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John Getz (Actor), Dan Hedaya (Actor), Joel Coen (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: John Getz, Dan Hedaya, Frances McDormand, Deborah Neumann, Raquel Gavia
  • Directors: Joel Coen
  • Producers: Ethan Coen
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: studiocanal
  • DVD Release Date: 15 April 2013
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000HEZ7J8
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The directorial debut from brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, 1984 neo noir thriller, Blood Simple is a masterclass in film making.

Abby (Frances Mcdormand) is cheating on her bar owner husband, Marty (Dan Hedaya) with Ray (John Getz) one of the bartenders. Marty uncovers their sordid affair and is so enraged by their deceit that he hires Visser (M.Emmet Walsh), an unscrupulous detective, to kill both of them. Unbeknown to Marty, Visser has other, more lucrative plans of his own. So begins a calculating round of lies and deceit that build to a chilling, suspense filled climax.

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The debut film of director Joel Coen and his brother-producer Ethan Coen, 1983's Blood Simple is grisly comic noir that marries the feverish toughness of pulp thrillers with the ghoulishness of even pulpier horror. (Imagine the novels of Jim Thompson somehow fused with the comic tabloid Weird Tales and you get the idea.) The story concerns a Texas bar owner (Dan Hedaya) who hires a seedy private detective (M Emmett Walsh) to follow his cheating wife (Frances McDormand in her first film appearance) and then kill her and her lover (John Getz). The gumshoe turns the tables on his client and suddenly a bad situation gets much, much worse, with some violent goings-on that are as elemental as they are shocking. (A scene in which a character who has been buried alive suddenly emerges from his own grave instantly becomes an archetypal nightmare.) Shot by Barry Sonnenfeld before he became an A-list director in Hollywood, Blood Simple established the hyperreal look and feel of the Coens' productions (undoubtedly inspired a bit by filmmaker Sam Raimi, whose The Evil Dead had just been coedited by Joel). Sections of the film have proved to be an endurance test for art-house movie fans, particularly an extended climax that involves one shock after another but ends with a laugh at the absurdity of criminal ambition. This is definitely one of the triumphs of the 1980s and the American independent film scene in general. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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2.0 out of 5 starsGreat Movie poor DVD
By A Customer on 26 Feb. 2001
Format: DVD
Blood Simple is a truly great noir movie. It is a movie to be savored not only for its story but for the intricate and clever cinematography that matches its dark plot and setting. The current DVD was truly an unworthy effort. This is a smokey dark movie. The many night scenes are marred by graininess. Anyone who remembers the vibrant colors and clarity that characterized the film's recent re-release director's cut in the theaters last year will be sorely disappointed with this DVD. But the biggest travesty is that it is pan and scan only. This is a a movie that uses negative spaces and the width of the screen to establish relationships and set mood. You can't just whack it off picture elements in this movie and get the emotional spectrum Blood Simple delivers. At least the British have produced a DVD. Where is Universal's print? It kills me they are nowhere in producing a worthy DVD that finally gives this film the treatment it deserves? Blood Simple was re-released last year this is the time to strike while the film is still fresh in the memory of it many fans. Sadly I do not see anything in the works. While this would be an ideal film for Director's I would settle for a good print with widescreen.
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2.0 out of 5 starsThis is a badly worn/grainy version - it spoils an interesting film
By Miami on 12 Mar. 2011
Format: DVD Verified Purchase
This is the 2000-released version of the film, which presents the 4:3 ratio version of the film without cropping the edges of the screen. You can therefore see the film in its full size. Unfortunately it is a very worn/grainy film and as bad in quality as a counterfeit DVD. Universal cannot lecture on counterfeit DVDs when they produce DVDs that are just as bad. Although this is a badly worn/grainy film, it has very high light contrast which is good so that in light scenes you can pick out little details on clothes etc a little better. However in dark scenes you can hardly make out anything and it looks bad. The overall presentation looks a little too grainy and worn, which is somewhat surprising given that it is only a 2000 release. There clearly is an issue of poor quality regarding this DVD which should be addressed.

You can purchase a "widescreen" digitally remastered version only by purchasing the 2010-released DVD box set called The Coen Brothers Collection. However, although the DVD box set widescreen version of the film is indeed smoother, it is also defective because it has significantly centre-cropped the picture so that you don't see the original image full size and you don't see everything the filmmakers intended. The cropped-edges can only be seen by comparing the full size 4:3 version with the widescreen cropped version side-by-side.

Until Universal sort out the issues regarding how the film can be presented on DVD in its original form properly, Blood Simple - a terrific film with an abrupt ending - will remain a film that is of poor physical condition. In an ideal world the DVD would be withdrawn rather than sold for £5.79 as at the time of writing.
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5.0 out of 5 starsbuy it region 1!
By Pieter Hounslow on 20 April 2004
Format: DVD
Yes this is a great film, and especially when considering it as a debut(although it is actually one of the last of the Coen Brothers' films Isaw). It is a travesty that the available DVD in the UK is so poor - andat one time so expensive too. But do yourselves a favour - I don't knowwhy it isn't available in the UK but the American edition is widescreen, afairly decent print and with (presumably) the special edition editsmentioned before.
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2.0 out of 5 starsNot this one
By Ian on 7 Mar. 2013
Format: DVD
Yes, the film is wonderful - I remember seeing it at the London Film Festival back in 1984, and some of the scenes are still etched in my memory, nearly thirty years later.

Sadly, yes, this is not the DVD you are looking for unless you want the few seconds that they removed when doing the tighter edit that's on the box set version. Otherwise, you've got a 4:3 pan and scan version, with visible damage at the start and end of each reel, and lots of film grain every time the lights go down.

Although I already had the other three films on the four film box set, I bought that one just to have the better version of this.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Coen Brothers best film!
By Ti Lung 1974 on 18 Dec. 2015
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A bar owner (Dan Hedaya) in Texas suspects that his wife Abby (Francis McDormand) is having an affair,so he hires an unscrupulous private investigator called Visser (M.Emmet Walsh) to investigate.The husbands suspicions are confirmed when Visser returns with the evidence that his wife is having an affair with Ray (John Getz),one of his bartenders.After a confrontation with his wife in which he gets his finger broken he returns to Visser stating that he wants both of them to be killed!Without wishing to give everything away,just to say that this film will have you hooked right up until the nail biting conclusion.Blood Simple is a superbly shot modern day noir and considering it was the Coen brothers debut film I feel that it deserves special commendation.It's a serpentine story that never goes in the direction that you expect it to which is guaranteed to have you gripped throughout.The whole cast are excellent especially M.Emmet Walsh in what has to be his best ever performance.I own the region 1 DVD which is excellent it's 1.85:1 widescreen with anamorphic availability,digitally remastered with 5.1 sound.Remember as the tag line says "In Blood Simple,when someone's gone...it's never for good",totally unmissable!Thanks for reading and I hope that you enjoy the film.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGripping

One of their best. Absolutely gripping, as much now as when it first came out

Published 13 days ago by D. Warren Piper
4.0 out of 5 starsa bit chilly, but it gets the job done . . .

I like a little bit more warmth in my noir thrillers, but I can't deny that this one works well. It's from 1984, and it was the first movie directed by the Coen brothers. Read more

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