Cineaste, March 22nd, 1996
White-out conditions bracket the outskirts of Fargo, a warmhearted tale of cold-blooded murder from the brothers Coen, director Joel and producer Ethan. The opening shot sketches the color scheme: barely discernible through overcast skies and blowing snow, a lone vehicle tows a tan Cutlass Ciera along a God-forsaken strip of highway, a tableau echoed at the end of the film when another car carries its cargo, a sullen murderer, to justice. Front, back, and in between, snow is the dominant visual motif, subzero temperatures the environmental wraparound, a blizzard of white stuff that layers th...
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