«Blood Simple» becomes a dazzling comedie noire, a dynamic, virtuoso display by a couple of
talented fledgling filmmakers who give the conventions of the genre such a thorough workout that the result is a movie that's fresh and exhilarating.
That Walsh has a plan of his own inadvertently triggers a chain of increasingly disastrous wrong assumptions, and «Blood Simple» becomes a dazzling comedie noire, a dynamic, virtuoso display by a couple of talented
fledgling filmmakers who give the conventions of the genre such a thorough workout that the result is a movie that's fresh and exhilarating (in the way that Jean - Jacques Beineix's «Diva» was).
During his time at Video Archives,
the fledgling filmmaker began writing screenplays, completing his first, True Romance, in 1987.
It is lovingly executed and a must - have for fans of the films and
fledgling filmmakers.
And their efforts at deconstructing each fateful turn of events are monitored by
a fledgling filmmaker (Wilmer Valderrama) who tags along to make a documentary.
Instead
the fledgling filmmaker is content to bask adoringly under the silhouette of his teacher to the dealbreaking detriment of his first film.
If anything, the picture represents an understanding of the lineage of Japanese cinema, from the Samurai epic to the post-apocalyptic war allegory to the piquant science - fiction, encapsulating it all in a ravishing ode to true love and the craft of movie - watching that inspires the inner critic rather than
the fledgling filmmaker.
So what can be said for Ryan Gosling efforts as
a fledgling filmmaker?
Modesty would seem to be a trait of
fledgling filmmakers and lifelong friends Jeremy Saulnier and Macon Blair, who take a simple revenge premise and expertly build from there.
It's an informative, entertaining, and unpretentious listen, and should be of interest to
fledgling filmmakers.
Maybe
that fledgling filmmaker will be the next Spielberg.