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Cud 'n' Tith's Death and Dismemberment Early Thursday Movie Night: The Railrodder (1965) and Fargo (1996) @ 1730 EST/2230 UTC/2330 CET

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Tonight's Movies!

Tonight we're watching The Railrodder (1965), one of Buster Keaton's last films; then Fargo (1996), a Coen Brothers film that precedes The Big Lebowski (1998) and which rhymes with the latter film.

From the CFB description of The Railrodder (1965):

This short film from director Gerald Potterton (Heavy Metal) stars Buster Keaton in one of the last films of his long career. As "the railrodder", Keaton crosses Canada from east to west on a railway track speeder. True to Keaton's genre, the film is full of sight gags as our protagonist putt-putts his way to British Columbia. Not a word is spoken throughout, and Keaton is as spry and ingenious at fetching laughs as he was in the old days of the silent slapsticks.

Fargo (1996)

Fargo (1996), despite the name, is set in Brainerd, Minnesota. IMDB summarizes the plot as "Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson." This is a story about the horrors of living in rural Minnesota. About the rot underneath the Jell-O and tater tot hot dish. About tampering with forces beyond your understanding. Jerry Lundegaard has a brilliant plan to make a lot of money, fast, no risk. What could go wrong? The horror here isn't supernatural; it's extremely human. Like Chang'an (2023), there is rebellion brewing in the northern hinterlands. The scale is much smaller than the An Lushan rebellion against which that film was set. There is no poetry.

CWs

None for The Railrodder (1965) from my perfunctory search. I'll try to watch it before showtime and will add any CWs as needed.

For Fargo (1996):

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  • A character is attacked while having sex with a prostitute.
  • Child abandonment
  • A woman is kidnapped, the kidnappers are enjoying themselves watching her suffer
  • Domestic violence
  • Choking/whipping with a belt
  • Tobacco use
  • A beetle is shown on TV
  • Dead body put in wood chipper
  • Execution by gunshot (not shown)
  • Falling down stairs
  • Kidnapping
  • Morning sickness
  • Audio gore
  • Copaganda
  • Racism towards Native Americans
  • Graphic sex scenes
  • Visual gore. Lots of blood.
  • Swearing

IMDB Parental Guide:

  • There is a graphic sex scene where two people have sex with prostitutes in the same room.
  • Another graphic sex scene with another prostitute.
  • A few non-graphic and very brief sexual remarks and said.
  • Brief but graphic sex scene with prostitutes. Movement and noises shown.
  • A fully nude man is thrown over the couch (genitalia and buttocks are briefly shown.)

  • A man is put in a wood chipper and his body is shredded up in full detail. Extremely graphic and bloody.
  • A man is shot in the stomach, and he shoots his attacker in the face. Blood spurts and he shoots the other man seven times.
  • Shep attacks a man (who was investigating the commotion between him and Carl) and slams him against a wall repeatedly and knocking him out in the process.
  • A man is shot in the head and lots of blood spurts out. Very bloody.
  • A man is shot in the stomach, and he shoots his attacker in the face. Blood spurts and he shoots the other man seven times and kicks his corpse twice. The man who was shot in the face survives and the very bloody wound is shown for the rest of the movie.
  • There is a break in and the two men chase the woman around the house and she locks her self in the bathroom. They find her which lead to a fight and her falling down the stairs. She is kidnapped.
  • Carl threatens to shoot Jerry's son Scotty when Carl demands the money immediately. Although this does not happen.
  • A man shoots an officer in the head, causing a large spurt of blood pour coming out. Carl Showalter also gets covered with some of the officer's blood.
  • A couple are killed after witnessing the cop shooting.
  • A man is brutally attacked while having sex. He is beaten and whipped and kicked. The woman he is with is also kicked.
  • A man is shot in the back of the leg whilst fleeing from a police officer. A little blood appears on his wounded leg.

  • 75 uses of 'fuck', most used by Steve Buscemi's character.
  • Some uses of ass.
  • Constant swearing.
  • Blasphemy.

  • Some random characters are seen drinking in pubs/bars. One of the kidnappers smokes many cigarettes.

  • Many intense scenes. One involves a home invasion and kidnapping.
  • Some intense scenes include police search of suspicious criminals, a brief car chase, running from peril, shootings, and dangerous encounters.
  • Whilst Carl Showalter and Gaear Grimsrud may frighten viewers, it is Gaear who brings the most scares of the pair. He is heavily implied to be a psychopath as he rarely talks and he kills all his victims with no hesitation or remorse.
  • Heavy violence brutal violence.
  • Much of the film is rather intense with woodchipper scene being the most intense moment.
  • Some may find the scene with Shep Proudfoot attacking Carl Showalter, the hooker and the person investigating the commotion to be rather intense to watch.
  • This is a very intense movie, however it is also funny in a very dark way.
  • This movie has shocking violence.
  • Rated R (brutal Violence, graphic sex & Coarse Language)
  • A man threatens to shoot another man's son when he demands the money immediately although it does not happen.

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