What Is The Purpose Of Blood Simple By Coen Brothers

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For the script, I chose to read Blood Simple by Coen Brothers. The story is about a man hires a private investigator to kill his unfaithful wife and her lover, and it involves a lot of double crossing. It is quite impressive for the Coen brothers to figure out a way to connect all the characters through double crossings and still manage to write a story that the actions characters made all make sense. A lot of films’ plot do not stand up with scrutiny, and Coen brothers provide logical explanations for every action, despite the complexity of the story. Coen brothers also took cultural background into consideration when they are creating characters. This consideration shows through the Spanish landlady’s accent in her dialogues.

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