"How we made Blood Simple"

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Carl LaFong Exalted Member @carllafong Posts: 82,507 Likes: 63,170	"How we made Blood Simple" Nov 6, 2017 23:25:01 GMT OldAussie and petrolino like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 6, 2017 23:25:01 GMT Barry Sonnenfeld and M. Emmet Walsh tell how it was done: www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/06/how-we-made-blood-simple-coen-brothers-barry-sonnenfeld
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"How we made Blood Simple" Nov 7, 2017 2:46:48 GMT

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Post by politicidal on Nov 7, 2017 2:46:48 GMT

When we first showed the movie to our investors, they almost uniformly hated it. They didn’t understand the tone could be a thriller, a horror movie and a comedy all at once. At the major studios, who rejected it, all the creative people loved it but all the marketing ones hated it. They couldn’t figure out how to sell it. Black comedy scares marketing people, as I discovered when I made Get Shorty.

How is black comedy so hard to sell? "It's bad but you're okay to laugh". Done.

"How we made Blood Simple"

Post by Carl LaFong on Nov 6, 2017 23:25:01 GMT

Post by politicidal on Nov 7, 2017 2:46:48 GMT