--- title: 'Blood Simple (1984)' type: 'film' director: 'Joel Coen' released: '1984-01-01' runtime_minutes: 96 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' - 'Horror' - 'Crime' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/blood-simple-1984' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086979/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Blood Simple (1984) 1984 · 96 min · Drama, Action, Horror, Crime, Thriller · United States ## Synopsis Blood Simple is a 1984 American independent neo-noir crime film written, edited, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya and M. Emmet Walsh. Its plot follows a Texas bartender who is having an affair with his boss's wife. When his boss discovers the affair, he hires a private investigator to kill the couple. It was the directorial debut of the Coens and the first major film of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld, who later became a director, as well as the feature-film debut of McDormand. ## Credits - **Director of Photography:** [Barry Sonnenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-sonnenfeld) - **Director:** [Joel Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-coen), [Ethan Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-coen) - **Screenplay:** [Joel Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-coen), [Ethan Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-coen) - **Producer:** [Joel Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-coen), [Ethan Coen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethan-coen) - **Original Music Composer:** [Carter Burwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/carter-burwell) - **Editor:** [Coen brothers](https://cinepixo.com/people/coen-brothers) ## Cast - [Dan Hedaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-hedaya) - [Holly Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/holly-hunter) - [M. Emmet Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-emmet-walsh) - [John Getz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-getz) - [Frances McDormand](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-mcdormand) - [Samm-Art Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/samm-art-williams) - [Barry Sonnenfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-sonnenfeld) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/blood-simple-1984 Film facts: Wikidata (Q237222); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.