FILM 1424: BLOOD SIMPLE.
TRIVIA: On the advice of Sam Raimi, the Coens went
door-to-door showing potential investors a two minute 'trailer' of the film
they planned to make. They ultimately raised $750,000 in a little over a year,
enough to begin production of the movie.
The title is based on a phrase from
the Dashiell Hammett novel
'Red Harvest', in which "blood simple" is a term coined to describe
the addled, fearful mindset people are in after a prolonged immersion in
violent situations. Blood Simple writers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen later made Miller's Crossing (1990)
which is loosely based on that novel.
First film directed by the Coen
brothers.
Officially, the title is spelled
with a period at the end - it appears this way on screen. Most television
listings and video releases leave the period off.
Cameo: Holly Hunter: voice
on Meurice's answering machine. Hunter had auditioned for the role of Abby, but
turned it down because she was performing a play in New York at the same time.
So she encouraged her roommate Frances
McDormand to go and audition for the role.
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