In the first film of brothers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, M. Emmett Walsh
plays Visser, an unscrupulous private eye hired by Texas bar owner Marty
(Dan Hedaya) to murder Marty's faithless wife Abby (Frances McDormand)
and her paramour, Ray (John Getz), one of Marty's employees. But Visser
is no more up-front with Marty than with anyone else; he makes some
slight modifications of the original plan so that it better serves his
own best interests. After a surprise double-cross and the murder of one
of the important players, matters spiral out of control, and the plot
gyrates through a complicated string of darkly humorous events. False
assumptions, guilt, and fear all lead to a frantic attempt to conceal
evidence and the heart-pounding, irony-filled denouement. Blood Simple
was re-released in the summer of 2000 with a digitally-remastered
soundtrack and -- at the Coens' behest -- a few minutes of dialogue
trimmed.
Directed By: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
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