‘Fargo’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Kyle Brandt

About this episode

The episode revisits the 1996 crime thriller 'Fargo' with discussions on its characters and themes.

CR Month rolls on with a trip to the Twin Cities to revisit Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1996 crime thriller ‘Fargo’ starring William H. Macy, Frances McDormand, and Steve Buscemi. Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Chia Hao Tat, Eduardo Ocampo, and Matt Pevic This episode is sponsored by Anthropic, the team behind Claude. Try Claude for free today at Claude.ai/rewatchables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Bill Simmons

Guests: Chris Ryan, Kyle Brandt

Topics covered

• crime thriller
• film analysis
• Coen brothers
• 1996 movies
• Fargo
• character study

Keywords

• Fargo
• Coen brothers
• William H. Macy
• Frances McDormand
• crime thriller
• film analysis

Sponsors

Anthropic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Ringer

Books & works: Fargo

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