Fargo Philosophical Viewpoints: The Absurd Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Fargo.

Quote #7

MARGE: There's more to life than money, you know. Don't you know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well... I just don't understand it.

Marge is talking to a guy who just murdered five people in cold blood including his accomplice. This statement really lays out the philosophy of absurdism in its classic sense: the idea that the search for meaning is pointless because there isn't any meaning. Marge can't understand it because there's nothing to understand. Gaear says nothing because there's nothing to say. The experience of watching the movie can be disorienting for this reason, so it's better to just go with the flow and not ask "why" because there's no "why."