“Fargo” and The Lost Sheep
A lot can happen, in the middle of nowhere.
So Season 5 of “Fargo” is at an end amid the usual mix of awkward conversations, existential angst, snow and, most importantly of all, the feel good factor of good triumphing over evil, love over hate, and Carter Burwell’s beautifully mournful theme tune “The Lost Sheep” signalling that all is well in the world once more.
You betcha!
This season just tops the Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman masterclass that was season one with both featuring high in my affections as they each rely heavily on the iconic Coen Brothers film of 1996 that inspire them. Being the devout fan of the cinematic brothers I’d label this latest season as the nearest to their original film with the added twist being the introduction of a psychopathic bounty hunter akin to Javier Bardem’s character in their 2007 opus, “No Country For Old Men”, but that’s as near or far to a spoiler as you’re going to read here. I don’t deal in spoilers. I deal in the truth and this is, after all, a true story.
What’s also true is that I leapt aboard the Coen Brothers bandwagon well over a quarter of a century ago and have travelled that snowbound straight road ever since. Whenever the occasion calls for 95 minutes of indulgent fun with a cast of dubious characters in over their heads, crashing and spiralling from one self-inflicted wound to another, I turn to Fargo, and here I present to you a variety of reasons why you simply must travel that long straight road back to the original film and the canon of the finest work known to cinema.
Original written review of "Fargo" via medium.com
Opus blog article on the films of the Coen Brothers via medium.com
Youtube reading of my "Fargo" review
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