“Blood Simple” was the first feature film from Joel and Ethan Coen (Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, No Country For old men).

The stylish crime thriller premiered at film festivals in 1984. “Blood Simple” begins deep in the heart of Texas, where the owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.