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Rob, many of the outdoor scenes for Fargo were shot in the Grand Forks area.

I get a kick out of looking at the roads in the movie because they’re North Dakota roads, not Minnesota roads as would be correct in the story.

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No offense to the great state of North Dakota, but I think a lot of people are avoiding North Dakota given it’s relatively tiny population.

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Meh, we’re keeping ‘em out with stories about harsh winters and barren landscapes.

Actually, this place is a veritable eden on earth.

The war against illegal plunder has been fought since the beginning of the world. But how is… legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. Then abolish this law without delay … If such a law is not abolished immediately it will spread, multiply and develop into a system.

Frédéric Bastiat, The Law

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No offense to other states, but a lot of us are living here because it’s NOT Texas. 

The world would be pretty boring if everyone were alike.

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Only evil spirits I know flying around sunflower fields are blackbirds.

Movie production is lots of logistics. Production company offices , caterers , film developers , grips, carpenters, lots of rental cars and trucks , wind machines , mobile generatos, hotels, extras, grips, cranes, the ability to replace broken equipment and talent. All the while burning money.
It’s industrial illusion.
Dollars trump location.

Regina has about 200,000 people and is the provincial capital, so presumably it has more infrastructure and skilled bodies for movie-making than does Fargo. Still, Fargo’s not THAT much smaller and close enough to the Cities that it should be a reasonable location.

Except I suppose the nice sunflower fields are at least 60 or 70 miles to the west.

Fargo wasn’t even about Fargo.....it was about Brainard, MN.....One, maybe two, small scenes, lasting a total of less than 5 minutes take place in Fargo.

Don’t forget the lake scenes to which Minnesota has a much greater variety.  I guess it was named Fargo because the movie started there (or Grand Forks) and the name has a nice cinematic ring.

Being liberal is never having to admit you’re wrong

The only two scenes in the movie that were supposedly in North Dakota was the original bar scene and the ending motel scene.

The first was supposed to be Fargo (hence the name) and the last was identified as being near Bismarck.

The outdoor road scenes were filmed near Grand Forks as they didn’t have enough snow in other locals.

The Debate is over!  Global Whining has been confirmed.

You NoDaks seems to know way too much about the movie Fargo. Fortunately there’s a decent amount of movies based in my area, like the Rocky’s and the M. Knight Shamylan (sp?) flicks.