Blood Simple

Immediately pulpy and cultish in feel, Blood Simple possesses all the characteristics that propelled the Coens to later success – razor sharp dialogue; a predilection for lethal and futile violence; ironic, fatalistic humour; and an inventive focus on the tragicomic lives of idiosyncratic misfits.

A sleazy Texas private eye is hired by bar owner Marty to kill his unfaithful wife and her lover. Given a plan to work from, he decides to modify it without warning and matters quickly spiral out of control.

Presented by film club Jackie Treehorn as part of their Wild About Texas season