Fargo (1996) - Total Silence Scene (3/12) | Movieclips

Fargo (1996) - Total Silence Scene: After trying to strike up a conversation, Carl (Steve Buscemi) decides to give Gaear (Peter Stormare) the silent treatment.
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FILM DESCRIPTION:
Filmmaking siblings Joel Coen and Ethan Coen both embraced and poked satirical fun at their Minnesotan roots with this comedy-drama-thriller that earned seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Actress and Best Original Screenplay. Frances McDormand stars as Marge Gunderson, a pregnant police chief whose affable, folksy demeanor masks a whip-smart mind. When a pair of motorists are found slain not far from the corpse of a state trooper, Marge begins piecing together a case involving a pair of dopey would-be kidnappers, Carl (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear (Bergman stock player Peter Stormare). They've been hired by Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy), a car salesman under the thumb of his wealthy, overbearing boss and father-in-law, Wade (Harve Presnell). Jerry's raised some money illegally through a petty scam he's run on General Motors and he's about to get caught. When Wade sours a business deal that could save his son-in-law's hide, the desperate Jerry hires Carl and Gaear to kidnap his wife and hold her for ransom. Things go predictably wrong and a series of murders occur, with Marge, waddling along behind her enormous belly and ever-hungering for an all-you-can-eat buffet, hot on the trail of the killers. Although the credits for Fargo state that the film is loosely based on real events, the story is entirely fictional, the claim being just an ironic jibe on the part of the Coens.
CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1996)
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers: Tim Bevan, John Cameron, Ethan Coen, Eric Fellner, Joel Coen
Screenwriters: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
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[@pajasa62]

Steve Buscemi needs to do more movies...he is really good.

[@aidanrocha2043]

And a little funny lookin

[@thetetons744]

@@aidanrocha2043 in what way?

[@elliot_sdmn3976]

@@aidanrocha2043 no he’s not :(

[@evenfunny6086]

Nah he should continue to chill. He's old and his wife died.

[@tomitstube]

great actor, contrast this character with donny from the big lebowski. both coen brothers movies btw.

[@paktype]

Say what you want about Steve Buscemi's looks - the man is a hero. He was a firefighter in NYC before becoming an actor and stayed in the FDNY reserves. After 9/11, he went back to his old fire station and worked 12 hour shifts at the World Trade Center doing recovery work. He was later made an honorary battalion chief. The guy is a hero to me. I don't care if he is "funny lookin".

[@WeWantYouToStay]

paktype also a great actor "y'know it's proven that second hand smoke is a carcino... yknow, a cancer agent"

[@MyoclonicJerkCough]

He was circumcised...

[@sptom1258]

I find him really handsome .-. no joke

[@wurlybird9]

paktype I didn't know that about Steve. Much respect for him as an actor AND a citizen.

[@Kelly14UK]

Ta for intel.

[@Ollie-Sprache]

Later in the movie Steve Buscemi says “I’m sick of listening to your bullshit all day” lol

[@bridgecross]

The funniest part is, he thinks having a conversation with this psychopath would be better than silence

[@itswhoppertime]

fountain of conversation

[@goatpasta9553]

that's a geyser

[@NightSage-ms3oq]

@@goatpasta9553 like whoa daddy stand back

[@mattfoley6082]

His reaction and "Would it kill you to say something?" are hilarious.

[@patrickfrench332]

Every scene in this movie is someone’s favourite

[@iggystardust9236]

Lol I just read a comment above yours that said it was someone's favorite scene

[@sdawg4834]

LMAO I love that scene! What Steve's character doesn't realize is that Peter Stormare is perfectly fine with silence! Maybe Steve should've talked about pancakes he could've opened up a whole avenue of conversation!

[@PurpleBox89]

What kind pancakes?

[@littlegreenghouls3702]

@@PurpleBox89 Lingonberry pancakes

[@damienocallaghan3906]

All he had to do was put on the radio....

[@silverwheel]

We stop at Pancakes House!

[@petermayes9268]

@@silverwheel storm are questioned the grammar,the Cohen's thought it right to be wrong there (at least that's Stormare's account)💟☮️

[@BAR-ct7ti]

"Woa Daddy. Stand back man."

[@allantetreault5312]

Gaear says “nope” just like Shep.

[@ZyKLonBē]

This is definitely me, I’m not much of a conversationalist in the car either. This made me laugh so hard

[@SouthDakotaFacts]

Gaer is me around strangers. Carl is me with my friends

[@ChrisOnMission1]

Jerry Lundegaard: lawful evil Carl Showalter: neutral evil Gaear Grimsrud: chaotic evil Marge Gunderson: lawful good :)

[@oilersridersbluejays]

Wade Gunderson: chaotic good.

[@ChrisOnMission1]

@@oilersridersbluejays I would think he is neutral good. Normally lav-abiding, takes matters only in his own hands when he sees no other way.

[@axnjxn91]

@@oilersridersbluejays Gustafson

[@MyoclonicJerkCough]

Mike Yanagita: Chaotic Neutral

[@seemannsgarnlp9035]

Shep Proudfoot: true neutral

[@Kelly14UK]

Stormare was one of the scariest bad guys in this.

[@ianmangham4570]

A real nut

[@thomaswilliams5849]

Dollar store Ryan gosling

[@remembertoslicethebread7753]

Agree. Very similar to Bardem in no country. Cold dead eyes.

[@Kelly14UK]

@@ryanperry4459 Yeah. And one minute it's " I knew it was you, Fredo" and the next Pacino and Cazale were useless bank robbers in Dog Day Afternoon.

[@lepetitchat123]

He's just an introvert

[@nikkilpn31]

I loved this part of the movie, it was funny because he was saying "Total silence" but he kept talking.

[@rumshutt3r]

Yes.

[@psychoticmortacarn]

+yolo You don't say?

[@paktype]

+yolo My wife is the same way. We could drive for 2 hours and she won't say a word if I don't start a conversation. Drives me batshit. When I ask her why she just tells me that I should "learn to appreciate silence".

[@psychoticmortacarn]

Total fuckin' silence...

[@noahriccio4849]

No way I didn't get that when I first saw this movie mind officially blown woah you good sir are observant

[@thomasconroy7073]

I drove from California to South Dakota with my old roommate in 2010. It took over 4 days cuz we had car trouble on the way. He had ear buds in and played video games the ENTIRE F-ING way and barely said anything!! Such a boring trip when ppl can’t engage in a little conversation!

[@jegr3398]

That's awful

[@Battlefield_And_Vibe_Music]

That's what death metal is for.

[@franciscote9886]

Steve Buscemi deserves an Oscar nomination for this role

[@SouthDakotaFacts]

Did you know Buscemi actually preformed his own stunts in the movie. He was even in the woodchiper scene, with a medical team on standby.

[@PurpleBox89]

That moment when you realize you've become Gaear.

[@flyingrancidm00nfish7]

Introverted, stares into space and likes pancakes? its not so bad

[@adagiobreeze8493]

Steve should’ve been Oscar nominated for this film

[@Pro-Deo]

My favorite scene in the entire movie.

[@samsoofi9588]

Yer darn tootin

[@kennethhill613]

So many great scenes!

[@ironmike5812]

‘I’ve been listening to your bullish!t all week’

[@patgogan7324]

"That's a geyser..."

[@posysdogovych2065]

It would be intriguing to know Carl and Gaear's backstory. They obviously didn't know each other before this scheme, and Shep only knew Gaear. It's probably the case that Carl and Gaear have extensive criminal records (petty stuff, nothing serious like murder) and have spent most of their adult life in and out of prison. They probably had a mutual acquaintance who put them in touch with each other.

[@bobsnow6242]

I feel like Carl is a transient criminal who isn't native to the region. He's very pushy and abrasive and has no sense of boundaries or politeness which is very uncharacteristic in Minnesota, although since he's a scumbag criminal those traits might not apply. The biggest giveaway though is that Buscemi uses his real life New York accent which would indicate he probably came from NYC and drifted out to the Midwest, maybe to escape scrutiny from the authorities back home who were likely very familiar with him. Then again he also had a Minnesota driver's license in the scene with the cop so he was at least a somewhat-established resident of the state. Maybe he just sounds like that because Buscemi can't do a Midwestern accent, lol. Gaear Grimsrud is probably a local from one of those super-isolated Scandinavian immigrant communities that still exist in Minnesota, given his name and the fact that during the few times he does speak he has a noticeable Swedish/Norwegian inflection. This is all headcanon for me of course but seems like plausible backstories for me. No idea how Carl might have crossed paths with either Gaear or Shep, though. He doesn't seem like the sort of person either would make friends with. Oddly enough he's more like Jerry - an idiotic weasel who greatly overestimates his ability to bullshit people and talk his way out of situations but ultimately just makes them worse.

[@deedunn1989]

I also thought about that. Carl probably talked Gaer in on it how they can work good together because he’s more of a talker and can get out of more situations and Gaer can handle what he’s good at: The labor

[@appendixlessloser4806]

i firmly believe that carl and mr pink from reservoir dogs are the same person

[@Medicaldriver-jg5fc]

they met at the pancake house!

[@BackwoodsFilms]

@@appendixlessloser4806 I wonder what color Gaear would've been assigned...

[@elmagnificodep]

Carl thinks he’s so great. Shep can’t even vouch for him.

[@HELLH0WND]

Don't know him, don't vouch for him...

[@keldonmcfarland2969]

The confusion and contradictions of Chep seemingly not knowing Carl is another genius point in the film. Beginning with the time mix up and both men seemed to know Chep at the initial meeting with Jerry-Chep was definitely a wrong go-to man for an operation like this.

[@mikehawk9784]

Having someone in the car you absolutely know doesn’t want to talk is actually great. Otherwise it’s awkward bc you think the other person might want to talk.

[@vaskylark]

After 33 years of marriage I know two things about travelling with my husband. One, I have to talk to him or he will fall asleep at the wheel. Two, it's painful because he doesn't want to hear me talk and I don't want to talk to him either haha That's the secret to a long marriage folks.

[@SAINT56789]

it's impossible that they're coming from Brainerd, they are approaching Minneapolis from the South

[@WeWantYouToStay]

SAINT56789 well spotted, you should submit that to imdb for the 'goofs' part of this film

[@Riffster68]

@White Baron ..They took the longer route to have extended conversation.

[@SpaceboyA55]

I noticed that too! IDS should be on the right not the left

[@dewanmdurnto3592]

@@SpaceboyA55 really?

[@SAINT56789]

@@Jake-fw5te wasn't it ember's that they stopped at?

[@hamzabeiruti6451]

This scene shows the subtle animosity between these two guys. They don't enjoy each others presence and don't even know why they're together on this.

[@blastradius9136]

Gaear was not talking because he was thinking about so many ways to kill Carl lol

[@starwarsroo2448]

Extremely subtle symbolism/ foreshadowing when Buscemi says “ a fountain of conversation, that’s a geyser, woah daddy” , the cops head squirts blood all over Buscemi, like a fountain and he says “ woah daddy”

[@DanielMartinez-hm8pu]

Wow that's actually awesome lmfao

[@InspectorCallahan.44]

Slippery Pete is one rogue electrician.

[@patgogan7324]

"Where are the holes?"...

[@horncow4160]

This is so me when coworkers or cashiers try to make small talk.

[@shaohollywood1553]

I love this scene!

[@MsMimilala]

That's a geizer whoa daddy stand back... 😂

[@davit25]

And you can test the radioactivity with a geyger counter.

[@ricktherrien8235]

His simplicity as a character in this movie was great, he just played a common everyday guy you could really believe was the real thing.

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

Which one? Buscemi?

[@ricktherrien8235]

@@TomEyeTheSFMguy sorry ya Buscemi I guess I should have mentioned that eh. My bad 🙃

[@kevanbrown7620]

Steve Buscemi makes this film absolutely hilarious

[@hammurds]

Lol! “ All the way from Brainerd” Brainerd is only two hours away from Minneapolis

[@porsche911sbs]

But he did _all_ of it!

[@lilmane1070]

I just wrote this same comment word for word ctfu

[@karpovgambit9190]

I identify myself with the guy who doesn't know how to chat

[@vegetasolo1221]

Carl Showalter & Gaear Grimsrud - AFI Nominated Villains

[@E1craZ4life]

Marge was #33 on the AFI's top ranked heroes.

[@AFFTFOMSICHTS]

“Let’s just see how you like it. Total silence” I’m pretty sure that’s exactly how he likes it 😂😂😂

[@plk5520]

I wonder if Peter Stormare had a hard time keeping a straight face when Steve Buscemi tried to pronounce "carcinogen".

[@davemustaki134]

I think I need to watch this movie again?..

[@jackthepirate9233]

Don’t piss him off or you will end up in a wood chipper .

[@Riffster68]

"Would it kill you to say something?" "Die did!"

[@ZyKLonBē]

I hate how people feel the need to make chitchat in order to be comfortable.. I enjoy the silence

[@chrisworthington4372]

I hate when yer listening to music (not just low volume radio but music turned up) and someone has to talk over it. So I turn off the music and they say what you don't have to turn it off. Uhh yeah I do cause I wanna listen without you talking over the music. Some people have to talk no matter what uuugghhhh

[@mrbuck5059]

I was in Brainerd yesterday.

[@BackwoodsFilms]

Oh, yah?

[@captainh3831]

He asks him to crack the window and he never does...Lol. One of the mysteries of Fargo is how these two got together in the first place.... they're total opposites.

[@jpdiprince]

see how you like it

[@DC-zg4ob]

Two can play that game smart guy

[@tbob8212]

Lol, 4 hour drive from Brainerd to Minneapolis? I always laughed at that since this was released in the 90s. How slow was he driving? 😂😂

[@pologawd6178]

I read somewhere that was part of all the stuff he did wrong,he went the long way around or something 😂

[@xtctrader1467]

The only time Buscemi was silent was when he went through the wood chipper.

[@EvanMonroe]

I am a Gaear Grimsrud type of guy.

[@estelazalazar2428]

then you are an idiot xD

[@captainh3831]

You mean a man of few words, and not the sharpest knife in the drawer?

[@PurpleBox89]

"It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."

[@curt3019]

Interesting to find you here

[@TheoP582]

Nuop Hahahhahahaha

[@arousedyoda]

Donny, please.

[@wojtekjakub1810]

Gaer and Shep nice and quiet. Short simple conversations. Imagine them over the phone when they talked. Nope, yes, 7:30, $40000 bucks, wife kidnapped.

[@ek3910]

Hilarious !!!🤣😂

[@spicypancakeproductions5057]

Anybody know the song playing on the radio when they're driving into Minneapolis?

[@promastakreasindo9455]

Boy George, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"

[@eddsonshetunyenga9761]

Whoa daddy stand back man 😂😂😂

[@Boxscot49]

They represent the worst people to be around, those who talk too little, and those who talk too much

[@janoahtindell8999]

Love it

[@kehoff01]

Oh Daddy!

[@michaelcruz8312]

I feel like John Leguizamo wishes he was Steve Buscemi. This scene gives me those vibes, I don’t know why.

[@TrishTin]

1:27

[@drwierd]

Why not turn on the radio?

[@thatssomething1]

Yuh

[@dariuszbednarz4027]

my nie mówimy nic nie mówimy nic

[@wojtekjakub1810]

Wogule nic.

[@GippyHappy]

Do you think that was the moment Gaear decided he was going to put Carl in a wood chipper?

[@vksasdgaming9472]

I think Gaear doesn't plan that long. Most likely he decided to kill Carl the second he stormed off and executed that intention as quickly.

[@footballbabybaby]

He kinda funny looking , oooh in a general kinda way

[@kevinshaughnessy2528]

Whoaaaaaaa Dadddddy

[@ssrobs2552]

Does it make me a bad person that I identify with the devil here thousands of times over more than I do Buscemi? IT'S OKAY TO BE QUIET, I PROMISE.

[@lepetitchat123]

Nope. Introverts identify with him

[@Medicaldriver-jg5fc]

can’t stand people who won’t shut up! that’s why I like driving alone!😊

[@iinasq8182]

the fact that the events take place in - 87 but the song seemingly playing on the radio didn't come out until i think - 95 really messes me up and i cant find any info if it was intentional or an oversight 😭😭

[@konstaroivainen]

What is that song anyway?

[@iinasq8182]

@@konstaroivainen its a cover of these boots are made for walking by boy george!

[@konstaroivainen]

@@iinasq8182 Boy George playing glam rock? Huh. Thanks!

[@trinityleigh2730]

hes not wearing a seatbelt

[@ryankane7177]

I'm not wearing hockey pads

[@GurpreetSingh-by5ih]

That's Garland Green man. 😂

[@jimmypaget5737]

Crushing on SB 💛🏙️

[@fmradio42]

4 hours?, the whole movies is only 1 hour and 38 minutes long.

[@LessTrustMoreTruth]

Everyone thinks Grimsrud decided to kill Carl during the pancakes scene. I, however, think the decision was made during this scene.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Actually he decided to kill Carl the moment Carl walked out from that cabin with bandage on his face.

[@samscoffy]

I think when he said he's going after Shep is what set him off.

[@samscoffy]

I did.

[@bingobangobongo425]

lol

[@janjbowman]

I love the sound of silence because I live in section eight apartments ....where there is no such thing 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The police enjoy job security because of where I live. I live with one of the rarest liver diseases in the world and often get become very fatigued because of it.....but I only get to sleep when the neighbors decide to sleep.... soon it’s all going to be over after ten years of hell..... I have qualified for a medical unit apartment in an all senior community for people with disabilities where it’s Quiet all day and all night long 7 days a week 24 hours a day...the apartment is going to be quite smaller than the one I live in now .....but I don’t give a rats rip about that. I get to move in February ..... I often get so excited about leaving here that I find myself smiling over nothing these days....life is about to become very quiet for me.....oh I crave quiet . TEN YEARS IN SECTION 8 HOUSING ALL OVER FOR ME THIS FEBUARY. I WILL GET THE SWEETEST LITTLE APARTMENT IN QUIETSVILLE......I HOPE I DONT DIE BEFORE I GET THERE AND EVEN MY LITTLE YORKIE POO DOG GETS TO COME WITH ME !

[@chriskatherman1488]

3 years later...how are you doing now? Give us a update.. Are you sleeping any better?

[@JiisTube]

I could watch a movie with this guy where he's the only person in the movie

[@MisterMcKinney]

Why are they arriving in Minneapolis from the south? I thought Brainerd was north of the twin cities.

[@rwulfsberg]

They drove Brainerd to Mpls via Rochester. That's why it took them 4 hours.

[@wesleysimpson392]

It is astounding that Buscemi wasn't nominated for an oscar for Fargo.

[@TheRigomoni]

I thought he was rude to demand from others based on his expectations like everyone is different and nothing wrong with silence but this would determine how their relationship would end in the film

[@sb_dunk]

Haha I dont know if anyone gets it but basically what is happening is the driver is not happy that the passenger isnt talking so he says two can play at that game see how you like it but in actual fact he cant help himself but talk so hes not actually being silent I dont know who wrote this movie but whoever did is a genius can someone tell me the name of the film

[@aliceborealis]

Thanks for breaking that down.

[@sb_dunk]

@@aliceborealis hi no worries I just know that some ppl struggle with subtle writing I think ive seen the driver in another film or maybe a few films theres one about bowling I think he is a good actor

[@stefantomasi4036]

In the beginning of this clip, it looks like Chicago

[@tylerkriesel8590]

That's Minneapolis, not Chicago.

[@redkampretz]

what rock music plays in background from 0:00 to 0:20 ?

[@joselitojoselito9536]

Darude - Sandstorm

[@Univer3eTwist3ers]

Same song that played in the garage scenes

[@e.vasquez7952]

Boy George - These Boots Are Made for Walking

[@Gabagool93]

What a funny lookin little fella.

[@BackwoodsFilms]

Funny how? Like he's a clown? He's here to amuse YOU?

[@ict113090]

Maybe they should have sent Mr Wrench and Numbers for this job..

[@Salmontres]

They're not a bank, Jerry

[@lilmane1070]

boo boo clap‼️

[@user-uw3fr7cd9z]

Didn’t ask G

[@Arborpress]

Soo... is this the guy that killed Phil Leotardo's brother too? What happened again?

[@tillerman7272]

just realised thats John Abruzzi from prison break

[@MCMARMELSTEIN6474]

🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🐨🐨🐨🐨🐨🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼🦥👂🦻🦻👂🔇🔇🔇🔇🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭🚭

[@chrispedersen5578]

John Hancock? It's Herbie Hancock

[@BackwoodsFilms]

Holy shnike!

[@joshuapeterson6072]

My guess about why they came from the south is that the Cohen Brothers are from St. Louis Park.

[@caseyhafer2550]

I always wondered how Buscemi's character became a criminal in the first place. He seems intelligent and reasonable with a good sense of humor. Then I realized he wears the mask a little better than Stormare, but he possesses the same savagery. They are the same ugly monster underneath.

[@spudbone2003]

Lmao

[@ethanleicester1199]

If they r driving from Brainerd to Minneapolis why r they approaching Minneapolis from the south?

[@rica1786]

It's a movie

[@BLUEWINS-vo3xl]

Russian is Quiet but Deadly my kind of guy

[@brendanforester4601]

@mojo jojo Right. But Peter Stormare has played a few Russians, though. Like many Swedish actors.

[@TimOdne-bb9vd]

Jtmst

[@Insane430]

Don't worry. He is nihilist.

[@BackwoodsFilms]

Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion, man.

[@Insane430]

@@BackwoodsFilms let me tell you something, pendejo

[@TheMASDrummer]

I D I D

[@JReed1985]

God I hate it when people smoke in the car, my parents did it and I found it unbearable. Like Gaear (Peter Stormare) I'm not a very talkative or sociable colleague, I'm just there to work not talk.

[@malthus101]

Yeah it doesn't work because your audio is too low, and then you added all those bullshit trailer clips at the end.

[@deeg8849]

1:35

[@joechiodi5529]

I did.