I recently saw Blood Simple for the first time, and I just read the reviews for Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood" (basend on MacBeth, of course). There is a psychic link between the two movies, something about flawed men who are swayed by flawed women into doing naughty things, and soon everyone is in way over their heads.
Blood simple is up there with "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski" as the best of the Coen Bros. output. The plot is brilliantly intricate, and jsut as the tension and the sombreness start to get too much, little bits of humour are injected in.
Pontential SPOILER!!!!!
The scene early in the movie when the husband tries to abduct the unfaithful wife is brilliant. He of course gets beat up by her. As he speeds off in the car, the lover shows up and the wife and lover embrace. You then hear the husbands car schreech to a halt, then you see the car speed off in the other direction.
"I would have loved to see the expression on his face when he (husband) realized this was a dead end street" the lover says. To break up the intense scene with this bit of humour is great.
Blood simple is up there with "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski" as the best of the Coen Bros. output. The plot is brilliantly intricate, and jsut as the tension and the sombreness start to get too much, little bits of humour are injected in.
Pontential SPOILER!!!!!
The scene early in the movie when the husband tries to abduct the unfaithful wife is brilliant. He of course gets beat up by her. As he speeds off in the car, the lover shows up and the wife and lover embrace. You then hear the husbands car schreech to a halt, then you see the car speed off in the other direction.
"I would have loved to see the expression on his face when he (husband) realized this was a dead end street" the lover says. To break up the intense scene with this bit of humour is great.