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Blood Simple

Drama Crime Thriller

1984, Movie, 1h 37min

Joel and Ethan Coen’s career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous thought. Actor M. Emmet Walsh looms over the proceedings as a slippery private eye with a yellow suit, a cowboy hat, and no moral compass, and Frances McDormand’s cunning debut performance set her on the road to stardom. The tight scripting and inventive style that have marked the Coens’ work for decades are all here in their first film, in which cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld abandons black-and-white chiaroscuro for neon signs and jukebox colors that combine with Carter Burwell’s haunting score to lurid and thrilling effect. Blending elements from pulp fiction and low-budget horror flicks, BLOOD SIMPLE reinvented the film noir for a new generation, marking the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would transform the American independent cinema scene.

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Reviews

Critic Ian Nathan

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It entices you to revel in its details...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...a gripping, drum-tight noir masterpiece...

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Simran Hans

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...a reminder that the Coens are formalist film-makers first, with keen noses for composition and taut, structured storytelling, as well as masters of black comedy.

Read full review at The Guardian

Michael Thomsen

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Coen brødrenes første film. Ikke deres bedste, men der er flere klassiske scener dog.

3 years ago

Critic Jonna Vanhatalo

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...otvivelaktigt en av de bästa moderna noir-filmerna och även om den i annat fall kanske inte kan kallas modern längre, så kommer den aldrig kännas förlegad.

Read full review at Moviezine

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In the neo-noir crime thriller Blood Simple, a seedy Texas bar owner (Dan Hedaya) hires a private detective (M. Emmet Walsh) to kill his unfaithful wife (Frances McDormand) and her lover (John Getz). The detective has his own plans and motives, which spiral out of control when the murder plot is unexpectedly foiled. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, everyone involved becomes embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it seems.

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