I Found It At the Movies: 1996—Fargo (Joel and Ethan Coen)

By Jeffrey Goodman
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/i_found_it_at_the_movies_1996_fargo_joel_and_ethan_coen_20120201/
Roger Deakins began his collaboration with the Coen brothers with their 1991 film Barton Fink. Since then, the two directors and the cameraman have proven that they have one of the most vital, important and powerfully artistic relationships in film. All of their collaborations have visual interest, but Fargo remains my favorite of their aesthetic accomplishments. I'm a sucker, as I've mentioned a couple of times now, for snow-covered imagery, and this is a film about as white as any ever made. It's a gorgeously controlled work in terms of its color palette, camerawork and production design. Everything is deliberate and feels unusually cohesive.