Noah Hawley's Fargo is basically the most grandiose fan fiction ever. And grandiose because it's more true to the Coen Brothers style than even some of their very own movies. This could have gone all kinds of wrong, but it was a resounding success. Oh yah, you betcha.
@MaraJadeSkky9 ай бұрын
My husband and I are obsessed with Billy Bob's character. One of the best characters ever! Aces!
@raymondsims7042Ай бұрын
Agrees he’s a top three tv antagonist imo
@lightningmonky76743 күн бұрын
"Is this really what you want?"
@TheOttomatic913 жыл бұрын
Small correction the Fargo film was released in 1996 but the story takes place in 1987
@LanceVanceDance84 Жыл бұрын
This is BY FAR the best analysis I've ever seen about both the series and the Coens' filmography. Fargo is easily my all-time favorite show ever, so thank you for this. I'm now off to watch your videos on seasons two, three, and four. In the future, I'd love to see you do a video on season five; once it finishes airing, of course. Maybe someday you can even touch on Noah Hawley's other masterpiece of a show--Legion. Also, the fact that you've covered Blade Runner 2049, Children of Men, Magnolia, After Hours, etc., has earned you a new subscriber. Though I must admit, I am a little sad to see that you have a video about David Lynch being overrated, which I must respectfully disagree with.
@FallopiumFilms Жыл бұрын
Yeah I lose people with lynch take lol. It was my first attempt at a video essay, many years ago. If I were to do it today (well first of all, I wouldn't, there's no point in adding more pointless negativity to the cesspool) I would do it much differently. People like what they like and that's fine. There's no point in arguing over whether mushrooms taste good. Tastes are tastes. Anyways, thanks for the sub and I'm happy you enjoy (most of) my content. I have a big original project coming out soon, a full length film of my own. I hope to see you there!
@BrenMurphy13 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. I'm lying here in a hospital bed contemplating life. #cosmicirony and #absurd it definitely is. Deep Gratitude. Thank you for sharing your gift. 🙏🔮
@FallopiumFilms3 жыл бұрын
This comment is a gift. And please feel better
@kobalt773 жыл бұрын
In 5 years time you will barely be able to recall the worst aspects of what you are going through. That is my experience of major surgery 5 years ago. Good luck Bren, and be a patient patient. It does get easier.
@TupDigital2 жыл бұрын
Hey Bren I hope your health concerns are now far in the rearview and you're doing swimmingly.
@JohnKratoson6 ай бұрын
Checking up, how you doing Bren? 💕
@Alex-xg8py3 жыл бұрын
I re watch this every January (since it takes place during that time). I had to check as I thought the Cohens were helping make the show. They did an incredible job
@khalunkay78813 жыл бұрын
lol i love this comment
@thiccgingerboii10333 жыл бұрын
Holy shit dude, just stumbled across your channel looking for something on Lorne Malvo and instead found a criminally underrated channel with superb analysis on film and tv that I love. What more could I ask for?!
@FallopiumFilms3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this is so good hear. Thank you
@deedunn1989 Жыл бұрын
I love how everything is so out of place it makes it dream like and intriguing. Think about it; it’s shot like it’s based in the early 90s at the most generous, when it’s actually based in 2006. The music as well throws you off. A lot of old time 1950s songs are played throughout the Season.
@jaymenjanssens7203 жыл бұрын
quality. Won't miss your coverage of the next 3 seasons. Good stuff.
@FallopiumFilms3 жыл бұрын
Analyses on seasons 2 and 3 are out now
@kobalt773 жыл бұрын
@@FallopiumFilms Yipee !
@karli18842 жыл бұрын
damn thank you algorithm. brilliant video essays. i’m in the middle of watching fargo so coming back after every season to your channel.
@irlancruz79732 жыл бұрын
Brilliant analysis! I am rewatching the show and I'm amazed with the symbolism that you pointed out. Thanks for this!
@kobalt773 жыл бұрын
I typed my previous comment before I watched the whole of the video, I was that enamoured with it. The part at the end about the animal metaphors etc. just blew my mind. You are a darn tootin' genius Sir.
@TupDigital2 жыл бұрын
I was so pleasantly surprised by this show once I caught up to it a few years after the fact....your intro hit the nail on the head w me! I had no faith in it being good, and it was so good! I'm due for a rewatch as we speak.
@alolkoydesigns2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for naming what it is i love about Coen bros movies. Ive always been a big fan of irony. Not just in movies, but in life.
@machalot3 ай бұрын
The duck stamps are not for postage, they are part of the licensing process for duck hunters. You buy a general hunting license and then purchase additional stamps to affix to it for animals you plan to hunt.
@pocopoco23473 жыл бұрын
Genuinely don't get how you have so few subscribers, your vids on par with those million subs film channels
@internziko8 ай бұрын
This video is amazing. Literally just finished Season 1 and after watching this i consider it a companion piece to the show. Gonna recommend this channel to people. Keep up yhe great work
@raywalsh91527 ай бұрын
Pretty rare that I watch an entire 25 minutes of video on the youtube. Found it to be easy this time. Very well done. The wife and I just completed Season 1 and I really enjoyed your breakdown. (And boy did we sure enjoy it). Found your video to be very insightful. And well presented. The wife is going out of town on a business trip for a week. I will be watching the Coen Bros films in order. Already seen em all, but what the heck. Sorry for the rough language.
@FallopiumFilms7 ай бұрын
I hope you guys get equal enjoyment from the seasons to come (I have videos on seasons 1 through 4, five is on the way)
@cokebottles69198 ай бұрын
Lorne Malvo is chaos, he’s basically the embodiment of it in the show. He intentionally fails so many jobs out of a whim to see what happens if he pulls a random string, willingly and knowingly, not from ineptitude. I can’t think of a better villain in a tv series. Anton in No Country is probably the only other villain that demands more attention.
@raymondsims7042Ай бұрын
Only two tv villains better imo are homelander and hannibal lecter. Malvo is right at three for me the character is amazing
@lightningmonky76743 күн бұрын
Martin Freeman impressed me a lot with this performance, I've always seen him as pure Britt but he successfully convinced me he was all American in this show, I didn't see a British person at all. Plus I always have to respect an actor more who can act well even while performing in a totally different accent. Andrew Lincoln also comes to mind for this
@LoneWolf_Cub_Ogami_Itto3 жыл бұрын
I still love Blood Simple.
@kobalt773 жыл бұрын
Oh man, what an amazingly enlightening study of Fargo and the Coen Bros in general. I learned so much from this, or rather you explained and highlighted to me some of what I already understood at some deeper unconscious level. This presentation deserves 10,000s more views than what it has. Excellent work my friend, I am so glad I found this after just finishing Fargo season 2 ( and 2 to go). I subscribed too. PS. I also believe there is a lot more of Twin Peaks and David Lynch in the Fargo series than anyone has mentioned in any review I have watched .
@yarony73 жыл бұрын
I really agree with you about twin peaks, for me season 3 felt very influenced by twin peaks, some shots of varga's mouth and ray wise gave me the chills... love twin peaks and Fargo, such great TV/
@kobalt773 жыл бұрын
@@yarony7 haha, I just finished Fargo 3 days ago, great timing ! I liked it very much too, so different from the first 2, and darker, VM Vargas' teeth, Bobby Peru from Wild at Heart ? ................. Did you also notice all the little nods to other Coen movies? The Bowling alley and "the Cowboy" from The Big Lebowski and the line "mere Surmise" is in A Serious Man, I noticed a few others at the time but forget now. Amazing viewing, well above the norm...... Fargo 4 very soon. 🙏
@chethanspoojary3 жыл бұрын
24 minutes just passed like movement, perfect analysis.
@cubman7774 ай бұрын
Best video I’ve seen in a while
@sosacebren97998 ай бұрын
Great Video! Just finished the first season and cant wait to continue.
@FallopiumFilms8 ай бұрын
You're in for a treat that only gets sweeter as it goes
@joeb30523 жыл бұрын
The only issue I have with this show is that hardly anyone I know has seen it no matter how much I recommend it. (I'm in the UK). Fantastic video
@FallopiumFilms3 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what you mean
@DinerLingo2 жыл бұрын
That's like me here in the US trying to get people to watch The Fall or Happy Valley.
@slyestfox9356 ай бұрын
Don't worry plenty in the UK have seen it love it and are (like u) constantly recommending it, best thing we've seen in a long time 👌
@tommy2cakes2873 жыл бұрын
Hello from London. Very good stuff. Thank you
@filmishit2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best analysis I've ever seen
@huskerjpg Жыл бұрын
This is a very worthwhile production and I enjoyed watching it.
@ethangeis124611 ай бұрын
Such a great video. How are you able to make deep analysis videos like this? Wish I could come to conclusions and themes you come to on my own.
@ryandonovan5205 Жыл бұрын
First 2 seasons 10/10 Season 3 9/10 Season 4 7.5/10
@ohiotattoo12 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir. Great analysis of a great show. As a massive fan of everything Coens half the fun of watching the Fargo series is not only seeing the connections to the Fargo film but all the other Coen's films. Norms pizza and Wade's jewelry (Fargo). Malvo's goofy haircut (Chigure's hair in No Country..) I could go on and on. Noah Hawley has made the greatest piece of fan fiction Television in history and I think we are all so glad FX just announced a 5th season. Cheers. P.S. Moses, the clock keeper in The Hudsucker Proxy, is a human manifestation of the Deus Ex Machina. Hes literally the God in the Machine. I never put that together till about a year ago
@Grimmjow2518 ай бұрын
Beautifully written. Subscribed!
@tylervogt40503 жыл бұрын
Bravo!!!
@esmitty95482 жыл бұрын
Fargo came out in 1996
@AnvilPro100 Жыл бұрын
I love how episode 1 basically plays out as a fast forwarded remake of the movie, until Malvo shoots our hero dead.
@joshualott53753 жыл бұрын
Brilliant analysis! I love this show.
@niall58212 жыл бұрын
I am so glad Fargo's stories aren't real-real so writers can let their imaginario fly and fulfill a narrative arch.
@mikegribanov61052 жыл бұрын
this is good. Are you gonna do season 4?
@FallopiumFilms2 жыл бұрын
I've done all the seasons
@mikegribanov61052 жыл бұрын
@@FallopiumFilms oh ok I'll look for it thanks
@bosnianaviation55314 ай бұрын
Well done bro
@yurgurtha47573 жыл бұрын
Great Essay, you opend my eyes.
@elliot23312 жыл бұрын
Fargo is such a good show, honestly better than the movie. It’s one of my favourite shows of all time.
@lightningmonky76743 күн бұрын
I disagree, while the show is badass and a must watch the movie is a near masterpiece and absolutely hilarious
@TheSunnySuttons3 жыл бұрын
Great job brother!!!!
@LitterboxKing3 жыл бұрын
What a PERFECT video.
@scortara2283 жыл бұрын
Great, thank you a lot!
@kubapietron14822 жыл бұрын
Bruh. Thanks
@FallopiumFilms2 жыл бұрын
No, Bruh. Thank you
@ernestvanrossum81662 жыл бұрын
Great video !!
@44drifter4 Жыл бұрын
great insight. thanks
@khalunkay78813 жыл бұрын
i love that man
@GEMINIEARTHWALKER9 ай бұрын
1:03 since when was the film made in '87, it takes place in '87, it was released in '96.
@FallopiumFilms9 ай бұрын
I’m bad I suck Im dumb I know
@SADFORIAN7 ай бұрын
𝐼’𝑚 𝑏𝑎𝑑 𝐼 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝐼'𝑚 𝑑𝑢𝑚𝑏 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 The first step is admitting that you have a problem (teasing, of course).
@NO-TRUCKS-GIVEN11 ай бұрын
The original film was made in 1996 with the story set in 1987
@shawn6669 Жыл бұрын
No mention of Miller's Crossing. In my mind their finest film...
@FallopiumFilms Жыл бұрын
Yeah it’s one of their best
@Schellnino19942 ай бұрын
Now that season 4 is out are you going to do a video on it?
@FallopiumFilmsАй бұрын
Season 5? Eventually. I’m way too busy to make content like I used to
@Schellnino1994Ай бұрын
@@FallopiumFilms YES 5! haha sorry! Yeah good stuff tho!! Great content!
@samuelj24083 жыл бұрын
Can you do one on true detective season 1, thnx
@FallopiumFilms3 жыл бұрын
it's on the list. But doing a whole season of a show takes months lol. Especially a season I haven't watched since it came out
@ash00sufc5 ай бұрын
aces!
@swanson_11 ай бұрын
Great show
@DinerLingo2 жыл бұрын
I can relate to your apprehension about the show. That same "oh, come on" doubt kept me from watching it for so long. When I finally did, I was so mad at myself for not giving it a chance sooner. Maybe it's because the show was 10 episodes, allowing you to really be immersed in the world, but I thought it was better than the film (if that's possible). Also, side note: I always felt like Lester looked like a clownfish in that big orange coat (& that orange fish in his poster). Perhaps a nod (intentional or not) to his buffoonery?
@lesliesylvan2 жыл бұрын
Cool stuff. ty
@raymeester78832 жыл бұрын
Stop apologizing about the length of the videos and make one about Mike Milligan.
@williammcguire130 Жыл бұрын
No, you had a great analysis here but you make a classic mistake of identifying the antagonist's philosophy as the film's message because its so powerfully stated-- but it's opposed and defeated. Molly and Gus have elements of the duck and the dog but they accept certain fundamental truths about life, about happiness, about truth. They TRANSCEND from animal to human-- and no wolf, no shark, can stand up to humans except in fantasy. Consider the scene where Molly's father and Malvo talk. Malvo is there to find and kill Lester. Molly's father identifies what Malvo is and uses a human trick to defeat him-- he tells him a story that through polite implication reveals that he Malvo can't trick him and he's ready for him to try something. Malvo even references the Garden of Eden upon leaving. Humans are the masters of the world-- serpents can only strike at their heels while humans can bash them on the head. Malvo's philosophy is proven WRONG by Gus because prey cannot rear up and kill the predator. Malvo gets off on destroying people from within but he couldn't break Gus AND he couldn't break Lester-- he could only lead Lester to a path where his own desires end up destroying him.
@FallopiumFilms Жыл бұрын
I’m not seeing how the villain’s philosophy is ever defeated. The most I can give you is that it’s left ambiguous as to whether he ends up being correct or not. Not so much in the other seasons though. See my videos on those as well.
@williammcguire130 Жыл бұрын
@@FallopiumFilms He believes that all human relations break down to predator and prey and literally gets off on helping people destroy their own lives. He's critically wounded by Lester whom he tried to destroy and failed and then destroyed by Gus whom he regarded as totally weak and openly taunted and bullied. There's no moral victories in Malvo's philosophy. Predators don't win if they're kicked to death by prey. But Gus Molly and Lou aren't just animals-- they've made decisions in their lives that allow them to transcend that state (SEE: Miller's Crossing where the opening monolog draws this same distinction) That act of transcendence defeats Malvo's philosophy for, if we couldn't transcend our nature it would be no more possible for Gus to defeat Malvo than it would be for a duck to kill a wolf. I personally think you do good analysis but you're more comfortable discussing themes of the absurd and cosmic irony than transcendence and morality but those themes also run throughout the Coen's work-- and through the first 3 seasons. The God of the Old Testament is certainly watching everything that transpires.
@helenclarke29603 жыл бұрын
except i remember the nurse letting a man die in her garage.it was in the newspapers
@Davidsenzacoloranti2 жыл бұрын
the original 1987 film?? aren't you off by about 10years?
@FallopiumFilms2 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@lucasrabello9766 Жыл бұрын
The science of symbolism was unfortunately forgotten, but it states that everything is related to everything -- because one person created everything. There is an intelligence that unites everything, that religions called God, the Creator. So, when you say that "Coens are trying to say that people are animals", creation actually states thay "everything is everything" and we are and can become more like... everything. But the true path is to become like the one who is light, truth and the way.
@heroesfan2363 жыл бұрын
Who the fuck dislikes this?
@FallopiumFilms3 жыл бұрын
so it was you?
@heroesfan2363 жыл бұрын
@@FallopiumFilms surmise
@babbisp14 ай бұрын
Nts 0:01
@davidcameron96522 жыл бұрын
1987?
@FallopiumFilms2 жыл бұрын
I know...
@lestagez2 жыл бұрын
they did a shitty job in season 3, like a different writer all together, i’m curious is season 4 will be good
@GrainDepot3 жыл бұрын
What happened to your voice
@zazander7323 жыл бұрын
Malvo is just a narcissist who wanted to mess with Lester and give him advice he thought Lester didn't actually have the courage to follow up on. He pays the price for this hubris in the end.
@huskerjpg Жыл бұрын
Burn After Reading and Hail, Caesar are really bad movies. The Cohens just mailed it in with those movies.
@tisbutascratch9987 Жыл бұрын
In my opinion i found the show way better than the film
@raymondsims7042Ай бұрын
I did as well the movies protagonist isn’t very interesting or compelling imo