Un uomo ricco ma geloso ingaggia un investigatore privato per uccidere la moglie infedele e il nuovo uomo di lei. Ma quando c'è di mezzo il sangue, le cose non sono mai semplici.Un uomo ricco ma geloso ingaggia un investigatore privato per uccidere la moglie infedele e il nuovo uomo di lei. Ma quando c'è di mezzo il sangue, le cose non sono mai semplici.Un uomo ricco ma geloso ingaggia un investigatore privato per uccidere la moglie infedele e il nuovo uomo di lei. Ma quando c'è di mezzo il sangue, le cose non sono mai semplici.
- Premi
- 5 vittorie e 7 candidature totali
- Radio Evangelist
- (voce)
- (as Rev. William Preston Robertson)
- Helene Trend
- (voce)
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- Marty's Vomiting
- (voce)
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Recensioni in evidenza
Its the same in abstract painting, the real stuff that is: to be good at distancing yourself from representational art, you have to master it before you leave it. So the Coens work on mastering a genre before they extend it (and goof all over it).
Naturally, their first project is a straight genre picture. Naturally, it is good (even excellent in its class), if not particularly novel.
Noir is an abused term. I think there are only two notions that are necessary. The first is the existence of a capricious fate, producing coincidences that toy with humans (usually humans). The second is the placement of the viewer (via the camera) in some sort of conspiracy with this fate. In some nefarious way, the viewer _causes_ some of these.
You'll have to decide whether a noir film made after the period in which it was developed can be enjoyed in the same way. It does necessarily carry some distance, the study rather than the intuition. But the hardest thing in noir is ending. These guys do it as perfectly as I know: the last vision of a dying man, watching something inconsequential but inevitable.
The only difference is that this film is fantastic, whereas cheap slasher movies are not. Blood Simple is emotionally involving and the suspense is played to perfection. While the characters are completely clueless as to what has gone on around them, we know everything. What we don't know is what the characters are going to do next.
As in every Coen film, things quickly get out of control. Some people have commented that the characters here acted unbelievably, but I'd have to say that when you think about their situations, the reactions are completely compatible with the way the characters are set up. The problem is that nobody knows what's going on except the viewers.
Coen fans will notice many recurring themes from their other films (especially Fargo and The Big Lebowski) such as the use of headlights, passing motorists witnessing a crime, shower curtains and bathroom windows, detectives driving VW beetles, husbands hiring the wrong people to carry out a crime... I had a longer list in mind earlier while watching it but I've forgotten some. It's almost like these films all go together as a series of films depicting how similar situations would end up in different locations in America.
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- BlooperThe box of shells from which Abby dumps three live rounds is clearly labeled "blanks" and .32 caliber. Abby said earlier that the gun her husband gave her is a .38.
- Citazioni
[first lines]
Private Detective Visser: [narrating] The world is full o' complainers. An' the fact is, nothin' comes with a guarantee. Now I don't care if you're the pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; somethin' can all go wrong. Now go on ahead, y'know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help, 'n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else... that's the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own.
- Curiosità sui creditiOpening credits list the main cast, but none of the crew. All of the crew credits are at the end of the film, starting with Joel Coen as director.
- Versioni alternativeWhen Blood Simple was first released, two quotes appeared over black, before the opening credits. One was from Dashiell Hammet explaining what "blood simple" meant and the second was from Alfred Hitchcock about how difficult it really would be to kill a man.
- ConnessioniFeatured in At the Movies: Vision Quest/Turk 182/Blood Simple/Mischief (1985)
- Colonne sonoreIt's the Same Old Song
By Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland
Performed by The Four Tops
Used by Permission of Motown Record Corporation and Jobete Music Co., Inc.
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Dettagli
Botteghino
- Budget
- 1.500.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 3.851.855 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 42.971 USD
- 9 lug 2000
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 4.263.685 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 39 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Ultra Stereo(original version)
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1