Todd Melby

A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere (eBook, ePUB)

The Untold Story of the Making of Fargo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The 1996 movie Fargo stirred widespread curiosity about snowy winters, funny accents, and bloody mayhem on the frozen tundra of Minnesota and North Dakota. The film won two Academy Awards and inspired a popular, award-winning television series. It is also a quintessentially Minnesota film-or is it? A Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere presents the untold stories behind the making of Joel and Ethan Coen's most memorable film. It explores the behind-the-scenes creative moments that made Fargo a critical and cultural success, including casting struggles, the battles over dialect, production challenges (a lack of snow), and insights from the screenplay and deleted scenes. Author Todd Melby examines to what extent the story was inspired by true events (as the film claims), and whether the Coens are trustworthy narrators of their own story. In addition to biographical details about the Coen Brothers, the book reveals what Fargo says about Minnesota and the Midwest.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781681341897
• Artikelnr.: 61123805

Autorenporträt

Todd Melby is a reporter, documentarian, and filmmaker. In 2016, he co-produced "We Don't Talk Like That: Fargo and the Midwest Psyche," a one-hour radio documentary about the movie. "Black Gold Boom", his public media series on North Dakota's oil boom, featured stories of hope and despair. "Spirit and Body Willing: Sex Over Age 70" and "Death's Footprint", radio documentaries he co-produced with Diane Richard, won national Edward R. Murrow awards. He lives in Minneapolis. Visit him at toddmeby.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 Homey and Exotic
2 This Is a True Story
3 I'll Shoot Your Dog
4 Dancing in Your Mouth
5 Unblemished White
6 Propylene Glycol and a Little Black Dye
7 Vast, Flat Countryside
8 Post-Fargo Fargo
Timeline
Where Are They Now
Endnotes
Bibliography About the Author