| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | BLOOD SIMPLE (1984) |
| Director | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Writer | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen |
| Lead Actor | John Getz |
| Cast | John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, Samm-Art Williams, Deborah Neumann |
| Genre | Neo-noir, Crime, Thriller |
| Release Date | 1984 (United States) |
| Duration | 1h 36m |
| Budget | $1.5 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 7.7/10 |
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The 1984 first film by the Coen brothers (Fargo, Barton Fink), has been re released, largely because it made little money. It’s a big screen break for movie fans, an adroit adult genre tale that grips and satisfies.
Four sleazy rural Texas characters get involved in a tragicomedy of blunders when a honky tonk roadhouse owner orders the murder of his wife (played by then unknown Frances McDormand) and her bartender boyfriend. There are several betrayals and reversals, and plenty of film noir dark shadows and irony.
No noble issues or motives are involved here, but a strict morality and justice seem to work themselves out. The Coens’ (Joel and Ethan) handling of violence is actually exemplary, since there is no easy pain, no facile multiplication of corpses. The situations are a bit grisly but softened by artful treatment and subdued comic undertone in the Hitchcock manner.
Despite its surface realism, Simple is as much a puzzle as any Agatha Christie story. In a classic performance, M. Emmett Walsh as a double crossing private detective makes the slimeball hall of fame.
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