Video: Coen Brothers proof-of-concept trailer for “Blood Simple”
For Coen brothers fans, this is wondrous! Via One Perfect Shot:
What you’re about to see is a slice of cinema history never before available to your unworthy eyes. This is a proof-of-concept trailer shot for BLOOD SIMPLE, the Coen Brothers’ first feature, starring family friend and cult icon all on his own, the one and only Bruce Campbell. I’ll wait for you to start breathing again before I continue.
The video will be a part of the bonus features when The Criterion Collection answers every cinephile’s dream by releasing BLOOD SIMPLE this September. Vanity Fair had the early score.
As the story goes, the brothers were having a little trouble raising the money they needed to shoot their western neo-noir when their friend and fellow up-and-coming filmmaker Sam Raimi — you know him, right? — suggested they shoot a short video to show to investors.
They did and used it to raise $750K to start filming their first — and one of their best — movies Blood Simple. Here is that trailer:
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