 Incongruously placed in the corner of the Fargo-Moorhead Visitors Center, past leaflets advertising such local treats as the Rookery Rock Winery and the Buffalo River Pumpkin Patch, is a rusted-yellow Yard Shark wood chipper. Visitors come from all over America to don a bomber hat, grab the kindly provided fake leg - complete with authentic white wool sock - and reenact the most famous body-disposal scene in Hollywood history.
Such is the enduring legacy of the Coen brothers' Fargo, which cemented them as America's foremost re-inventors of the crime drama. In 2006, ten years after it's release and two Oscars later, Fargo was inducted into the US National Film Registry, one of just five films in the registry to have been awarded a place on the first year they were eligible - an honour shared withGoodfellas, Raging Bull, Toy Story and Do the Right Thing. Now, ten years later, Fargo is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Read more at the 405 here
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Based on Kim Barker's equally caustic and comic memoir of her experiences covering Operation Enduring Freedom, The Taliban Shuffle, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot explores the particular thrills and challenges encountered by a female war correspondent.
Read more at The 405  Demolition is frequently funny, sometimes touching and occasionally surprising, but constructs a wall of metaphors and quirks rather than knock down the artifice to deal with grief in a truly effective way. Enjoyment of the film depends very much on a viewer's willingness to accept the hack symbolism and surfeit of schmaltz, and just appreciate what works.
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