@@thebadfella5296 Yeah, she'd hate me for saying this, because she worked so much harder in a lot of other films, but she's wonderfully, ridiculously over the top in Raising Arizona. It might be my favorite performance by her. On the other hand, "bad Frances McDormand" is simply a contradiction in terms.
@@kdohertygizbur He was the ONLY actor they had in mind for the role of the sleazy investigator when they were writing it. He didn't have to audition for it. They asked him to play the role and he accepted.👍🤩
I was a projectionist at the University of Iowa Bijou theater when this came out. Talk about a slow burn! Loved it. Especially the not-dead-yet burial scene. Brutal.
I saw Blood Simple near the very time of it's release with a reviewer friend, and have been a Coen fan ever since. Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple- the darkest and insanely bent of crime theater. Frances is a remarkable and strong actress- I'd forgotten what a beauty she was then and still is for it.
This film hooks you and then slowly reels you in. It was like every single scene was a piece to a puzzle. Every sound, every shot, like a page you have to turn to find out what will happen next.
It's wonderful that Ms. McDormand shares these stories and is so honest and real. I think I know her secret. She doesn't need you to watch this video. She doesn't need to you adore her. She has an indomitable spirit and zest for life, and acting is one expression of that. It shines through in every role she plays. Everyone watching wishes they were just a bit more like Frances 😀.
My all time favorite movie. First time out for Joel, Ethan, Frances, Carter .... all just kids... Seen it 13 times....my son is an actor and in a screenplay writing class the teacher assigned it to read. When Ray comes back from fishing trip he drops the fish on top of Loren's lighter. Those fish are red herring. He drops literal red herring on top of the metaphorical red herring. Name me another film that is that hip :D
I just rewatched this movie and was amazed at how tightly written it is. Every relationship is complicated and many are intertwined. Frances McDormand's portrayal of Abby is great. She's sort of a sphinx and as as result the men in her life seem to project their insecurities on her. She's the only person in he movie who never pretends like they know what's going on. Meanwhile, the men her around think they do and whether they're right or wrong, they make horrible decisions based on what they're thinking. Abbie is sort of a false 'Medea' character... in the Film Noir sense not the Tyler Perry sense.
This woman is phenomenal. I don't like it when directors/producers cast their wives but she is the exception. She is just all over awesome. When a movie contains Frances in any way, I know it's going to be good and I want to see it.
When I hired out the Blood Simple vhs I just liked the title and look of the movie. Read none of the credits, stuck it in the machine, hit Play. The proverbial WOW! followed. So CUFKING DIFFERENT, original, real... ...I second every single comment below. McDormand is a Goddess. What's better than a Coen Bros movie? Only another Coen Bros movie. Sam Raimi comes close with A Simple Plan.
who knew that a movie where virtually none of the characters have a clue what is happening at any given moment, let alone why, could be so mesmerising? Joel and Ethan Coen, that's who. And thannnnk fuck.
The Coens are like Orson Welles - in that they started right at the very top with BLOOD SIMPLE. Unlike Welles they have been able to match it and surpass with a few other movies.
@@dinooldman6671 I was under the impression that they made Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty as directors-for-hire. So what I meant to say is that the films they’ve conceived for their own good pleasure are all competent affairs.
Blood Simple was my first exposure to the Coen brothers' genius. It is probably their least known film and most under rated work. The buried alive scene in the movie was probably the scene that most freaked me out the first time I saw the movie. There are so many truly horrific scenes within Blood Simple that it would be easy to categorize it as a horror film as much as it is a great example of film noir.
To this day, it's the best special effect I've ever seen in a movie. To make use of something so simple yet so devastating when the timing is right. That's when I knew they were brilliant.
True fact: i once encountered Joel & Frances in the 'Black Crow café" in Auckland, NZ. I kid you not when i tell you the very first thing i saw entering the cafe was a good three inches of Frances' bumcrack. Lord knows why she was 'sporting' so much but she was. It was the day when news broke of the ruling in Pennsylvania that they could not place a sticker on an evo bio textbook saying 'remember kids, this is still only a theory'. I was so prepossessed by this news of 'enforcement of a scientific theory' that i couldn't speak. Least of all to the celebrated strangers, just beginning a well-earned (no doubt) holiday in NZ. The weirdest thing though was how Joel just sat there expressionless and alnost perfectly immobile, for the entire time that his wife made small-talk with an excited kiwi fan. I really got to wondering where his re-animate button might be, and if & when Frances would push it..
Arguably, it's less a movie focused on caring about characters than wondering what will happen next. Less than 20 minutes in, who in The Godfather do you care about? Or Citizen Kane?
I thought the movie had a pretty good tension to it. So no, it wasn't boring. And I really liked the idea of characters trying to one up each other, it was good psychology.
I could listen to her talk for days. And then she has one of the best faces in movies.
She does a fantastic job
She's just got something, a trait, a drive that you can't teach. All I know is that when I see her name in a movie, I say, I want to watch her.
I love her in Fargo so much. Any other movies with her worth seeing?
Nomadland is brand new and one of my new all time favorites (i live that life still.) Also 3 Billboards outside of Ebbing MIssouri is incredible too.
I remember Roger Ebert giving her a great review and saying she was an actor that you'd be seeing at lot in the future. Right on both counts.
@@adriancoliba She's barely in it, but Raising Arizona is great
@@thebadfella5296
Yeah, she'd hate me for saying this, because she worked so much harder in a lot of other films, but she's wonderfully, ridiculously over the top in Raising Arizona. It might be my favorite performance by her.
On the other hand, "bad Frances McDormand" is simply a contradiction in terms.
Emmet Walsh was unbelievable in this role. Perfect casting by the Coens.
I wonder if they thought of him for that role based on him playing the crazy shooter in The Jerk.
For an older guy....that was the role of a lifetime!
He was always good. He was in *White Sands* with Rourke, Dafoe and Sam L Jackson. Great character actor.
@@williambeck6364 no way, he was known b4 that movie, I think they picked him because of that underrated movie Straight Time in 78 with Dustin Hoffman
@@kdohertygizbur He was the ONLY actor they had in mind for the role of the sleazy investigator when they were writing it. He didn't have to audition for it. They asked him to play the role and he accepted.👍🤩
The shot of the newspaper hitting the screen door was so clever.
Great shot .One that sticks in the memory hole.
Just watched Blood Simple for the first time in a while amazing film
Frances is a powerhouse in the film but the rest of the cast is fantastic. Getz has never been better
I prefer the kabuki theater of "a woman, a gun, and a noodle shop."
Just saw Nomadland... Frances McDormand is an American Treasure. Her performance was outstanding. She is by far one of my favorite actors of all time.
I loveeeee her to the moon and back!!!!!
She can't be by far one of. It's a singular, once you say by far.
she is also a woker nut.....did you see her oscars speech?
From Blood Simple to Mississippi Burning to Fargo to 3 Billboards - a phenomenal actress. Plus she's got 2 Best Actress Oscars to Prove it!!👍👍😍😍🤩🤩
I could have done without the bucket scene, but otherwise a terrific movie.
I was a projectionist at the University of Iowa Bijou theater when this came out. Talk about a slow burn! Loved it. Especially the not-dead-yet burial scene. Brutal.
I love Frances McDormand, her work is brilliant and her eyes are beautiful
Where has Holly been?
Saw this in NYC when it was released ... you knew these guys were going to be something special
This interview is wayyyyy more personally graphic than any nude scene could ever be
I saw Blood Simple near the very time of it's release with a reviewer friend, and have been a Coen fan ever since. Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple- the darkest and insanely bent of crime theater. Frances is a remarkable and strong actress- I'd forgotten what a beauty she was then and still is for it.
I saw the finale of this movie in film class. I fell immediately in love with these guys. Still am.
This film hooks you and then slowly reels you in. It was like every single scene was a piece to a puzzle. Every sound, every shot, like a page you have to turn to find out what will happen next.
It's wonderful that Ms. McDormand shares these stories and is so honest and real. I think I know her secret. She doesn't need you to watch this video. She doesn't need to you adore her. She has an indomitable spirit and zest for life, and acting is one expression of that. It shines through in every role she plays. Everyone watching wishes they were just a bit more like Frances 😀.
Truly one of Hollywood's temple deities. She's magnificent. Imagine if she'd gone into politics. She'd know what to do.
One of my fav actors. Powerhouse of talent.
Frances McDormand and Holly Hunter are two of my favorite actresses, and I love the series of events of how their careers begun and developed.
Mac C. They are my favourites as well. Beautiful inside and out
One of my favorite films the Coen brother made. Great writting fantastic cast and perfect music score. Loved Raising Arizona and Fargo as well.
Her description of the Coen brothers is pure gold :D
My all time favorite movie. First time out for Joel, Ethan, Frances, Carter .... all just kids... Seen it 13 times....my son is an actor and in a screenplay writing class the teacher assigned it to read. When Ray comes back from fishing trip he drops the fish on top of Loren's lighter. Those fish are red herring. He drops literal red herring on top of the metaphorical red herring. Name me another film that is that hip :D
that film had a brilliant soundtrack
the piano piece still haunts me
Watched this film a dozen times - mesmerizing performances. ❤️❤️🌈👏⭐️
When I hear the piano theme to the movie I still get chills.
Yes! I heard it first today. Well it's night in Sweden. And what I trying to say is that the music is pure gold.
Carter Burwell
Great actress.
It is absolutely insane that this was a freshman effort.
Your right Frances! They are great filmmakers
This was an amazing movie. Now I want to go watch it again.
I just bought this movie on Friday,watched it yesterday and takes me back to 1986 when I first saw it😊
Frances has the same mouth as madoline smith
Great movie, especially on the big screen.
The young Frances McDormand reminds me of Holly Hunter
Damn, long live the internet.
Here here!!! Love it!
1:43 love that transition
I just rewatched this movie and was amazed at how tightly written it is. Every relationship is complicated and many are intertwined. Frances McDormand's portrayal of Abby is great. She's sort of a sphinx and as as result the men in her life seem to project their insecurities on her.
She's the only person in he movie who never pretends like they know what's going on. Meanwhile, the men her around think they do and whether they're right or wrong, they make horrible decisions based on what they're thinking. Abbie is sort of a false 'Medea' character... in the Film Noir sense not the Tyler Perry sense.
does sphinx mean tramp in your native language?
I appreciate your insight, thanks.
I absolutely love Her she's great!
"'We're not selling on sex, we're selling on violence.' That somehow relieved my mind."
Very funny.
omg i laughed out loud. even she thinks it's absurd that she felt relieved.
What does that make us (the audience)?
I love Fran so much!
There went Frances proving that she was/is a natural actress!
she's authentic, nothing fake about her
I wish Jodie Foster and Frances McDormand make a film together, they are the two most fascinating women i have ever seen in Hollywood
This woman is phenomenal. I don't like it when directors/producers cast their wives but she is the exception. She is just all over awesome. When a movie contains Frances in any way, I know it's going to be good and I want to see it.
Blood Simple was such a good movie the Chinese and the Aussies did remakes of it, each in their own language.
The Aussies re-made Blood Simple in their own language - ok, that's funny.
When I hired out the Blood Simple vhs I just liked the title and look of the movie. Read none of the credits, stuck it in the machine, hit Play. The proverbial WOW! followed. So CUFKING DIFFERENT, original, real...
...I second every single comment below. McDormand is a Goddess.
What's better than a Coen Bros movie?
Only another Coen Bros movie.
Sam Raimi comes close with A Simple Plan.
who knew that a movie where virtually none of the characters have a clue what is happening at any given moment, let alone why, could be so mesmerising? Joel and Ethan Coen, that's who. And thannnnk fuck.
Good picture of Joel, at the beginning . ❤️. 😁
wow thank you for posting this
Nice! Great upload! Lovley to watch
The Coens are like Orson Welles - in that they started right at the very top with BLOOD SIMPLE. Unlike Welles they have been able to match it and surpass with a few other movies.
I haven’t seen a bad Coen brothers film
@@amjoshuaf The Ladykillers was a terrible remake.
@@dinooldman6671 I was under the impression that they made Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty as directors-for-hire. So what I meant to say is that the films they’ve conceived for their own good pleasure are all competent affairs.
@@amjoshuafnot really, they produced Ladykillers. I love all their films but not this one.
M Emmett Walsh is still, to me , their most Evil Villain in their movies
He has no moral code, unlike their other ones
Walsh is my fav actor of all time,if he,s in it ,I gotta see it!@!!#$$%*
@@zeke2566 next to Donald Pleasence, my favorite Character Actor
incredible
She is just so damned intelligent.
I prefer the kabuki theater of "a woman, a gun, and a noodle shop."
isn't she wonderful
She is a genius
0:53 omg ethan looks like barton fink!
cinematographos yes he does!
One of their films.
Blood Simple was my first exposure to the Coen brothers' genius. It is probably their least known film and most under rated work. The buried alive scene in the movie was probably the scene that most freaked me out the first time I saw the movie. There are so many truly horrific scenes within Blood Simple that it would be easy to categorize it as a horror film as much as it is a great example of film noir.
My girl crush. She's the best.
Love this . Actually worked with a girl who favored her a little. Who laughed
“ Who’s Frances McDormand”
So much talent
Actors Workshop material. TY!
She looked 16 years old and lovely.
My God , Frances was cute. I still love her. Js.
hey, the newspaper hitting the screen door.
To this day, it's the best special effect I've ever seen in a movie. To make use of something so simple yet so devastating when the timing is right. That's when I knew they were brilliant.
Please! Some one? The Soul / R&B song in the beginning of this clip?
True fact: i once encountered Joel & Frances in the 'Black Crow café" in Auckland, NZ. I kid you not when i tell you the very first thing i saw entering the cafe was a good three inches of Frances' bumcrack. Lord knows why she was 'sporting' so much but she was. It was the day when news broke of the ruling in Pennsylvania that they could not place a sticker on an evo bio textbook saying 'remember kids, this is still only a theory'. I was so prepossessed by this news of 'enforcement of a scientific theory' that i couldn't speak. Least of all to the celebrated strangers, just beginning a well-earned (no doubt) holiday in NZ. The weirdest thing though was how Joel just sat there expressionless and alnost perfectly immobile, for the entire time that his wife made small-talk with an excited kiwi fan. I really got to wondering where his re-animate button might be, and if & when Frances would push it..
6:17 Yeah, that's not Frances McDormand.
Fargo and No Country for Old Men had a Baby= Blood Simple
They aren't deities. They're two guys who get along, smooth talk for money, and are unspectacular.
Top 5 Coen 📽️🎥.
Barton Fink
Fargo
No country for old men
Millers crossing
Blood simple .
I know why.
Do Texans speak with a southern accent as Ms McDormand said? She nailed the Fargo accent!!
My Mom's family is East Texas and it's pretty close, West Texas/Hill Country is more clipped or Cowboy-ish, think Tommy Lee Jones.
Burn After Reading!
fFrances Mcdormand. The dimple in her chin just does it for me
Nomadland is TORTURE AND A POS.......DO NOT GO SEE IT, YOU WILL SUFFER FOR TWO HOURS AND NEVER FORGET THE BAD EXPERIENCE.
I tried to watch it. Couldn't get 20 minutes in, boring as shit, couldn't care about any of the characters.
Mans allergic to tightly written shit
Arguably, it's less a movie focused on caring about characters than wondering what will happen next.
Less than 20 minutes in, who in The Godfather do you care about? Or Citizen Kane?
I thought the movie had a pretty good tension to it. So no, it wasn't boring. And I really liked the idea of characters trying to one up each other, it was good psychology.
not that great
love the Cohen Bros
2 wrong male cast
huh? dan hedaya and m emmet walsh were perfect in this film... the guy who played Ray was iffy though.
@@basehead617 John Getz played Ray
@@JP1234815 yeah sorry forgot his name
Getz has a Forrest Gump delivery ...
Wonderful spooky oddly-paced weirdly-eccentric amazing film!