The Resource Blood simple, Ben Barenholtz presents a River Road production ; written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ; produced by Ethan Coen ; directed by Joel Coen, (videorecording)
Blood simple, Ben Barenholtz presents a River Road production ; written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ; produced by Ethan Coen ; directed by Joel Coen, (videorecording)
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- Summary
- 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 wife (Frances McDormand in her first film appearance), and then kill her and her lover (John Getz). The gumshoe turns the tables on his client, and suddenly a bad situation gets much, much worse, with some violent goings-on that are as elemental as they are shocking. (A scene in which a character who has been buried alive suddenly emerges from his own grave instantly becomes an archetypal nightmare.) Shot by Barry Sonnenfeld before he became an A-list director in Hollywood, Blood Simple established the hyperreal look and feel of the Coens' productions (undoubtedly inspired a bit by filmmaker Sam Raimi, whose The Evil Dead had just been coedited by Joel). Sections of the film have proved to be an endurance test for art-house movie fans, particularly an extended climax that involves one shock after another but ends with a laugh at the absurdity of criminal ambition. This is definitely one of the triumphs of the 1980s and the American independent film scene in general
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Edition
- Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
- Extent
- 2 videodiscs (95 minutes)
- Note
-
- 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
- Label
- Blood simple
- Title
- Blood simple
- Statement of responsibility
- Ben Barenholtz presents a River Road production ; written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ; produced by Ethan Coen ; directed by Joel Coen
- Language
-
- eng
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- 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 wife (Frances McDormand in her first film appearance), and then kill her and her lover (John Getz). The gumshoe turns the tables on his client, and suddenly a bad situation gets much, much worse, with some violent goings-on that are as elemental as they are shocking. (A scene in which a character who has been buried alive suddenly emerges from his own grave instantly becomes an archetypal nightmare.) Shot by Barry Sonnenfeld before he became an A-list director in Hollywood, Blood Simple established the hyperreal look and feel of the Coens' productions (undoubtedly inspired a bit by filmmaker Sam Raimi, whose The Evil Dead had just been coedited by Joel). Sections of the film have proved to be an endurance test for art-house movie fans, particularly an extended climax that involves one shock after another but ends with a laugh at the absurdity of criminal ambition. This is definitely one of the triumphs of the 1980s and the American independent film scene in general
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
-
- MPAA rating: R
- Canadian Home Video Rating: R
- Language note
- In English with optional English subtitles
- PerformerNote
- John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams, M. Emmet Walsh
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1947-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Coen, Joel.
- Getz, John
- Hedaya, Dan.
- McDormand, Frances.
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Runtime
- 95
- Series statement
- The Criterion collection
- Series volume
- 834
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Adultery
- Deception
- Murder for hire
- Murderers
- Private investigators
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Blood simple, Ben Barenholtz presents a River Road production ; written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ; produced by Ethan Coen ; directed by Joel Coen, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- 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
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- mixed
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 inches.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
- Extent
- 2 videodiscs (95 minutes)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 715515186315
- Other physical details
- sound, colour
- Publisher number
- CC2679D
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- av00301141
- 839951
- System details
- DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
- Terms governing use
- For private home use only.
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Blood simple, Ben Barenholtz presents a River Road production ; written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ; produced by Ethan Coen ; directed by Joel Coen, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- 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
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- mixed
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 inches.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
- Extent
- 2 videodiscs (95 minutes)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 715515186315
- Other physical details
- sound, colour
- Publisher number
- CC2679D
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- av00301141
- 839951
- System details
- DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
- Terms governing use
- For private home use only.
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Adultery -- Fiction
- Crime films
- Deception -- Fiction
- Feature films
- Film noir
- Murder for hire -- Fiction
- Murderers -- Fiction
- Private investigators -- Fiction
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Genre
- Crime films
- Feature films
- Fiction
- Film noir
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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