Episode #25: Blood Simple

A seedy Texas bar, a dangerous love affair, and a murder-for-hire gone bad. What’s there not to love? Join Adam and Jim on their examination of Joel and Ethan Coen’s first feature-length movie, Blood Simple.

SHOWNOTES

• Blood Simple - Criterion

• Directing

  • Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (Writer / Director)

    • Miller's Crossing (1990)

    • The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

    • Fargo (1996)

• Acting

  • John Getz - Ray

  • Frances McDormand - Abby

  • Dan Hedaya - Julian Marty

  • M. Emmet Walsh - Loren Visser

  • Samm-Art Williams - Meurice

• Cinematography

  • Barry Sonnenfeld - Director of Photography

    • Raising Arizona (1987)

    • Big (1988)

    • When Harry Met Sally (1989)

• Music / Audio

  • Carter Burwell - Score

    • Rob Roy (1995)

    • Being John Malkovich (1999)

    • Serenity (2005)

  • It’s The Same Old Song - The Four Tops

• Misc

  • Paul Thomas Anderson (Director)

    • Magnolia (1999)

      • “Raining frogs” scene

    • Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

    • There Will Be Blood (2007)

    • The Master (2012)

    • Inherent Vice (2014)

    • Phantom Thread (2017)