Category: Coen, Joel and Ethan
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Revisiting ‘Fargo,’ the Coen Brothers’ ‘True Crime’ Classic

The Coen Brothers lied to me. Promoting their 1996 dark comedy Fargo, the filmmaking siblings told the press their crime tale was based on a real incident. The movie itself begins with the statement, “This is a true story. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of the…
