- Film
- Fargo (1996)
- Actor
- Steve Buscemi
- Character
- Carl Showalter
- Watch
- Unidentified watch
- Status
- Unidentified
Carl Showalter cannot stop talking. From the opening drive through a Minnesota snowscape — near-silent except for Carl, because Carl fills every gap — Steve Buscemi plays him as a man who negotiates with everyone about everything, including people who have no interest in negotiating. The Coens' 1996 film is built around a kidnapping scheme hatched by Jerry Lundegaard, but Carl is the one who makes it feel like it could fall apart at any second. He argues about the tan Ciera, he argues about the split, he argues about pancakes. Gaear Grimsrud barely speaks. The contrast is the film's engine.
Carl wears a gold-toned watch on an expanding metal bracelet, with a champagne dial, non-numeric hour markers, and a date window at three o'clock. For a character who bickers over every dollar while imagining himself a professional criminal, gold on the wrist is about right. The brand hasn't been identified.
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