>Hello out there, > >I am working on a largish project on docudrama. FARGO is one of the films >that I am thinking about. Pardon me if I am asking something which was >thoroughly discussed earlier, but I would like to know about the details >of the "real" events upon which Fargo is supposedly based. Some of the >reviewers on the internet movie database claim that the film is in fact >based on something real -- but what? The film itself, in a very >interesting way -- and in a manner not dissimilar from THE POSITIVELY TRUE >ADVENTURES OF THE ALLEGED TEXAS CHEERLEADER-MURDERING MOM -- tends to >throw doubt upon the "reality" of the events with its style. This is >likely part of both films' parody of the docudrama form itself (much like >the parody of documentary in CANE TOADS.) I am interested in how much >faith the audience is asked to place in "based on." > >I have a fairly large bibliography on docudrama which I would be willing >to share with anyone who is interested. > >thanks >Jeannette Sloniowski > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.sa.ua.edu/screensite