Blood simple / Ted and Jim Pedas and Ben Barenholtz present a River Road production ; directed by Joel Coen ; produced by Ethan Coen ; written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen.

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"Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous thought ... Blood Simple reinvented the film noir for a new generation,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 834.
Corporate Authors: River Road Productions (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors: Coen, Joel (Film director, Screenwriter, Editor of moving image work)
Coen, Ethan (Film producer, Screenwriter, Editor of moving image work)
Getz, John, 1946- (Actor)
McDormand, Frances (Actor)
Hedaya, Dan (Actor)
Williams, Samm-Art (Actor)
Walsh, M. Emmet, 1935-2024 (Actor)
Sonnenfeld, Barry (director of photography.)
Burwell, Carter (composer (expression))
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Edition:Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 834.
Subjects:
Murder for hire > Texas > Drama.
Private investigators > Texas > Drama.
Adultery > Drama.
Jealousy > Drama.
Married people > Drama.
Crime films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Crime films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • disc 1. Feature film
  • disc 2. Special features.