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The career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America of Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis) began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner sets off a torrent of violence with one murderous thought. Actor M. Emmet Walsh (Blade Runner) looms over the proceedings as the slippery private eye with a yellow suit, a cowboy hat and no moral compass, and Frances McDormand (Fargo) gives a cunning debut performance that set her on the road to stardom. The tight scripting and inventive camera work that have marked the Coens work for decades is all here, as cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld (Raising Arizona) trades black-and-white chiaroscuro for neon signs and jukebox colors that combine with a haunting score by Carter Burwell (Barton Fink) 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, and marked the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would help to transform the American independent cinema scene in the 1980s.
Condition: New
Actors: Frances McDormand, M. Emmet Walsh
Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Format: AC-3, DTS Surround Sound, Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
R
Restricted
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: September 20, 2016
Run Time: 96 minutes
Cast & Crew
John Getz Ray
Frances McDormand Abby
Dan Hedaya Marty
M. Emmet Walsh Visser
Samm-Art Williams Maurice
Nancy Ginger Girl on Overlook
Preston Robertson Radio Evangelist
William Actor
Deborah Neumann Debra
Raquel Gavia Landlady
Van Brooks Man from Lubbock
William Creamer Old Cracker
Loren Bivens Strip Bar Exhorter
Bob McAdams Strip Bar Senator
Shannon Sedwick Stripper
Holly Hunter Answering machine
Technical Credits
Joel Coen Director,Screenwriter
Daniel F. Bacaner Executive Producer
Mike Bacarella Producer
Loren Bivens Special Effects
Jean A. Black Makeup
Carter Burwell Score Composer
Ethan Coen Producer,Screenwriter
Julie Hughes Casting
Roderick Jaynes Editor
Barry Moss Casting
Deborah Reinisch Asst. Director
Stephen Roll Set Decoration/Design
Mark Silverman Associate Producer
Barry Sonnenfeld Cinematographer
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