Merlin Mann"Fargo" (1996) is just over an hour and a half long.
They managed to fit all of that world-building and intricate storytelling into 90 minutes.
What a durable and economical masterpiece.
GenuineTed@hotdogsladies I read this in relation to superhero/pre-existing IP films. The economy of Fargo is that no one save the Coens has the greater world in mind before going into the theater. The durability and intricacy comes the artifice of the writing/directing and the infilling by viewers’ imagination.
No baggage means that viewers have more space to fill with their own stuff that’s inspired by the world the artists give them.
Garret 
@genuineted @hotdogsladies I think you’re right. It’s interesting that films in the 80s and 90s can feel so focused and maybe even feel “bigger than they are” because of how well they are constructed. Even silly comedies sometimes.
Whereas now we have these three hour films that say lots of things but don’t really say anything at all.