Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
Fargo - defo

I heard a story from one of the actors that they asked the Cohen brothers if they could read the original police reports as some background to the film. The brothers looked confused so the actor said he'd read in the script that the film was based on a true story. The Cohen brothers (or maybe just one of them - they are not a gestalt) answered that they just made that bit up.

It's not a true story at all.

On an unrelated note, watched A Scanner Darkly again the other night. Brilliant - and only £2.50 from Amazon.
I believe it says at the start of the film 'This is a true story' - typical case of Coen bros leg pulling. However, in 2001 a Japanese woman did die of exposure in North Dakota, apparently searching for the money buried in this film

Last film watched - Love Exposure - four hours of Japanese madness about the son of a catholic priest who is forced by his guilt-ridden dad to commit sins and then confess them - he discovers up-skirt-pantie-photography, and and develops his skills to ninja-like levels, then his family becomes the target of a recruiter for a nihilist religious cult - oh, and he meets his true love whilst dressed in drag, which is OK because she hates all men, and then she becomes his step-sister....... OK so it probably sound pretty dodgy - but it's a great film, honest - almost Shakespearean! Certainly worth of cult classic status.