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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoThe making of Fargo at 30: Man, you don't give me this role, I'm gonna shoot your dog'
William H. Macy secured the lead role in Fargo after impressing the Coen Brothers with his commitment and dark humor, transforming a modest detective part into an iconic performance as Jerry Lundegaard.
fromVulture
8 months agoO Brother, Where Art Thou? Changed Tim Blake Nelson's Life
According to Nelson, Clooney joked at the time that all of their SAG cards should've been revoked "because there was so much overacting from the three of us," but it was Turturro's advice when shooting began to always give the Coens more than they asked for. Ultimately, to Nelson, the broadness of their performances juxtaposes with "passages of real sadness and poignancy" to deepen the comedy.
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fromSlate Magazine
9 months agoTwo of Our Greatest Filmmakers Stopped Making Movies Together. It Has Not Gone Well.
Sometimes a filmmaker you love makes a movie so bad it forces you to question your whole reality. I'm not talking about your run-of-the-mill misfire. Movies are complicated and fragile organisms, and even the best director can't control for all the variables that can turn a potential masterpiece into a noble failure. (When I first started writing about movies, I couldn't understand why there were so many bad ones. Now, I think it's a miracle that any of them are good.)
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