Cinema Dissection: Blood Simple

Blood Simple

November 2, 2024

Taking their cue from a line found in Dashiel Hammett’s “Red Harvest”—“This damned burg’s getting me. If I don’t get away soon I’ll be going blood-simple”—Joel & Ethan Coen created one of the most audacious indie film debuts of the ‘80s: a hard-boiled, neon-lit, sleazy Texas neo-noir.

The filmmaking pair deftly balanced classic noir tropes and archetypes while reinvigorating those elements with razor-sharp wicked wit and an ingenious visual style, both of which would become hallmarks of their distinctive cinematic voice.

Join facilitator and SIFF Programmer Dan Doody on a scene-by-scene investigation of deceitful dames, homicidal jealousy, shady private eyes, and how to pull off the perfect failed double-cross.

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Cinema Dissection Pass: $130 | $100 SIFF Members
Individual Tickets: $30 Sustainer | $25 Regular | $20 Member

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CLASS SPECIFICS

Saturday, November 2, 2024
10:00am–4:00pm PT
SIFF Film Center

ABOUT CINEMA DISSECTION

Cinema Dissection affords film lovers an exciting opportunity to dig deeper into the films that they love. Inspired by Roger Ebert's annual Cinema Interruptus in Boulder, CO, attendees will participate with a facilitator in a six-hour scene-by-scene, and sometimes shot-by-shot, deconstruction of the featured film. While the facilitator will certainly share their thoughts, anyone in the audience may call out "Stop" and either ask a question of the group or make an observation around a certain shot or moment in the film.

About the Instructor: Dan Doody

About the Instructor:

A Seattle-area native, Dan Doody received a degree in English from Western Washington University, and began working for the Seattle International Film Festival in 1999. He programs both features and short films for the festival, serving on the WTF! committee and as the festival's lead coordinator for its Oscar® qualifying ShortsFest section. He is an enthusiast of the gothic in both film and literature, the pagan-haunted pastorals found in English ghost stories, and the seedy streets of film noir. He could quite happily live in a crumbling castle so long as it was within walking distance of a neon-lit diner on a rain-slicked city boulevard.