I enjoyed BLOOD SIMPLE for its audacity, for the skill with which is was made, and for the memorable performance of M. Emmet Walsh, a character actor whom I'd seen a million times but whose name never stuck until now. (Run, sentence, run!)
BLOOD SIMPLE, the Coen brothers' first movie, is a Texas noir with a sleazy bartender, a sleazy bar owner, a sleazy bar owner's wife, and a sleazy detective. That's a lot of sleaze, and the amazing thing about this movie is how it makes you care about these people as they betray, slay, and dismay one another through the course of the picture's tight 96-minute running time. There isn't a thing about this movie I don't like, from its performances to its photography to its pacing to the labyrinthine story. This picture's a treat.
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