Classics: Blood Simple - 40th anniversary

With Blood Simple, Joel and Ethan Coen immediately delivered their darkly comic calling card. A cafe owner in a small Texas town discovers that his wife is having an affair with one of his employees and calls in a private detective to kill the two. It just turns out he's not too smart. When a body is discovered, a complex web of deceit and double agendas is created and it is only a matter of time before there are more victims. The plot lines become ingeniously intertwined, with strong performances by Frances McDormand (Fargo), who makes her feature debut here.