Blood Simple
Subtitle: The Screenplay (St Martin's Original Screenplay Series)
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: March 15, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780312021689
Subjects: Film & Video - Screenwriting; General; Performing Arts / Film / Screenwriting; Screenplays; Poetry; Plays
First sentence: An opening voice-over plays against dissolving Texas landscapes-broad, bare, and lifeless.
Description: Director Joel Coen's and producer Ethan Coen's Blood Simple (1984, River Road Prods/Circle Releasing/Palace) is a contemporary noir thriller set in Texas. A taut, convoluted plot and imaginative direction made the independent release a word-of-mouth hit and established the Coen brothers' reputation for originality. Actors John Getz, Frances McDormand, and Dan Hedaya appear in the story in which a woman commits adultery, and her enraged husband hires a killer for revenge. Blackmail, violence, and mistaken assumptions lead to an edgy, exhilarating climax.