The Coen Brothers' First Movie Was Already a Masterpiece
Blood Simple (1984) breakdown — How Joel and Ethan Coen made one of the most assured debuts in film history by breaking with convention at every step, from financing to cinematography to casting.Subscribe to StudioBinder Academy ►► https://bit.ly/sb-ad
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Blood Simple
00:53 - How the Film began
02:54 - Financing the Film
04:45 - Cinematography with Barry Sonnenfeld
07:46 - Extraordinary Performances
09:35 - Final Thoughts
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THE COEN BROTHERS' FIRST FILM
Very few directors arrive fully formed, but the Coen Brothers did. Blood Simple, a Texas-set neo-noir about a bartender, his boss's wife and the private investigator hired to kill them, already has every Coen hallmark: stylized dialogue, a collision of grisly violence and dark humor, and a protagonist who can't get out of his own way. The title comes from a line in Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest.
HOW BLOOD SIMPLE WAS FINANCED
Knowing no studio would back two unknowns with an oddball noir, the Coens followed their friend Sam Raimi's lead and shot a short trailer to show investors. Cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld — hired partly because he owned a 16mm camera — recalls screening it for "investment groups full of dentists." It took about a year, but it worked.
BLOOD SIMPLE CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sonnenfeld had never shot a feature, so the team made up for it in planning, storyboarding the film in the Coens' Riverside Drive apartment. Inspired by early Scorsese and Robby Müller's work on The American Friend, they embraced unmotivated camera moves, a custom rig built by grip Tom Prophet, and saturated neon lighting.
CASTING FRANCES McDORMAND AND M. EMMET WALSH
Without the budget for stars, the Coens scouted New York theater. Holly Hunter recommended her roommate, Frances McDormand, in her first film role, and M. Emmet Walsh signed on after seeing the same trailer that won over investors.
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