In fargo why was jerry in debt

Carl is curious why on earth Jerry would hire a couple of thugs to kidnap and hold his wife for ransom. In this way, the film is organized and driven forward by causality. Because of the strong chain of causality and the many other little questions that are raised and answered for example, Will the kidnapping work out as planned?

But do we every get this enlightenment? When Jerry arrives at the top of the garage, he stuffs Wade's body into the trunk of his car. Maintaining his job at the dealership, he is annoyed when Marge shows up again and interrogates him. Eventually he is extremely annoyed and forced to do a lot count as his dealership's car has apparently been stolen.

However, he flees the dealership. It is revealed that he abandoned his son and fled to a motel in North Dakota. The police arrive at the motel, but Jerry tries to escape through a window.

However, the policemen restrain him onto a bed and arrest him. He is put in prison for a long sentence, given his role in the kidnapping.

It is unknown what has become of him by Jerry is cunning and manipulative, although he expresses as being incompetent and somewhat dimwitted. He is also very selfish, willing to get his wife kidnapped for the required amount of money to pay off GMAC, and letting Wade get killed by not going to meet Carl by himself although given his reaction after Wade left, it is implied that he still wanted to go.

Gambling, criminal enterprise, something surely has put his life at risk, leaving him desperate. But no such explanation is ever provided in the film, beyond his mention of being in "some trouble" at the beginning. However, in an interview, the actor William H. Macey, who plays Jerry, suggests a simpler and much more wholesome explanation. Jerry wanted to build the parking lot Macey refers to it as a parking structure, implying multi level garage , the suggestion is Mr Lundegaard's motivation is purely about gaining independence and success outside of his father in laws business and in his own right.

This tracks well in the film, the relief he shows when his father in law reports it looks like a good deal, his immediate interest in cancelling the kidnapping, and his deflation when it turns out his father in law wants to cut him out of the deal, leaving him with only a finders fee.

Perhaps Jerry has already committed to this real-estate deal, signing an offer and submitting a non refundable deposit, explaining the fraudulent loans with GMAC. In this vision we see an average, reasonably good man, betrayed by his need for capital. He is desperate not because his life or limb is on the line, but only his self image and chances of "success" hang in the balance. He needed the money to buy that parking lot and become his own man, an equal with his father in law, and a success in the eyes of society.

He was so desperate to establish himself as a "serious man", he risked absolutely everything, and lost. One reading of the thing and I totally understood Jerry Lundegaard. His wife is mouthy, and his father-in-law is overbearing and a prick. Jerry came up with this magnificent idea for a parking structure that was going to make somebody a lot of money, and his father-in-law, yet again, is just going to steal it from him. I think it was a good plan. If it had worked and no one had known, all would have been well.

I have seen the movie several times and just looked up a few reviews, and none of them explicitly mention the reason for the money. According to IMDB's exhaustive plot synopsis , the debts are "anonymous". I was always under the impression that the money is to pay off GMAC from the scene in the movie where he's on the phone to GMAC, and they're asking for the VIN plates of the cars he's sold and requested finance on.

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