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Blood Simple
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6
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7.53
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| Starring |
John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya 
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Directed by:
Joel Coen
Written by:
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
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| Released: |
1983 |
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| Genre: |
BLACK COMEDY
THRILLER
COMEDY
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| Origin: |
US |
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| Colour: |
C |
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| Length: |
99 |
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MIXED Reviews
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| | Coen doesn't know what to do with the actors (they give their words too much deliberation and weight), but he knows how to place the characters and the props in the film frame in a way that makes the audience feel knowing and in on the joke... The film provides a visually sophisticated form of gross-out humor; the material is thin, though, and there isn't enough suspense until about the last ten minutes, when the action is so grisly that it has a kick. | | | (Pauline Kael, New Yorker) | | The film is too violent for some viewers and the direction is at times self-conscious, but it's impressive how the young film-makers build suspense through expert use of light and space, by choosing interesting sets, and by using a mobile, searching camera to reveal detail. | | | | (Danny Peary, Guide for the Film Fanatic, 1986) | | Occasionally implausible, but otherwise terrifically stylish, exciting and black. A dazzlingly original debut. | | | | (Simon Rose, Essential Film Guide, 1993) | |
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