FILM 1764: VAMPIRE'S KISS

FILM 1764: VAMPIRE'S KISS

TRIVIA: Peter's strange accent is supposed to be a fake accent used by the character because he thinks he sounds more "elegant" and "smarter" (hence the literary agent job). The accent comes and goes throughout the movie and is more prominent when trying to impress people, and less in scenes with people like the psychiatrist.

A popular image macro meme was taken from a still frame from this movie, in the scene where Cage's character is telling Alva that she is the lowest employee on the totem pole.

Nicolas Cage playing Peter Loew ate a real cockroach for this film - it reportedly took three takes. He once said about the experience, "Every muscle in my body didn't want to do it, but I did it anyway."

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.