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Fargo was practically a comedy like Raising Arizona

Posted by Jazz Inmate on February 19, 2008 at 17:10:44:
One can argue that No Country is the first serious film from the Coens, in which they've told an entire story without relying on their trademark film devices or humor. Even if you don't want to admit it's their masterpiece, you have to say it's a very balanced, powerful film that dispenses with their "cute" ideas. Like when Marge says in her North Dakota accent, "and I suppose that's your partner in the woodchipper back there." That kind of comic relief is hugely entertaining on repeat viewings, but it effectively castrates the horror of the moment and to some extent is a copout. In No Country, the Coens didn't cop out and for the first time the film we got from them doesn't flinch from its own narrative flow.
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