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.
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet.
Container of (work): Blood simple (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005099524
Notes:
John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams, M. Emmet Walsh. Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. Essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich in container. Special features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld and filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen; New conversation between Sonnenfeld and the Coens about the film's look, featuring Telestrator video illustrations; New conversation between author Dave Eggers and the Coens about the film's production, from inception to release; New interviews with composer Carter Burwell, sound mixer Skip Lievsay, and actors Frances McDormand and M. Emmet Walsh; Trailers; An essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich.
Summary:
"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, marking the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would transform the American independent cinema scene"--Container.
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