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Blood Simple
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by Circle Films
Sales Rank: 15400
Price: $9.98
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The debut film of director Joel Coen and his brother-producer Ethan Coen, 1983's <I>Blood Simple</I> is grisly comic noir that marries the feverish toughness of pulp thrillers with the ghoulishness of even pulpier horror. (Imagine the novels of Jim Thompson somehow fused with the comic tabloid <I>Weird Tales</I>, and you get the idea.) The story concerns a Texas bar owner (Dan Hedaya) who hires a seedy private detective (M. Emmett Walsh) to follow his cheating wife (Frances McDormand in her first film appearance), and then kill her and her lover (John Getz). The gumshoe turns the tables on his client, and suddenly a bad situation gets much, much worse, with some violent goings-on that are as elemental as they are shocking. (A scene in which a character who has been buried alive suddenly emerges from his own grave instantly becomes an archetypal nightmare.) Shot by Barry Sonnenfeld before he became an A-list director in Hollywood, <I>Blood Simple</I> established the hyperreal look and feel of the Coens' productions (undoubtedly inspired a bit by filmmaker Sam Raimi, whose <I>The Evil Dead</I> had just been coedited by Joel). Sections of the film have proved to be an endurance test for art-house movie fans, particularly an extended climax that involves one shock after another but ends with a laugh at the absurdity of criminal ambition. This is definitely one of the triumphs of the 1980s and the American independent film scene in general. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>
Viewer Reviews
This early 1980s film started the Coen brothers journey into one of the best filmmaking teams ever.
I have been wanting to see this movie for a long time and was happy I landed on this copy. While it is a good transfer to DVD, some of the others who commented on this said many scenes were deleted from the original. Since it was my first time to view this, I loved it and was totally impressed, now I want to see the original in its entirety.
The Coen brothers always add a sense of "weirdness" to their films, making them totally unique. This one will keep you interested also. I rate this my third favorite Coen brothers film behind No Country for Old Men and Fargo.
The movie has its gore and very well done.
Briefly, a Texas bar owner, Marty (Dan Hedaya) suspects his wife, Aby (Frances McDormand) is cheating on him and hires a seedy private detective (M. Emmett Walsh) to follow her. Aby is discovered to be playing around with one of Marty's employees, Ray (John Getz). After getting this news, he rehires the seedy gumshoe to kill his wife and her lover. The detective turns on Marty and the gore and horror commence.
If you like Coen brothers' films, you'll love this one, if you like horror, gore and suspense this is definitely for you, and they always add a bit of comedy to their films, enjoy...Now I want to see the original copy without all the deleted scenes.
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