While the famous opening text in “Fargo” states that the story of the film was based on true events, it turns out that the Coen brothers only included this fraudulent message to subvert the audience’s expectations.“It occurred to us that if an audience thinks that the template that you’re following are actual events, they actually give you more latitude to construct it in an unorthodox way,” Joel Coen said.Coen participated in a Q&a conversation with his wife and star of “Fargo,” Frances McDormand, and Steve Buscemi at the Tribeca Festival 2021 on Friday night to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the film.
The panel was moderated by Mark Harris, the former executive editor of Entertainment Weekly.One of the unconventional elements Coen discussed is the addition of the awkward dinner scene where Marge reconnects with her old classmate, Mike Yanagita.
While the scene doesn’t “necessarily
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