Blood simple

DVD 2016

The debut film of director Joel Coen and his brother-producer Ethan Coen, 1983's Blood Simple is grisly comic noir that marries the feverish toughness of pulp thrillers with the ghoulishness of even pulpier horror. (Imagine the novels of Jim Thompson somehow fused with the comic tabloid Weird Tales, and you get the idea.) The story concerns a Texas bar owner (Dan Hedaya) who hires a seedy private detective (M. Emmett Walsh) to follow his cheating...

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Part of a Series:

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Edition:

Director-approved two-DVD special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (95 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: R
Canadian Home Video Rating: NR

Notes:

Essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich in container
Features: new conversation between Sonnenfeld and the Coens about the film's look, featuring Telestrator video illustrations; new conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coens about the film's production, from inception to release; new interviews with composer Carter Burwell, sound mixer Skip Lievsay, and actors Frances McDormand and M. Emmet Walsh; trailers
Originally released as a motion picture in 1984
Title from container
John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams, M. Emmet Walsh
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
In English with optional English subtitles

Control Number:

1717263

UPC:

715515186315

Other Authors:

Coen, Joel, screenwriter, film director
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Getz, John, 1946- actor
Hedaya, Dan, actor
McDormand, Frances, actor

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