Editing Blood Simple (section)

===Critical response===
While ''Blood Simple'' was only a modest box-office success, it was a huge critical success. It holds a 94% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 111 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The critical consensus reads: "Brutally violent and shockingly funny in equal measure, ''Blood Simple'' offers early evidence of the Coen Brothers' twisted sensibilities and filmmaking ingenuity."<ref>{{cite web |website=Rotten Tomatoes |title=Blood Simple (1984) |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blood_simple/ |access-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107095950/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blood_simple |url-status=live }}</ref> {{MC film|83|33|ref=yes}}

[[Janet Maslin]] wrote: "Black humor, abundant originality and a brilliant visual style make Joel Coen's ''Blood Simple'' a directorial debut of extraordinary promise. Mr. Coen, who co-wrote the film with his brother Ethan, works in a film noir style that in no way inhibits his wit, which turns out to be considerable." She cites a "long, late-night tracking shot from one end of the Neon Boot bar to another actually tracks along the surface of the bar itself—and when there is a drunk passed out on the bar, the camera simply lifts up and flies over him, then continues on its route."<ref>{{cite news| author=[[Janet Maslin]]| work=[[The New York Times]]| title=Blood Simple: A Black-Comic Romp| date=October 12, 1984| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/12/movies/blood-simple-a-black-comic-romp.html}}</ref>

[[Pauline Kael]] called it "a crude, ghoulish story with thriller themes," but was effusive about the performance of [[M. Emmet Walsh]] as Visser.<ref name="Kael">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1985/02/25/plain-and-simple |title=PLAIN AND SIMPLE{{!}}The New Yorker |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |date=17 February 1985 |access-date=2022-10-09 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009182311/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1985/02/25/plain-and-simple |url-status=live |last1=Kael |first1=Pauline |authorlink1=Pauline Kael }}</ref>

[[Gene Siskel]] and [[Roger Ebert]] each gave it a positive review on ''[[At the Movies (1982 TV program)|At the Movies]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://siskelebert.org/?p=4698 |title=Vision Quest, Turk 182, Blood Simple, Mischief, 1985 - Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews |access-date=2022-10-09 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009183710/https://siskelebert.org/?p=4698 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://siskelebert.org/?p=5660 |title=Best of 1985 - Siskel and Ebert Movie Reviews |access-date=2022-10-09 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009184404/https://siskelebert.org/?p=5660 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.innermind.com/misc/s_e_top.htm |title=Siskel and Ebert Top Ten Lists - Inner Mind |access-date=2022-10-09 |archive-date=2021-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701162824/https://www.innermind.com/misc/s_e_top.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In his review for the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', Ebert wrote: "A lot has been written about the visual style of “Blood Simple,” but I think the appeal of the movie is more elementary. It keys into three common nightmares: (1) You clean and clean, but there’s still blood all over the place; (2) You know you have committed a murder, but you are not sure quite how or why; (3) You know you have forgotten a small detail that will eventually get you into a lot of trouble."<ref>{{cite news| date=March 1, 1985| title=Blood Simple| work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]| url= https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blood-simple-1984}}</ref>