck Stamp makes a beautiful point on how literally small things (stamps) can bring happiness; and the Sheriff understands this as she has closely seen the darkness and is grateful for the light in her happy home
I've had a kid recently. Changed my life around. During my paternity leave (yes, I'm not American), I finally got around to watching Fargo, and these past few weeks, Frances McDormand pops up in my head to remind me "There's more to life than a little bit of money" whenever I worry about my job.
The end of the movie ties the idea of this scene beautifully. Both of them lying in bed together, content with being with each other, having one of the husband’s paintings chosen for a postage stamp, their economic stability and the child on the way. The most ordinary life you can think of.
When counting up the dead people, she mentions Mrs. Lundegaard, Carl and the three people in Brainerd. She doesn't mention Gustafson. Guess she didn't know about that one, or if she did, she didn't blame it on Grimsrud.
Well, Jerry took Wade's body out of the parking garage, and the trail of evidence, as far as I could tell, would not have given Marge any reason to go to the parking garage.
I love the scenes between Cops and Criminals that take place in the Police Car. The scene comes together so well. The car represents this liminal space between the lawful and the lawless, the civilization of laws verses the lawless wilderness.
@@thatnikkakris2339 I'm a huge fan of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," and one of my favorite recurring riffs is when the movie they're watching shows a raging blizzard with near-zero visibility, and the riff is, "Ah, June in Minnesota."
Yeah, that's the point. The beauty is in being alive, in being loving to other people. Something Grimsrud doesn't understand, he's a murderer. Even a cold, grey day is beautiful when you love people.
This is the scene that won the Oscar for her. For most of the movie Marge is constantly using the "Minnesota nice" face with everyone, it's not something she's able to drop, it's how she's lived her whole life. But here, it's gone. She just can't understand it.
He's like the psychopathy of Anton Chigurh crossed with this weirdly childlike emotional and intellectual simplicity. Which somehow makes him no less evil.
its funny that i went watching this movie for the 1st time ever after binging Trust mini series, the show that made me sick of what power and money does to people and then this scene hit the right spot, its silly to say this but i am glad i wasn't born rich, happiness will always be in small things
Marge kind of sounds like a disappointed mother scolding her kids when she delivered that “there’s more to life than a little money” line. Though the sums were rather large, at the end of the day it’s still just a little bit of money because no amount is worth the suffering Jerry, Carl and Gaer put everyone through.
Ive seen this movie atleast 5 times and i never realized shes only talking about the small amount of cash they had on them and the big money was still out there...i wonder if she would still feel the same about "a little bit of money"
Interesting that at this point Margie doesn't know about Wade or the dead parking attendant, either. Imagine how much more confused at the evil of this case she's going to be when she finds out about that too!
There ain't no way that dude would have not gone down without a fight after doing what he did. Even having a gun on him. He would have tried to get it away or at the very least overpowered her when she tried to get the cuffs on him. You can't have a gun and do the cuffs both at the same time 100%.
That film is not even memorable. Fargo is memorable because of the themes it carries about the human condition, unnatural acts of violence, how greed corrupts us all, and how we try to find the most beautiful things in life. I mean, Fargo literally got its own successful anthology show and just completed its fourth season and is considered one of the best for the Coens, McDormand, and DOP Roger Deakins for its fantastic portrayal of the brutality and beauty of Minnesota.
@@rickardkaufman3988 Sometimes the Academy makes bad calls. Remember Crash? Who talks about Crash vs all the memes about Brokeback Mountain? I stopped watching the Academy Awards because the Best Animated Films mostly go to Disney or Pixar, and it's based on which movie the voters watched with their kids.
I love Gaear who in the movie has been portrayed as a silent inhuman monster is now resigned to being almost like a selfish child who needs to be told by a parent life lessons that frankly should be obvious and people should just know
This is one of the most brilliant, smartest, simplest scenes in movie history. "And it's a beautiful day." One of the best lines ever. So underrated.
Underrated? Frances McDormand won the Academy Award for this role.
@@arkady714 Yes. The Academy Award is bling on a charm bracelet.
@@tobinhays652 Bling? So, when and how did you earn yours? ☺️
@@arkady714 I've been a movie study archivist for almost 30 years. I own over 5000 films on DVD, and watch at least two movies a day. I have two degrees in Film Studies.
@@arkady714 I'm most likely
older than your favorite film.
"It's a beautiful day."
This is not about the weather.
It's about valuing life.
2 years ago! Okay. That confused me. She is the chief of police, but in a small town. She is not used to seeing such evil.
Exactly right
His thousand yard stare from the backseat is because he may be locked up with people with this accent (I say this as a Canadian with a harder accent than them, these people sound like home to me)
Just rewatched Fargo for the first time in years and I’d forgotten what a fantastic film it is. This scene does really stand out because Marge is the moral compass of the film. She’s smart, brave, genuine and doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Amongst thieves, murderers and scummy businessmen, Margie is the heart of the film and the relationship she has with her husband is very sweet and endearing. A small town hero darn’ tootin’!
Well said, cheers
Man, right in the heart. "I just don't understand it"... profoundly sad. Money DOES corrupt, and it's never been conveyed so perfectly before or since this very scene.
bigtux11 To me, the beauty lies in the fact that she can't understand it.
Money doesn’t corrupt. Man is corrupt. If there wasn’t money man would still lie, cheat, steal and murder for land, livestock, political power, etc.
When you actually think about all the dynamics going on here. These people have no moral compass. Life means nothing to them. She's pregnant, about to bring a life into the world. Life is all that matters to her and her husband.
@@Quinntus79 I agree. Money is just ONE of the roots of all evil.
@@elizabethescalante7866 The actual quote is love of money is the root of all evil. Money is simply a tool; like a hammer, pocket knife, or a gun. It's amoral. The act is whether good or evil is done by the person.
By far the best scene in the movie. I truly felt every word she said in this scene. Probably impacted my life to always earn money the righteous way.
Yeah, I think that sometimes clever movies run the risk of getting lost in their cleverness. This scene, and particularly her performance, are where the film finds its heart and soul, its moral sense. It's comparable to Samuel L. Jackson's diner monologue at the end of "Pulp Fiction."
Really moving acting in this scene by Frances McDormand. Did she deserve her Oscar? Oh you betcha, ja.
My head would've exploded if she hadn't won that year.
Darn tootin
the 'gaear' actor is so good with his facial expressions..... everything you need to know is all written on his face
Peter Stormare! He's not in many films but he plays good parts in a lot of them. I loved the TV ads he did for Volkswagen.
Yup, his face says it all. "You got nerve, lady. More nerve than I'll ever know"
@@AdhamOhm - He's actually in a lot of movies, but mostly supporting roles.
@@rogerkincaid931 he plays a good devil in Constantine.
his performance in seinfeld is one of my favorites from that show, and that's among a vast ocean of great character actor performances
Whenever it's an arctic cold misery outside, I just think to myself: "And it's a beautiful day".
And you're right, it is.
That's really what it's all about. As we experience tragedy, "It's a beautiful day".
0:42 - 0:53 when she asks "don't you know that" hurts, she knows there's no reasoning but deep down she really wanted the answer, the reason why he did it all and a little bit of that grief and pain came out but was written all over her face
Anytime I see something horrible happen for no reason, I always look back to this scene. Like Marge, I also don't know what can ever explain why people sometimes do terrible things to others, and I think the film's answer is that we're not meant to understand it all. We just have to try to help where we can.
I love how one of the greatest films of all times can be summed up as “there’s more to life than money”
More to life than A LITTLE money, ya know.
ryan gosling really let himself go
lol
i know it is kinda randomly asking but do anybody know a good place to stream new movies online ?
@@alexanderwells2884 myflixer :=")!
You have that too huh? That thing where everybody looks like somebody. Its a curse isnt it?
🤣
This scene is crucial to the full development of the Marge character. Throughout the film, we see her as a chipper caricature of Minnesota Nice, one that's a fantastic investigator, yes, but with a sort of fundamental lightness and unseriousness underpinning everything she does. In this scene, we finally get to see her with her mask down; we can read on her face that the events of the film have impacted her deeply. She's not just Minnesota Nice, she's a human being with real feelings who had to fight absolute evil (while carrying a child, no less), and it took its toll on her. Which makes the triumph of her success all the more satisfying.
I believe that Marge Gunderson is the greatest hero in movie history. She's a very good cop, who has seen the worst in people over and over. And yet she remains so anchored, so devoted to her job and husband, just plain 'good' through and through, that she is honestly flabbergasted that people can do such horrible things. An incredible performance by an incredible actor.
End of film she climbs into bed with her husband and reads a book.
This scene really resonates with me. I feel it applies to so many people's lives (especially mine). I'm stuck in a high-stress high-pay job (or career rather) and I sometimes work 90+ hours a week. And all i can think of is this scene.
Ali Ali Oxen Free Does it satisfy you?
hopefully your career isn’t harming anyone?
that is not the same thing as this scene, you didn't destroy an entire family for a sleazy car salesmen, this scene soes not apply to you. go back to work, wagie
@@sunflowers2469 His company manufactures wood chippers.
Are you still sometimes working 90+ hours or have you pivoted into something else? Please share a snipet of your journey with the universe.
This scene should be studied at Berkeley. The Coen Bro’s are some of the finest writers and directors ever. Fargo and No Country for Old Men are 2 of the best movies of this generation. No question.
If you haven't seen "A Serious Man" yet, you are in for a treat.
Don't forget The Dude, Man
@@tobinhays652 I was taught by a man who starred in that movie
@@NoName-xc6cg That's just like, your opinion, man.
“Raising Arizona” is very underrated too
And the “true grit” remake was better than the original which is rare for a remake to be better than its predecessor. Especially, these days
Her character shares some striking similarities with Tommy Lee Jones' character in No Country for Old Men.
The Coen brothers also wrote, produced, and directed that film.
Actually no. Jones' character is fundamentally a coward. To afraid to actually do standard police work. That fat woman in the trailer park complex had seen Sughr and could circulate a description. Whatever else you can say about Margie, she isn't a coward or incompetent.
Except Anton didn't give a flip about money. Money or drugs or not you was going to die. Plus Anton was way more professional and smarter than these 2 lol. I agree Jones character was scared of Anton and what he represented. He wouldn't make deals or take money instead of doing the job
Zach Ramey yeah but she is smarter
@@varinsawh6634 I know
The message that I get from this movie is that love is the most powerful thing in the world. Gaer is going to jail forever, Jerry will get at least 20-30 years, Jean and Wade are dead, Scottie is an orphan, and for what? Jerry had a loving family (except Wade) and it wasn't enough for him. He ruined everything with his greed. Meanwhile, Norm and Marge are content with the love they have for one another and for their future child. They don't need money to make them happy. As they cuddle in their warm bed on a cold winters night, and blissfully remind one another they have two more months to go before their child is due, it's so powerful. Love is all you need.
love is a stupid concept
@@rohanbhuckory1297 uh oh don’t cut yourself on that edge
there’s more to life than a little bit of money
Just remember love don’t pay the bills or put food in my mouth.
@@rohanbhuckory1297 Someone was just dumped.
this movie is perfect.
It really is
Perfect but violent loved her
nah the colour of the sky in the background in this shot is slightly different between the shots of him and of margie
Pretty much.
Courtesy of cinematographer Roger Deakins.
One of my favourite movie scenes of all time.
Thinking about this scene this morning has made me feel better about a lot of things that have been troubling me recently. Frances as Marge is one of the best heroines to grace our cinema screens and I am forever grateful for her. Happy New Year to Movieclips.
Frances McDormand is giving you all one of the great acting lessons of modern cinema here.
"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss“
- Milton, parade lost
Paradise?
Fargo: A great dark comedy featuring things that are impossible to find humor in.
It’s interesting you say that. I do like this movie but it was hard for me to find it really funny because I always thought it was a little too dark, it kind of crossed the line where something becomes so dark that’s finding humor in it becomes uncomfortable. I don’t know if that’s what they were going for. Maybe it says something about the viewer more than the film.
@@veldinjoeable I don’t think it crossed that line
This scene alone is worth the Oscar.
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!! Fargo is one of my favorite movies of all time the entire cast including Frances McDormand was perfect. The writing is tremendous, the plot was engaging, and no matter how many times I have seen this film it just gets better every time I watch it.
She does not yet know about Jerry's father-in-law and the toll booth guy
To be fair those two Carl killed so that's not on Gaear but yeah
In tthe car didn't she say 3 in Brainerd the cop, the parking lot attendant and Wade. Nooo?
@@PeterQ-f7o The three people in Brainerd were the trooper and the two unfortunate people who drove by while Carl was trying to get him off the road.
the eye movement is worth a thousand words
It's ALL in her eyes. She can't make sense of any of it.
“Don’t-cha know that?” Such a beautiful, iconic line, delivered perfectly by Frances McDormand
It was absolutely unthinkable that anyone else could have won Best Actress that year. This scene in particular was where the rubber meets the road, emphasizing how Marge is the moral center of the story. In her quaint, folksy way, she makes us understand what it's like for a good person to contemplate the unbridgeable chasm between herself and a sociopath.
I went into this movie with almost no prior knowledge and was so damn relieved when i realized Marge made it out alive.
Same
If ever there was a cautionary tale against greed, it would certainly be this film.
Marge: there’s more to life than a little money you know.
Gaear: Where’s pancakes house?
I need someplace I can get a steak and a beer, not more f***ing pancakes, c'mon!
She is so phenomenal here, I love this scene so much
"And it's a beautiful day" - 2 degrees and white out conditions
For Minnesota that's a beautiful day.
Looks like 12 minus lol
The scene is really tied together when she says “I just don’t understand it”. She’s wrong in thinking the violence was committed about the money. But I think she knows she’s wrong and that’s why she says she doesn’t understand.
No closure for this woman. Gaear was indifferent about being caught. It's like Marge was defeated even though she got the guy. Guy felt no remorse nor was he visibly affected by getting caught. That's what she doesn't understand.
In my opinion, this is one of the best scenes in all film-world. If you are paying attention, you can feel the pure evil of her prisoner, whose malevolence is powerful enough to allow him to come through the screen to kill her. The irony of "its a beautiful day" in the blowing snow of western MN is a perfect place to end the movie. (the last scene about the duck stamp just subtracts)
I don't think the duck stamp scene subtracts at all. If anything it adds more to the realism of the situations and its characters; these are people. Marge does this daily, I'm sure she's given people she's had in her cruiser these kind of talks before, and then goes on home to be with her husband. This particular talk, however probably stayed with her character; at the end of the day, though, she got to go home.
There is no irony in "It's a beautiful day." Marge is so good a person that she sees it as a beautiful day. If you think the Coen brothers were going for irony, then they may have actually ended it there, but the duck scene is the true ending because the movie is, in the end, meant to be hopeful, not ironic. The scene shows a truly loving and functional marriage so that the messed up family relationship of the Lundegards isn't the last impression you get.
@@sfsdfsd4235 I very much agree--she does`t want any vengeance or anything like that. She really wants to understand why he did these horrible things and she points out with incredible sincere humanity, as a woman who I might add is also about to have her first child ever. A child with a husband whom she deeply loves. It makes her character genuinely long to reach out to understand other human beings I think--even ones who doe horrible things.
I wonder if she thinks what this guys mother would say to him--especially as Margie is very near the end of her very first pregnancy. Perhaps she was thinking about how she would deal with her own children if they were to ever do as horrific acts as him: here"s the crux of it--I think the spiel she gives him is what she would may say to her own child/ren if they ever did something as horrible as he.
She talks to him in the tone of mother trying to guide a child. She wants him to try understand what life should really be about. Mothers and expectant mothers have a way of humanizing with others because of the this maternal instinct to really just say what's on their mind about being a better human being.
The duck stamp scene detracts? It’s the thesis of the movie.
Great comment, and agree that this could have been the last scene, but the Duck Stamp makes a beautiful point on how literally small things (stamps) can bring happiness; and the Sheriff understands this as she has closely seen the darkness and is grateful for the light in her happy home
It kills me how she says “I just don’t understand it.” That’s how I’ve felt since 2016.
Peter Stormare is a treasure.
You can feel Coen’s DNA throughout the movie. Dark, melancholy, genius and none of that Steven Spielberg’s escapism from real
I've had a kid recently. Changed my life around. During my paternity leave (yes, I'm not American), I finally got around to watching Fargo, and these past few weeks, Frances McDormand pops up in my head to remind me "There's more to life than a little bit of money" whenever I worry about my job.
The end of the movie ties the idea of this scene beautifully. Both of them lying in bed together, content with being with each other, having one of the husband’s paintings chosen for a postage stamp, their economic stability and the child on the way. The most ordinary life you can think of.
He's gonna go to the department of corrections. Wonder if they will have pancakes there?
Prison pancakes that's nightmare fuel.
The biggest tragedy of the movie is that the money Steve buried before he got killed will most likely never be found till summer or fall.
I imagine someone finding it and ending up dead, just like in No Country For Old Men.
Can we stop at Pancakes House?
are you nuts? we had pancakes for breakfast
I wanna go somewhere I can get a shot and a beer, a steak maybe.
When counting up the dead people, she mentions Mrs. Lundegaard, Carl and the three people in Brainerd. She doesn't mention Gustafson. Guess she didn't know about that one, or if she did, she didn't blame it on Grimsrud.
+paktype There's also the parking lot attendant that Carl shot.
paktype He's not responsible for Wade's death. Carl killed Wade.
Frank the Fucktard He's not responsible for the parking attendant's death. Carl killed the parking attendant.
+elmagnificodep - But the question is, how would she know that it was Carl and not Grimsrud?
Well, Jerry took Wade's body out of the parking garage, and the trail of evidence, as far as I could tell, would not have given Marge any reason to go to the parking garage.
I love the scenes between Cops and Criminals that take place in the Police Car. The scene comes together so well. The car represents this liminal space between the lawful and the lawless, the civilization of laws verses the lawless wilderness.
"There's more to life than a little money, ya know".
"Oh yeah? Like what?"
"PANCAKES".
This scene is so much more deep than the No Country for Old Men final speech.
Christ this scene hits hard. Marge's pregnancy lends a maternal gravitas to her character; she could be saying the very same thing to her child.
What an amazing scene.
A great , GREAT film and GREAT casting.
One of the few films I can say I quote on a regular basis. "Oh, you betcha."
Best scene in the movie
The best scene is : " ever been in Minneapolis?" Check it its funny
'I'm not angry I'm just disappointed' Your Mother.
"...And it's a beautiful day."
It's overcast and there's snow all over the ground....
Welcome to Minnesota
@@thatnikkakris2339 I'm a huge fan of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," and one of my favorite recurring riffs is when the movie they're watching shows a raging blizzard with near-zero visibility, and the riff is, "Ah, June in Minnesota."
Yeah, that's the point. The beauty is in being alive, in being loving to other people. Something Grimsrud doesn't understand, he's a murderer. Even a cold, grey day is beautiful when you love people.
This is the scene that won the Oscar for her. For most of the movie Marge is constantly using the "Minnesota nice" face with everyone, it's not something she's able to drop, it's how she's lived her whole life. But here, it's gone. She just can't understand it.
minnesota nice isn't about a smile, as evidenced by her waxing folksy philosophical about this grisly situation.
For a little bit of money.. and it's a beautiful day
Peter Stormare was awesome in this movie too. Honestly intimidating and weird.
He's like the psychopathy of Anton Chigurh crossed with this weirdly childlike emotional and intellectual simplicity. Which somehow makes him no less evil.
MASTERPIECE
Fargo and burn after reading are two of the strangest yet amazing interesting films ever made
A beautiful day ? It looks brutally freezing. You can barely see anything !
I always feel sorry for Scotty. His grandfather is dead , his mom is dead , his dad is going to prison for life And he did nothing to deserve this
La scena finale è una riflessione a tutta la vita è alla sua assurdità
1:03 "And here you are and it's a beautiful day" She says that while there's a blizzard outside. Lol!
You don't see a picture fade to white very often.
its funny that i went watching this movie for the 1st time ever after binging Trust mini series, the show that made me sick of what power and money does to people
and then this scene hit the right spot, its silly to say this but i am glad i wasn't born rich, happiness will always be in small things
I'm not sure I can think of any actor more perfect for their role than McDormand was for Margie
Quite simply the greatest scene in American Cinema.
I was just in Brainerd getting parts for my skidsteer. Lots of things to do.
He reminds me of Ryan gosling.
I guess that’s your accomplice in the wood chipper there
Marge kind of sounds like a disappointed mother scolding her kids when she delivered that “there’s more to life than a little money” line.
Though the sums were rather large, at the end of the day it’s still just a little bit of money because no amount is worth the suffering Jerry, Carl and Gaer put everyone through.
And Gaear is sitting behind and thinking how to make her stop.
Congrats, lady. You captured Karl Hungus.
now This is art. This is cinema.
I am partial to the Coen's idiosyncrasies, yet I'd be hard pressed to not dub this clip as universally beautiful.
Very pretty eyes she has
A real gyser of conversation 😂
"It's a beautiful day"
>Literally in a blizzard
Shows what kind of personality she has
Definitely Minnesota lol
Is this what counts as a beautiful day in Minnesota?
Yah..
Oh you betcha
You can't reason with a psychopath.
Ive seen this movie atleast 5 times and i never realized shes only talking about the small amount of cash they had on them and the big money was still out there...i wonder if she would still feel the same about "a little bit of money"
"its a beautiful day" girl who u lying too cuz it CANT be me 😭😭😭
Interesting that at this point Margie doesn't know about Wade or the dead parking attendant, either. Imagine how much more confused at the evil of this case she's going to be when she finds out about that too!
What an amazing movie
There should have been the situation for her to talk to Jerry in his prison cell after he was arrested and give him the same speech.
the girl is really cute
After you killed a whole 6 pack maybe
@@AngelA-tq9rs beauty is subjective, just because you dont think she's hot doesnt mean she isnt
The word is "woman". She's 39 years old here, she's not a child.
@@rightwhinger She's now 64 and is still beautiful.
@@AngelA-tq9rs
Kek, based.
There ain't no way that dude would have not gone down without a fight after doing what he did. Even having a gun on him. He would have tried to get it away or at the very least overpowered her when she tried to get the cuffs on him. You can't have a gun and do the cuffs both at the same time 100%.
Agreed. Thats what I dont understand. He was shot once yet he would never go down without a fight. His character was a psycho
And the Academy Award for the best picture goes to The English patient 1:32
That film is not even memorable. Fargo is memorable because of the themes it carries about the human condition, unnatural acts of violence, how greed corrupts us all, and how we try to find the most beautiful things in life. I mean, Fargo literally got its own successful anthology show and just completed its fourth season and is considered one of the best for the Coens, McDormand, and DOP Roger Deakins for its fantastic portrayal of the brutality and beauty of Minnesota.
@@rickardkaufman3988 Sometimes the Academy makes bad calls. Remember Crash? Who talks about Crash vs all the memes about Brokeback Mountain? I stopped watching the Academy Awards because the Best Animated Films mostly go to Disney or Pixar, and it's based on which movie the voters watched with their kids.
She doesn't know that she's got Lucifer in her back seat.
She took the words right out of my mouth. I just don't understand it as well. Philadelphia USA
This was more than an arrest…this was a scolding from a mother
1:36 She should have said "Would it... kill ya to say something?"
The 3 people she refers to are the cop and 2 witnesses. She doesn’t know Wade and the parking attendant as well.
He didn’t kill them though. That was Steve Buscemi’s character.
...A man would have to put his soul at hazard; he'd have to say: "OK, i'll be part of this world."
theres more to life than a little money, but without money theres no life... youll be a hobo
Movies always spew platitudes, but I can tolerate this one because it's well written and well acted.
Hate to break it to ya, but money is, in fact, made up bullshit.
@@KiernanMooney im sure ill get something to eat for free if i tell this true fact to the manager :)
I love this scene
God I used to date a girl who looked just like her in this scene. Didn't see this movie until after we broke up. It makes her that much funnier to me.
I love Gaear who in the movie has been portrayed as a silent inhuman monster is now resigned to being almost like a selfish child who needs to be told by a parent life lessons that frankly should be obvious and people should just know
I expected Gaear to respond with, "Where is Pancakes House?"
0:48 He realizes she’s right when he sees the Paul Bunyan statue 😂
I think she's from Donora...