Carl: Hey, look at that. Twin Cities. That's the IDS Building, the big glass one. Tallest skyscraper in the Midwest - after the uh, Sears, in, uh, Chicago, or John Hancock Building, whatever. You ever been to Minneapolis? Grimsrud: Nope. Carl: Would it kill you to say something? Grimsrud: I did. Carl: "No." That's the first thing you've said in the last four hours. That's a, that's a fountain of conversation, man. That's a geyser. I mean, whoa, daddy, stand back, man. You know I'm sittin' here drivin', doin' all the drivin', man, the whole *****' way from Brainerd, drivin', just tryin' to chat, you know, keep our spirits up, fight the boredom of the road, and you can't say one *****' thing just in the way of conversation? Well, **** it. I don't have to talk either, man. See how you like it. [Pause] Just total *****' silence. Two can play at that game, smart guy. We'll just see how you like it. Total silence.
And of course Margie's scene toward the end as she's in the police car with Gaear is utter perfection.
I just finished watching it. There’s another classic bit at 1:14. I enjoyed it, but the TV show more.
Particularly the movie reminded me a lot of Lillehammer. Not just the setting, background music and scenery although the female investigating cop, and the dumb male cop with the Scandinavian accent were eerie co-incidences (or not?). Something about the dialog and the pacing, I guess as well as compared to just about all movies today, the heavy reliance on both and virtual absence of special effects of any kind.