TNG Movie Club: Blood Simple

Every week TNG recommends a film you may have missed. Last week week we featured Singin' In The Rain.

I'm a big fan of film noir, and the Cohen brothers film Blood Simple (1985) is probably my favorite. Technically considered "neo-noir," this was the Cohen's first film, and even compared to their more recent work, such as "No Country for Old Men," "Fargo," "The Big Lebowski," and "Oh Brother Where Art Thou," this is still one of their best.

The term "blood simple" was coined to describe the fearful mindset people are in after a prolonged immersion in violent situations. Instead of using the heavy handed approach of most hollywood films, the Cohens build blood simple with stylized minimalism, quietly unfolding the tension in a way that hypnotizes and immerses the viewer into its reality. You want to move this film to the top of your netflix queue.