Blood Simple

4K UHD, StudioCanal UK, Region Free

A stylish, imaginative and hard-boiled neo-noir, BloodSimple announced Joel and Ethan Coen as vitaland distinctive new cinematic voices on its releasethree decades ago.M. Emmet Walsh is sleazy Texas private eye Visser,hired by bar owner Marty (Dan Hedaya) to kill hisunfaithful wife (Frances McDormand) and her lover(John Getz). Given a plan to work from, he decidesto modify it without warning; and matters quicklyspiral out of control.In a new restoration approved by the Coen Brothers,Blood Simple is a masterclass in filmmaking.

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MURDER IS HARD THE FIRST TIME: DESIGNING BLOOD SIMPLEDEAD IN THE HEART OF TEXAS: FILMING BLOOD SIMPLEYOU BETTER MAKE SURE HE'S DEAD: CARTER BURWELL AND THE COEN BROTHERS