Daily Dialogue — May 23, 2016

“The world is full o’ complainers. An’ the fact is, nothin’ comes with a guarantee. Now I don’t care if you’re the pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; somethin’ can all go wrong. Now go on ahead, y’know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help, ‘n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else… that’s the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas, an’ down here… you’re on your own.”

— Blood Simple. (1984), written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: The Coen Brothers.

Trivia: The title is based on a phrase from the Dashiell Hammett novel ‘Red Harvest’, in which “blood simple” is a term coined to describe the addled, fearful mindset people are in after a prolonged immersion in violent situations. Blood Simple writers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen later made Miller’s Crossing (1990) which is loosely based on that novel.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The Coen brothers like to use preambles in their movies. In this, their first movie, they provide a glimpse of things to come.