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.
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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.....
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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.
Das Debüt der Coens ist eine blutige Noirperle der kompromisslosen art, und dabei viel besser als ein Debüt sein sollte. Von den vielen spannenden Sequenzen die gekonnt mit Lärm und Stille arbeiten, der grandiosen Atmosphäre sowie der schicken Kameraarbeit bietet Blood simple vieles man man mögen kann.
What a debut, both for the Coen Brothers and Frances McDormand. I have been a long time fan of Joel and Ethan Coen so when I was able to pick up a copy of their first movie Blood Simple as part of the Criterion Collection I was ecstatic.
The story was captivating and the twists and turns throughout the film kept me on my feet. Their unique dark comedic style that would be featured in Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Burn After Reading is apparent right from the get go.
A movie that launched careers and a million ranking articles and twitter threads.
Enkel men charmig neonoir med klassisk antihjälte och otrohetsaffär. En ung Francis McDormand är kul att beskåda liksom Emmet Walsh som spelar en slug privatdetektiv i ful gul kostym som kör folkabubbla. Slutuppgörelsen dem emellan är lätt att fastna för, särskilt om man trevar mot öppna fönster med kniv.
The film is gorgeous to look at and Emmet Walsh and FMcD are amazingly intense. So far so good. The flick itself starts out pretty strong but lost me after about 40 minutes, when Ray sets foot into the bar. I just felt the Coens didn't do the most of their characters (like, Samm-Art Williams was nicely introduced and subsequently hopelessly underused) and situations. But as far as look and style go, this is one hell of a début!
As assured as debut films get, Blood Simple is tightly plotted and crackles with tension.
It's missing basically everything I love about The Coen's, besides Frances Mcdormund. Very little about this film does anything for me. It doesn't have that signature charm, wit, or wonderful character writing that I love. Performances are pretty flat and a majority of the film actually commits the cardinal sin of boring me. Except for the ending scene because that was actually pretty good at tension building and was fairly smart in how Frances' character deals with the Private Detective. Oh and there's a few shots scattered without that I liked but I was fairly underwhelmed by the visuals of the film.
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