Blood simple /
Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neo-noir 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 slip...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned. |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
The Criterion Collection,
1984.
Kanopy Streaming, 2023. |
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| Summary: | Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neo-noir 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): .flv file, sound |
| Production Credits: | Directed by, Joel Coen ; produced by, Ethan Coen ; written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen ; executive producer, Daniel F. Bacaner ; director of photography, Barry Sonnenfeld ; music by, Carter Burwell ; edited by, Roderick Jaynes, Don Wiegmann. |