"He kinda funny-lookin'" "Uh-huh... In what way?" "Ooh, just in a general kinda way..." ^Probably the most accurate way of explaining Steve Buscemi's looks.
Funny thing is that just based on what the guy said he was saying you could tell it was Steve Buscemis character and not the other guy, lol, geez I’m going crazy out there at the lake.
Tortu Osit.... Only just seen your reply, and you're absolutely right - it's the pause that does it. One of my Top 10 movies for sure. And if you haven't seen it, please do check out Season 1 of the TV series - that's brilliant as well. Haven't seen Season 2 yet. :-)
@@joejones5491 He wanted to confirm the story in person, in a general kind of way, just to make sure he was on the up and up and not another yarn spinner like Mike Yanagita.
It's very real, instead of some smoking gun clue followed through insane police work, it's through a tip they get because Buscemi's character couldn't keep his fat mouth shut. Gotta love it
Scenes like this are an example of what separates good films from bad films. The only purpose of this scene is to establish that the cops are closing in on the kidnappers and know the area they may be hiding in. A bad movie could achieve this any number of ways, most likely a boring, unmemorable, expository procedural scene of a guy on the phone/computer sitting at his desk discovering where the kidnappers were last seen. Nothing but a filler scene to get to the next part of the story. The Coen brothers take that as an opportunity to show some of the locals, get a few laughs and basically write some proper dialogue. Perfect example of great film makers and writers in general. There's always a way to make it interesting, engaging and memorable while avoiding cliches.
Kevtb87 The cops didn't take the tip seriously though. Margie only follows it up when she is driving back from the twin cities. Her and Lou use a derogatory term when referring to him as "the loudmouth". I agree though that a weaker movie would have skipped over this scene entirely. It would have been explained in dialogue when Margie is driving around the lake. She would have simply said to Lou "Yep, I'm following up that tip we got about a tan Sierra seen at the lake."
@Ricky Roma You;d be surprised how representative of an upper mid-western conversation this is. The guy likes to talk, and really wants to help, is excited, and is trying his hardest to help (even though he cant), but doesn't want to say something "mean" about the guy. It was exaggerated a little bit, but its not unrealistic.
As much as I love every scene in this movie, and there are so many great scenes, this scene is for some reason my favorite of all. The rhythm of the dialogue is just spectacular. It's almost a non-essential scene in the movie yet its still my favorite.
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From Minneapolis. People in the cities don't talk like this, except some old timers. But go up North, to like Brainerd or Bemidji, and this is SPOT ON.
+TomSFox I know this is a bit late, but I read somewhere that the film is called Fargo for a symbolic reason. Jerry meets the two criminals in Fargo to set up the deal in the very beginning of the movie, and it was this meeting in some small city in North Dakota that caused his own arrest, the deaths of many people including his wife, and just a whole lot of shit in general. It's a tragedy, really.
I love how the conversation turns to the weather. I heard that people in Minnesota can't go an entire conversation without referring to the weather at some point.
This is a great example of the genius of Fargo. These characters aren't important to the story at all and yet without this scene I don't think the film would be as complete. With this scene, with the police talking to some random guy, it almost makes it feel less like a movie and almost like a documentary feel for a real case. Extraordinary acting, directing, writing....EVERYTHING!! I love Fargo!
This scene is a wonder. I love it. What I like best is the overall look of the shot. As a native Midwesterner, I appreciate the honesty of the neighborhood. Asphalt streets with no curbs or sidewalks. The elevator in the background. There are about a dozen elevators within about a forty mile radius of where I live. This is how they all look. Sometimes there's a town around it. Sometimes just a couple of homes. They could have filmed it someplace else that would have been more conducive to filming like parts of Canada that also have snow, like Vancouver or Toronto, but it would have stood out. We would know it wasn't authentic.
The prairie provinces in Canada (Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba) is very similar to North Dakota and Minnesota. Small grain farming towns settled by Germans and Scandinavians with grain elevators. Looks a lot like my hometown in Saskatchewan, except people talk more like Germans here.
I love this scene. I'm from Wisconsin, and even that's pretty close in accent and the vocabulary. The end wen they talk about it getting a cold front, while looking up in their big hoods, cracks me up. Very well done scene.
If you simply read the script for this movie you would think it's boring but watching the movie you come to appreciate the way the Coen brother's have taken a simple scene like this and turned it into a work of art.
Of all the scenes in 'Fargo', this is the one that always springs to mind - even over the log splitter. This absolutely nails the Lutefisk and 'Uff-da' life (perhaps of days gone by). Yeah, you can have warm spells in mid-winter; I remember days when all the hockey rinks were closed temporarily in I-Falls when we had 40 degrees around new years day. The road packs would get terrible, then they'd refreeze and it'd be like driving through a frozen corn field. The only thing inconsistent in this shot is the gloves and hoods; if it's that warm, unzip the coats, ditch the hoods and gloves and wear a Mossberg cap or a tuque... these guys are burning up.
You got that right! I’m from Saskatchewan. Geez I was sweating seeing them wear them big coats and hoods up while the snow was melting. I guess not much different. Only thing was instead of Eklund and Svetlund’s (or whatever he said) we would have Schmidt and Palchuk or something German and/or Ukrainian lol.
I always assumed that it was a joke that it's gunna turn cold even though the landscape is covered in ice and snow. Like these people are so used to snow and ice that the current temp isn't nearly as bad as it gets. But who knows.
@@samsonslmpson1986 I grew up in northern New England, not Minnesota, but I can tell you that those occasional 36-degree days in midwinter can be quite pleasant if you stand out in the midday sun and let it shine right on your face. You can get a bit of a sweat going. Great skiing weather.
The best long shots are when you don't even notice them. From the locked shot of the car entering frame, to the pan of the walk, to the to the stop of the two shot over the shoulder with no back and forth dialogue splices. One long shot for nearly two minutes. Brilliant.
As a Michigander this conversation is 100% normal. Only problem with the scene is theres water everywhere which means it mid 30s at least. We are in tshirts at that point.
Still one of the funniest movies and one of my favorite scenes from it. My Dad grew up in Saskatchewan and his relatives indeed sounded a lot like the guy with the broom.
I'm from Minnesota, and this is the most spot-on realistic scene set in Minnesota that I've ever seen. It's like, "Finally!" a movie with people like me, yay! And no one in the scene said You Betcha, which is good. I've never heard anyone ever say that to my recollection except maybe as a oke, though I don't live in every part of MN, so they might say it regularly somewhere.
Just like in NJ , a State many malign for their accents , no one ever says Joisey. Only New Yawkers say Joisey. NJ did invent fuhgetaboutit. As in is that lady beautiful. Fuhgetaboutit, was that hard to do , fuhgetaboutit. It is a very useful word because it has multiple meanings and uses. You betcha , fuhgetaboutit.
It is kind of sad that people describe Steve Buscemis character as funny looking several times in the Movie, and when Margie eventually catches up all she gets to see is his foot.
I lived in Minnesota for 4 years (Glencoe and Winnebago). The accent and conversation brings back many memories. My sibs and I used to crack each other up trying imitate the accent.
That "little guy, funny looking" description everyone was giving of Carl was perfect. There's not a cop in the region that wouldn't have made him based on that description.
This scene is possibly one of the best in the entire movie. Here you have two characters that we barely know provide a 'geyser' of information that includes both a lead on Buscemi and a display of genuine civil community (borderline servitude) that feels almost extinct in these present times. What some may think of a simple discussion between simple people, we get a comical, lyrical, honest exhibition of exposition.
I'm absolutely fascinated with this conversation. I can't explain why, but I could listen to them talking all day. 100 time better than the dialogue Tarrantino writes.
Hallock, Minnesota! I remember riding around on my bike as a kid that day and seeing the set just a few blocks from my home. They had to shoot in Hallock because it was an unusually warm winter, had to get 20 miles from Canada before there was any snow!
I watched this get filmed! One of the Coen brothers didn't like the birds chirping in the trees, so they started throwing snowballs at them! We helped out by throwing a few too!
Most Northern Midwest folks will tell you this is the biggest mistake in the film. The snow is melting, no one would put the hood on. This is shorts weather in Minnesota, WI, Michigan and North Dakota. Think I am kidding?
Maybe he's sensitive lol I've never been up North Dakota but I imagine it gets darn cold up there, I'm from New Jersey. We get cold and snowy during the winter but I imagine it's 10 times worse up there.
This scene should be shown to actors in film school. It feels like the pure essence of acting to me. It doesn't feel overly rehearsed and has a pleasant naturalistic feel to it. Just two Minnesotans having a chat....about murders!
omg, I am from a long line of walsh's and connollys, so yeah, I'd love to go to ireland! LoL! I'm from Minnesota, so we have half the irish accent down!
the scene isnt pointless. he said he called it in and a few scene laters you see Frances Mcdormand driving up Moose lake which the man mentions in here and finds the tan cierra. sorry but every scene in this movie connnects toeach other
Not all of us talk with this thick of an accent anymore only in northern Minnesota will you find this. But still love how people can pick us out in a second when I go south.
I still laugh my ass off every time I see it & I've watched Fargo probably 3x a year since it came out in 1996. What's that? 60 times? That's a low estimate.
Brilliant. Less is more. Well written, simple dialogue. Two great character performances. 2-minutes and you know who did it and where he is. And its cold too.
Give me my msword 2006 back. I will make it right this time. English 343... something class. 12 page essay. What do you say? Top 20 world's best movies of all times. Take I35 south, if you don't like it. Laugh Out Loudly.
Brilliant scene thanks for uploading the clip I needed to show it to someone. The snow might be melting but they're prepared for that cold front comin in tommorra.
There was a small time crook in my town, who was referred to as "Hamster". I didn't know him but wondered why they called him that. Then I saw a guy I had never seen and I was 101% sure I saw Mr Hamster. He was kind of funny looking.
The script was written for a classic Minnesota winter but it was unseasonably warm the entire shoot - you can tell by all the pools of water - but the actors do their best!
The winter they shot this was abnormally warm. Took them weeks to get enough snow to get these shots. You can tell in this clip that the snow was melty and slushy, even though they're trying to make it seem exceptionally cold throughout the movie.
This is one of my favorite scenes in Fargo. It encompasses what folk from,”The great white north” are like. Brings back memories for me. Using a broom to sweep off the snow is classic!
Yah I boned her good in nat house. So I'm in na middle of givin her the trouser pike n her mahm wallks in on us n says "What the Christ!" Not too good a deal for either of us.
I mean if I didn't know who Steve Bushemi was this is how I'd describe him. I gotta say, I could listen to these folks ramble on about nothing for hours with that wholesome ass Minnesota accent.
I was living in Wisconsin when this movie can out - and one of the criticisms of this scene was that no one in Minnesota would have the hood on their jacket up, if it was warm enough for there to puddles of water on the ground. 🙂
Its supposed to be cold in this scene, they just got unlucky with unusually warm weather when they filmed. Couldn't delay production and hope and wait for things to freeze over for real.
They filmed this one scene up in Hallock, MN. Also, if there's melting snow and standing water swept with a broom, it's warm enough you don't need to bundle up in a parka. Great film and acting.
Macy and McDormand were great in this movie, but they kinda butchered the accent. This guy absolutely nails it, right down to the phrasing. Only problem with this scene is that if you look at the standing water in the street, it's clearly at least in the 30s. No Minnesotan would be wearing a parka if it's in the 30s. That's a hooded sweatshirt at most.
that guy is (or I think was, I believe he retired) the head of a theater group in Minneapolis. He and the parking lot attendant (also a Minneapolis native) are the only credible accents in the film
I live in Sartell, MN. My friend's aunt talks almost exactly like Mcdormand, and actually looks a bit like her (she's around 60). Of course, there's no "donchaknow", but I bet Mcdormand had an actual Minnesotan with a similar accent she emulated for the film.
I'm glad others think this is a great scene. In a movie filled with amazing dialogue and great acting, this is still my favorite scene. It's so well written, and the actors' timing is exquisite. Then, they disappear.
The fact that Steve Buscemi's character talked about killing a guy right before repeating his location a THIRD time to this man... Goodness, the criminals in this movie are so incompetent. 😂
The whole time I am picturing Steve Buscemi sitting at the bar saying all this stuff, lol, the dialogue writing is spot on.
funny looking little guy.
I know - me too!
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Exactly, the one problem is the weather warm enough to melt snow and they are in full parka gear in Minnesota, that would feel especially mild to them
You know this diamond? Its not a diamond. Oh wrong movie.
"He kinda funny-lookin'"
"Uh-huh... In what way?"
"Ooh, just in a general kinda way..."
^Probably the most accurate way of explaining Steve Buscemi's looks.
@Ricky Roma this ain't an r/woosh it's more an r/letmejustruinthejoke
You got that right. LOL
Just say he looks like Gollum from Lord of the rings
Funny thing is that just based on what the guy said he was saying you could tell it was Steve Buscemis character and not the other guy, lol, geez I’m going crazy out there at the lake.
Bet that would go over good on the police radio.A funny looking guy in a general kinda way.Then add yah on the end of it.
As a Minnesotan, this is the most accurate conversation I have ever seen.
It’s about accurate for us
My Dad literally said the same thing.
Yeah, absolutely perfect. This actor is 100% Minnesotan, zero question in my mind.
Do you Minnesotans speak like this mr. Mohra? 😂 He even says "I says"
I'm a Minnesotan too. To say we're all like this is like saying all southerners are rednecks or all west-coasters are gay.
I love how nobody can really pin down what makes Carl funny-looking. They just know he is.
Big bulging eyes and funny teeth
Looks like a rat/chiwawa😂
Well the other guy looked like that Marlboro man. Or maybe it’s because he smoked a lot of Marlboros
@@Bourneidentit Kinda like a subconscious thing, y'know?
He looks like Ichabod Crane
Best conversation in Fargo movie, in a general kind of way.
i rate that
Tortuosit of Tapiola yeah you got that right. You betcha
Plus the Jerry "We're not a bank" scene.
...she'll be cold tomorrow...
I made that assumption.
"She said I should call it in, so I called it in. End of story...." Brilliant!!
+David S "She said I should call it in, so I called it in. [Perfect pause] End of story...."
I lol'ed in a general kind of way.
Tortu Osit.... Only just seen your reply, and you're absolutely right - it's the pause that does it. One of my Top 10 movies for sure. And if you haven't seen it, please do check out Season 1 of the TV series - that's brilliant as well. Haven't seen Season 2 yet. :-)
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@@joejones5491 He wanted to confirm the story in person, in a general kind of way, just to make sure he was on the up and up and not another yarn spinner like Mike Yanagita.
This is actually my favorite scene in the whole film. Just makes it more real.
Anjelika Cornelius this is 100% accurate. I can verify as i lived in south dakota the first 7 years of my life and had a lot of exposure to minnesota
It's very real, instead of some smoking gun clue followed through insane police work, it's through a tip they get because Buscemi's character couldn't keep his fat mouth shut. Gotta love it
@@rohunsaigal2576 Buscemi was a bit of a blabbermouth in this movie, wasn't he?
Mine too. It's amusing but direct hit accurate. "End of story", gets me every time.
One of mine too. So accurately Midwestern.
"Well that don't sound like too good a deal for him then"
+Diccon Hyatt Hey, Norm. How's the paintin' goin'?
+Diccon Hyatt Norm, the prowler needs a jump
Best part of the whole exchange.
+Diccon Hyatt how ya doin' there norm? Did you get those night crawlers?
you got that right!
Scenes like this are an example of what separates good films from bad films. The only purpose of this scene is to establish that the cops are closing in on the kidnappers and know the area they may be hiding in. A bad movie could achieve this any number of ways, most likely a boring, unmemorable, expository procedural scene of a guy on the phone/computer sitting at his desk discovering where the kidnappers were last seen. Nothing but a filler scene to get to the next part of the story.
The Coen brothers take that as an opportunity to show some of the locals, get a few laughs and basically write some proper dialogue. Perfect example of great film makers and writers in general. There's always a way to make it interesting, engaging and memorable while avoiding cliches.
Kevtb87 The cops didn't take the tip seriously though.
Margie only follows it up when she is driving back from the twin cities. Her and Lou use a derogatory term when referring to him as "the loudmouth".
I agree though that a weaker movie would have skipped over this scene entirely. It would have been explained in dialogue when Margie is driving around the lake. She would have simply said to Lou "Yep, I'm following up that tip we got about a tan Sierra seen at the lake."
lol k nerd
@Ricky Roma You;d be surprised how representative of an upper mid-western conversation this is. The guy likes to talk, and really wants to help, is excited, and is trying his hardest to help (even though he cant), but doesn't want to say something "mean" about the guy. It was exaggerated a little bit, but its not unrealistic.
@Ricky Roma take it from someone who lives and works in the dakotas this shit is accurate... Ya*Knooow lol
I dunno.., I'm kinda fond of those expository procedural scenes, in a general kinda way.
This scene kills me every time. So simple and right. "So I called it in. End of story."
👍🏻 .... endah story
LOL......The stare and pause before he says "end of story."
"He calls me a jerk, says the last guy who thought he was a jerk is dead now."
And I don’t mean of old age
That don’t sound like too good of a deal for him then.
"Well that don't sound like too good a deal for him then"
Loved that line from the very first time I saw this movie.
My dad used to start some sentences with “ you know if a guy wanted to he’d “ then get to the subject at hand.
A Minnesotan.
Fargo is a MASTERPIECE. End of story.
you got that right.
But what do you mean?
Darn tootin
As much as I love every scene in this movie, and there are so many great scenes, this scene is for some reason my favorite of all. The rhythm of the dialogue is just spectacular. It's almost a non-essential scene in the movie yet its still my favorite.
It's not non-essential. It's still the way Frances McDormand is led to the two assailants' general location.
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@@hoss-lk4bg lml again with this racist Neo-N@zi Arab & his lil participation trophy flag 🥺 awwww
FYI, the rest of us haven’t forgotten your whole p3d0phiIia incident on that other channel 😃
From Minneapolis. People in the cities don't talk like this, except some old timers. But go up North, to like Brainerd or Bemidji, and this is SPOT ON.
Derek Johnson brainerd! brilliant name!
Derek Johnson This movie actually takes place in Brainerd. God knows why it's called "Fargo."
+K.A. Bren Missed opportunity by the title-makers to make Brainerd famous and well-known then!
+TomSFox I know this is a bit late, but I read somewhere that the film is called Fargo for a symbolic reason. Jerry meets the two criminals in Fargo to set up the deal in the very beginning of the movie, and it was this meeting in some small city in North Dakota that caused his own arrest, the deaths of many people including his wife, and just a whole lot of shit in general. It's a tragedy, really.
I'm from brainerd. nobody talks like this.
I've watched this 100 times, and its funny every time. This appears to be done all in one take. Brilliant.
I love how the conversation turns to the weather. I heard that people in Minnesota can't go an entire conversation without referring to the weather at some point.
It's for the most part true, many of us can't. Though, he could have "Ja, ya betcha" at the end it would have been just as accurate.
That's right 😂
And for good reason! 😂
Weather is the perfect small talk subject. Somethings always going on, at least in the Midwest/Northeast
Well ya no
11 years later and I'm still searching for this scene to show people. Genius.
"ha! you got that right"
The way he said that makes me laugh
This is a great example of the genius of Fargo. These characters aren't important to the story at all and yet without this scene I don't think the film would be as complete. With this scene, with the police talking to some random guy, it almost makes it feel less like a movie and almost like a documentary feel for a real case. Extraordinary acting, directing, writing....EVERYTHING!! I love Fargo!
As someone who has lived in Fargo for a few years, I can verify that I overhear conversations like this at least once a week
This scene is a wonder. I love it. What I like best is the overall look of the shot. As a native Midwesterner, I appreciate the honesty of the neighborhood. Asphalt streets with no curbs or sidewalks. The elevator in the background. There are about a dozen elevators within about a forty mile radius of where I live. This is how they all look. Sometimes there's a town around it. Sometimes just a couple of homes. They could have filmed it someplace else that would have been more conducive to filming like parts of Canada that also have snow, like Vancouver or Toronto, but it would have stood out. We would know it wasn't authentic.
The prairie provinces in Canada (Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba) is very similar to North Dakota and Minnesota. Small grain farming towns settled by Germans and Scandinavians with grain elevators. Looks a lot like my hometown in Saskatchewan, except people talk more like Germans here.
I love this scene. I'm from Wisconsin, and even that's pretty close in accent and the vocabulary. The end wen they talk about it getting a cold front, while looking up in their big hoods, cracks me up. Very well done scene.
Yah, you got that right
Literally everyone in Wisconsin talks like this, this scene almost makes me feel at home except for the fact that that is t-shirt and shorts weather
If you simply read the script for this movie you would think it's boring but watching the movie you come to appreciate the way the Coen brother's have taken a simple scene like this and turned it into a work of art.
Of all the scenes in 'Fargo', this is the one that always springs to mind - even over the log splitter. This absolutely nails the Lutefisk and 'Uff-da' life (perhaps of days gone by). Yeah, you can have warm spells in mid-winter; I remember days when all the hockey rinks were closed temporarily in I-Falls when we had 40 degrees around new years day. The road packs would get terrible, then they'd refreeze and it'd be like driving through a frozen corn field. The only thing inconsistent in this shot is the gloves and hoods; if it's that warm, unzip the coats, ditch the hoods and gloves and wear a Mossberg cap or a tuque... these guys are burning up.
You got that right! I’m from Saskatchewan. Geez I was sweating seeing them wear them big coats and hoods up while the snow was melting.
I guess not much different. Only thing was instead of Eklund and Svetlund’s (or whatever he said) we would have Schmidt and Palchuk or something German and/or Ukrainian lol.
I always assumed that it was a joke that it's gunna turn cold even though the landscape is covered in ice and snow. Like these people are so used to snow and ice that the current temp isn't nearly as bad as it gets. But who knows.
@@samsonslmpson1986 Living in Minnesota I can tell ya that anything about 20 in winter feels balmy
@@samsonslmpson1986 I grew up in northern New England, not Minnesota, but I can tell you that those occasional 36-degree days in midwinter can be quite pleasant if you stand out in the midday sun and let it shine right on your face. You can get a bit of a sweat going. Great skiing weather.
Sartell outfit offered a guy from the purchased Illinois plant a job. The Illinois guy said he was not moving one inch more to the north. @@cisium1184
The best long shots are when you don't even notice them. From the locked shot of the car entering frame, to the pan of the walk, to the to the stop of the two shot over the shoulder with no back and forth dialogue splices. One long shot for nearly two minutes. Brilliant.
"...only he don't use the word jerk"
lol XD
"I understand."
@@AdhamOhm Then he calls _me_ a jerk, says the last guys who thought _he's_ a jerk is dead now... so I don't say nothin.'
This is my favorite part. Thanks. Philadelphia USA
My dad's family is from near Brainerd. This guy's accent is the most authentic in the whole film. Love this!
As a Michigander this conversation is 100% normal. Only problem with the scene is theres water everywhere which means it mid 30s at least. We are in tshirts at that point.
the Coen Brothers do dialogue scenes so well
Have it your way dude ! Let’s go bowling ....
"Son, you got a panty on your head."
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It NEVER EVER EVER gets boring…💚💛🧡❤️💙
Still one of the funniest movies and one of my favorite scenes from it. My Dad grew up in Saskatchewan and his relatives indeed sounded a lot like the guy with the broom.
I'm from rural Saskatchewan and totally agree. We sound a little more German than Scandinavian though but quite similar.
One of the best movies of my 70 year old life!❤
There should be an award for best dialogue in a movie 🍿 This is priceless, ooh jeez.
You betcha .
Don'cha no
Shoutouts to Steve Buscemi being cool with the jokes about him being "funny looking" for most of this movie lol.
he was in the Simpsons as well and they described him as needy looking and bug eyed, fair play to him
'What do I look like? I don't arrange that kind of thing..." Lol.
I’m in love with this film. My top ten movies. I don’t care how much I’ve seen it, it’ll always be gold.
Is that a conversation or what? It gets an A-plus in my book. Great movie.
I'm from Minnesota, and this is the most spot-on realistic scene set in Minnesota that I've ever seen. It's like, "Finally!" a movie with people like me, yay! And no one in the scene said You Betcha, which is good. I've never heard anyone ever say that to my recollection except maybe as a oke, though I don't live in every part of MN, so they might say it regularly somewhere.
Just like in NJ , a State many malign for their accents , no one ever says Joisey. Only New Yawkers say Joisey. NJ did invent fuhgetaboutit. As in is that lady beautiful. Fuhgetaboutit, was that hard to do , fuhgetaboutit. It is a very useful word because it has multiple meanings and uses. You betcha , fuhgetaboutit.
I’m from Southern Minnesota and I certainly heard it.
I now live in northeastern SD and everyone says “you bet” or “you betcha” lol
It is kind of sad that people describe Steve Buscemis character as funny looking several times in the Movie, and when Margie eventually catches up all she gets to see is his foot.
Margie will get to see documents about him like his license, so at least she'll geta picture
Now he’s real funny lookin.
In a black-comedic kind of way, Carl Showalter gets 'funnier' looking at the story goes on.
A foot in a sock sticking out of a woodchipper is kinda funny lookin.
I lived in Minnesota for 4 years (Glencoe and Winnebago). The accent and conversation brings back many memories. My sibs and I used to crack each other up trying imitate the accent.
That "little guy, funny looking" description everyone was giving of Carl was perfect. There's not a cop in the region that wouldn't have made him based on that description.
This movie has actually made me consider moving up there when I retire.
This scene is possibly one of the best in the entire movie. Here you have two characters that we barely know provide a 'geyser' of information that includes both a lead on Buscemi and a display of genuine civil community (borderline servitude) that feels almost extinct in these present times. What some may think of a simple discussion between simple people, we get a comical, lyrical, honest exhibition of exposition.
I'm absolutely fascinated with this conversation. I can't explain why, but I could listen to them talking all day. 100 time better than the dialogue Tarrantino writes.
I agree, he’s been riding the coattails of Pulp Fiction for decades now, although I did like his last movie.
@@mplslawnguy3389they’re two completely different directors whom respect one another.
@@karmatt3098 *three
Hallock, Minnesota! I remember riding around on my bike as a kid that day and seeing the set just a few blocks from my home. They had to shoot in Hallock because it was an unusually warm winter, had to get 20 miles from Canada before there was any snow!
I'm from Saskatchewan and we had no snow at all up here that year neither.
+sardonicus76 LMFAO. that was awesome. spot on. You should write for hollywood.
I watched this get filmed! One of the Coen brothers didn't like the birds chirping in the trees, so they started throwing snowballs at them! We helped out by throwing a few too!
Really? That's one hell of a story!
Are you serious??? That's awesome :) hope the birds didn't get hurt though
catfish get out of here your not going to abduct anyone here go on scram
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You're right, if you listen closely with headphones when the guy pauses you can hear the birds! What a way for your story to check out!
The farmer is my friend Bain Boehlke, who worked for Childrens Theater in Minneapolis.
I love the pause after “so…I called it in.”
End of story! Lol
Most Northern Midwest folks will tell you this is the biggest mistake in the film. The snow is melting, no one would put the hood on. This is shorts weather in Minnesota, WI, Michigan and North Dakota. Think I am kidding?
Dee Donner Ramone Shorts is pushing it, it's more like t-shirt weather.
I'm from the region this was filmed in, and yes, that's shorts weather.
+doveforever Yeah, by that time parkas and jackets are waaaaaaaaay too warm. Shorts and t shirt weather for this Minnesotan too.
+doveforever Yeah, by that time parkas and jackets are waaaaaaaaay too warm. Shorts and t shirt weather for this Minnesotan too.
Maybe he's sensitive lol I've never been up North Dakota but I imagine it gets darn cold up there, I'm from New Jersey. We get cold and snowy during the winter but I imagine it's 10 times worse up there.
I'm goin' crazy down there by the lake. ; )
*I'm going crazy out there at the lake
Yah, well, Ecklund & Swedlin's, more _by_ the lake than _at_ the lake so Wu Tang made that assumption.
Wu Tang White Bear Lake or Moose Lake?
In fargo season 2 there is a reference to this
White Bear Lake and Moose Lake are nowhere closer to each other
"Geez I'm going crazy out there at the lake".
God, I know that feeling.
This scene should be shown to actors in film school. It feels like the pure essence of acting to me. It doesn't feel overly rehearsed and has a pleasant naturalistic feel to it. Just two Minnesotans having a chat....about murders!
Laugh all you want, these people are the salt of the earth America.
I feel honoured, my friend.
;Don't let Our kind, heart-felt facade's fool you though.
;Our people are as cold as our winters.
Oh, yah?
omg, I am from a long line of walsh's and connollys, so yeah, I'd love to go to ireland! LoL! I'm from Minnesota, so we have half the irish accent down!
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+crankylifter - You got a problem with us Nodak's?
I love this movie. This scene is so pointless it's brilliant!
the scene isnt pointless. he said he called it in and a few scene laters you see Frances Mcdormand driving up Moose lake which the man mentions in here and finds the tan cierra. sorry but every scene in this movie connnects toeach other
Moose lake was patrolled by Marge because of this scene.. to quote another movie. " Hello Mcfly"!
Marge: "Oh, I'm almost back. I'm taking a drive around Moose Lake."
Lou: "Oh. Gary's loudmouth."
Marge: "Yah, the loudmouth."
@@iramos4021 It would be quite a coincidence if they weren't, ya know...connected.
"hmmhmm you got that right"
Not all of us talk with this thick of an accent anymore only in northern Minnesota will you find this. But still love how people can pick us out in a second when I go south.
I still laugh my ass off every time I see it & I've watched Fargo probably 3x a year since it came out in 1996. What's that? 60 times? That's a low estimate.
Watching Fargo at Thanksgiving is a family tradition!
Brilliant. Less is more. Well written, simple dialogue. Two great character performances. 2-minutes and you know who did it and where he is. And its cold too.
This was one hell of a movie - really a masterpiece in both writing and acting. 👏
"He was kind of funny looking, just in a general kind of way": the perfect epitaph on Steve Buscemi's future gravestone.
As a Scandinavian I approve this scene
Wonderful, authentic movie dialogue - and so beautifully acted.
The best part is you can picture Buscemi saying all of this 😂
Give me my msword 2006 back. I will make it right this time. English 343... something class. 12 page essay. What do you say? Top 20 world's best movies of all times. Take I35 south, if you don't like it. Laugh Out Loudly.
The combination of writing and dialect made virtually every line in this film priceless.
Brilliant scene thanks for uploading the clip I needed to show it to someone. The snow might be melting but they're prepared for that cold front comin in tommorra.
There was a small time crook in my town, who was referred to as "Hamster". I didn't know him but wondered why they called him that.
Then I saw a guy I had never seen and I was 101% sure I saw Mr Hamster.
He was kind of funny looking.
The script was written for a classic Minnesota winter but it was unseasonably warm the entire shoot - you can tell by all the pools of water - but the actors do their best!
The winter they shot this was abnormally warm. Took them weeks to get enough snow to get these shots. You can tell in this clip that the snow was melty and slushy, even though they're trying to make it seem exceptionally cold throughout the movie.
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This is one of my favorite scenes in Fargo. It encompasses what folk from,”The great white north” are like. Brings back memories for me. Using a broom to sweep off the snow is classic!
This man deserves an Oscar.
Mr Mohra
Sometimes, a movie comes along. This is that movie. ❤
Some of the best acting out there.
Retired to Florida...every time I think about moving back north, this scene comes to mind.
So he says, "So, I get it. So, ya think I'm some kinda jerk for askin'?" only he don't use the word 'jerk'...
this scene is filmed in my girlfriend's hometown, Hallock, MN. her parents' house is actually the one with the gray garage in the background, lol
Yah I boned her good in nat house. So I'm in na middle of givin her the trouser pike n her mahm wallks in on us n says "What the Christ!" Not too good a deal for either of us.
Haha, your profile name even adds to the legitamacy of that cool story.
brilliant' forgot it was a movie, felt like I was eavesdropping.
I mean if I didn't know who Steve Bushemi was this is how I'd describe him. I gotta say, I could listen to these folks ramble on about nothing for hours with that wholesome ass Minnesota accent.
They better feed you some hot dish if they're going to ramble on like that.
He was even funnier looking after they found him in and around that wood chipper.
I was living in Wisconsin when this movie can out - and one of the criticisms of this scene was that no one in Minnesota would have the hood on their jacket up,
if it was warm enough for there to puddles of water on the ground. 🙂
Its supposed to be cold in this scene, they just got unlucky with unusually warm weather when they filmed. Couldn't delay production and hope and wait for things to freeze over for real.
As a Minnesotan, you're spot on right.. You betcha.
They filmed this one scene up in Hallock, MN. Also, if there's melting snow and standing water swept with a broom, it's warm enough you don't need to bundle up in a parka. Great film and acting.
And then i says
I don't know why but this is one of my favorite scenes in this movie along with the Mike Yanagita scene. I always look forward to them.
Can someone imagine writing this sort of story in a script, how long did they laugh before filming it, perfection
Millwall rules 🦁
As a Minnesotan, I can confirm, this is the way we talk.
This conversation is so utterly Norwegian, it's stunning to see it take place in an American film.
“Jeez I’m going crazy out there at the lake” 😂😂😂
Macy and McDormand were great in this movie, but they kinda butchered the accent. This guy absolutely nails it, right down to the phrasing. Only problem with this scene is that if you look at the standing water in the street, it's clearly at least in the 30s. No Minnesotan would be wearing a parka if it's in the 30s. That's a hooded sweatshirt at most.
jennifer86010 also, that winter was unseasonably mild. directors were aghast at the odds of that happening.
that guy is (or I think was, I believe he retired) the head of a theater group in Minneapolis. He and the parking lot attendant (also a Minneapolis native) are the only credible accents in the film
Randy Burrill l
I live in Sartell, MN. My friend's aunt talks almost exactly like Mcdormand, and actually looks a bit like her (she's around 60). Of course, there's no "donchaknow", but I bet Mcdormand had an actual Minnesotan with a similar accent she emulated for the film.
McDormand was born in Fargo.
I’m from Minnesota & I can’t tell you how accurate this is. Like it hurts
this just sounds like a normal conversation to me lol. they would fit right in in some parts of canada
I have a few Canadian friends and they relate to this a lot
Very similar conversations and inflections with snow in the background
I'm glad others think this is a great scene. In a movie filled with amazing dialogue and great acting, this is still my favorite scene. It's so well written, and the actors' timing is exquisite. Then, they disappear.
The fact that Steve Buscemi's character talked about killing a guy right before repeating his location a THIRD time to this man... Goodness, the criminals in this movie are so incompetent. 😂
Love it. Keep the good writing coming boys.
I can just imagine the police report on Carl's white-socked foot going into the wood chipper. "The foot was kind of funny-looking..."
17 people are going crazy out by the lake
White Bear Lake?
Well, it's closer to Moose Lake, so I made that assumption.
"17 people are going crazy out by the lake"
Well... that don't sound like too good a deal for _them,_ then.
Fargo is one of the most uniquely enjoyable films of all time.