The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
The story of a bar owner, his wife, her lover the bartender, and the private investigator.
Joel and Ethan Coen are just like Mario and Luigi, they're super. With a debut film like Blood Simple, the Coen Brothers do it all and then some.
The editing. There's a ceiling fan shot that changes over to a scene In a bed, a finger press of an answering machine turning into a finger in the back seat of a car, and a newspaper that hits the door like a ton of bricks when dark news is delivered. Can you say, fucktastic editing?
The music. What a mix. One part is early 80's piano pop. I guess it's a piano. You hear the…
LITERALLY ONE OF MOST GORGEOUS AND DARKLY HILARIOUS MOVIES I'VE EVER SEEN. I'm so glad the theater I saw this in was completely packed. This was the most fun I've had seeing a movie in a theater full of people!!! I love movies so much oh my god.
Noir-November Challenge! Movie #47
Joel and Ethan Coen's directorial debut throws more curves at you than the legendary curveball master Sandy Kofaux!
I wanted to say M. Emmet Walsh really NAILED his role as the sleazy private eye but after recalling the infamous window sill scene perhaps that distinction truly belongs to Frances McDormand!
Fate dispenses a world of hurt on folks caught up in a shit storm of deception, lust and greed in this twisted southern gothic noir!
A few of these folks are suffering from a terminal case of the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing!
i can't believe the coen brothers invented anxiety in 1984??? THIS ALMOST GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK.....
"I need unguent" - Steve Does The Coens
As awful as I found The Counselor to be, something good will come of it.
The subsequent discussion/scrum in the comments led to discussions about Cormac McCarthy and then No Country For Old Men. Then I started thinking, "Now there's a film I need to rewatch. Hmm, there are some Coens I haven't seen yet as well. Really need to get round to Barton Fink. And A Serious Man. It's been a few years since I've seen Fargo as well. And The Man Who Wasn't There. I wonder...."
And thus the decision was made to wade through all of the films directed by one or both of the Coens in chronological order,…
This movie has such a great tone. It's moody without being overly so. It's swift and easy going, while also containing a slow boil and brilliant atmosphere.
From Joel Coen's wonderful direction to their equally wonderful way with words, to the beautiful piano laced score, the small little background details and ways the actors play off each other, to managing to be intense and shocking using as little as possible (a sequence involving a shovel was the most intense I've been watching something in awhile).
It's amazing to me that a movie this good was their first, but then again, they are two of the best filmmakers working, so I shouldn't be that surprised.
Plus, it's always the sign of a great film that as soon as it was over, it felt like it had only started and I was more than willing to watch it again.
Highly recommend.
This was their first movie. THEIR FIRST MOVIE. I love how they also just like casually lit every single shot impeccably. My lord.
A first film this perfectly plotted and confidently filmed is just fkn rude.
Pretty sure I saw this years ago and felt pretty blasé about it, but revisiting now what stands out is just how assured a debut it is, particularly as both homage and perfect example of what it’s an homage to. The first act might be less sure-footed, filmmaking-wise, but when it gets going it gets fkn going.
And for filmmakers who know how to finish a movie, that ending is an all-timer. Hot damn.
"I know about it, Abby. I went to the bar last night."
Watched it with my wife on our anniversary, it's still not as inappropriate as watching Gone Girl on our wedding anniversary last year.
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