A stylish, imaginative, hard-boiled Neo Noir, Blood Simple announced Joel and Ethan Coen as vital and distinctive new cinematic voices on its release three decades ago. M. Emmett Walsh is sleazy Texas private eye Visser, hired by bar owner Marty (Dan Hedaya) to kill his unfaithful wife (Frances McDormand) and her lover (John Getz). Given a plan to work from, he decides to modify it without warning; and matters quickly spiral out of control. In a new restoration approved by the Coen Brothers, Blood Simple is a masterclass in filmmaking.
Classics Remastered version includes:
- Feature
- Introduction by Mortimer Young
- Interview with Joel & Ethan Coen
- Interview with M. Emmet Walsh
- Interview with John Getz
- Fake Trailer
- The design of Blood Simple with Jane Musky (2026)
- On the set of Blood Simple with Deborah Reinisch (2026)
- The Sound of Blood Simple with Carter Burwell (2026)
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