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Release Date:
18 January 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
Breaking up is hard morePlot:
A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But, when blood is involved, nothing is simple. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Confirmed: Yimou is Remaking Coen's Blood Simple (From ioncinema. 23 June 2009)
Burn After Reading
(From Scorecard Review. 11 September 2008, 10:00 PM, PDT)
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Try to watch this without talking to the characters... moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| John Getz | ... | Ray | |
| Frances McDormand | ... | Abby | |
| Dan Hedaya | ... | Julian Marty | |
| M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Loren Visser | |
| Samm-Art Williams | ... | Meurice | |
| Deborah Neumann | ... | Debra | |
| Raquel Gavia | ... | Landlady | |
| Van Brooks | ... | Man from Lubbock | |
| Señor Marco | ... | Mr. Garcia | |
| William Creamer | ... | Old Cracker | |
| Loren Bivens | ... | Strip-Bar Exhorter | |
| Bob McAdams | ... | Strip-Bar Exhorter | |
| Shannon Sedwick | ... | Stripper | |
| Nancy Finger | ... | Girl on Overlook | |
| William Preston Robertson | ... | Radio Evangelist (voice) |
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99 min | 94 min (director's cut)Country:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Australia:R | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Brazil:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Norway:16 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Iceland:16Fun Stuff
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: Phone continues to ring after Abby picks it up. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Private Detective Visser: [narrating] The world is full o' complainers. An' the fact is, nothin' comes with a guarantee. Now I don't care if you're the pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; somethin' can all go wrong. Now go on ahead, y'know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help, 'n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else... that's the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own.
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I think this film, probably more than any other, causes me to talk to the characters on the screen in an exasperated way--something akin to the way you want to yell at the characters in a slasher movie not to run outside to investigate sounds.
The only difference is that this film is fantastic, whereas cheap slasher movies are not. Blood Simple is emotionally involving and the suspense is played to perfection. While the characters are completely clueless as to what has gone on around them, we know everything. What we don't know is what the characters are going to do next.
As in every Coen film, things quickly get out of control. Some people have commented that the characters here acted unbelievably, but I'd have to say that when you think about their situations, the reactions are completely compatible with the way the characters are set up. The problem is that nobody knows what's going on except the viewers.
Coen fans will notice many recurring themes from their other films (especially Fargo and The Big Lebowski) such as the use of headlights, passing motorists witnessing a crime, shower curtains and bathroom windows, detectives driving VW beetles, husbands hiring the wrong people to carry out a crime... I had a longer list in mind earlier while watching it but I've forgotten some. It's almost like these films all go together as a series of films depicting how similar situations would end up in different locations in America.