Saw Blood Simple for the first time. Vintage Coen stuff though I think they improved upon the work the did there in subsequent films. I could see why it is thought of so favorably, but I thought that for a 95 minute movie, there was definitely some dragging.
The way I saw it, any part with Hedaya and/or Walsh was great. The Getz/McDormand stuff tended to drag- until McDormand goes full badass toward the end there. The use of light flooding the darkened room through the bullet holes in the wall was brilliant.
Anyway, real crazy seeing Frances that young. I forgot her career has spanned 30-plus years. I'd like to see more of her work from that era. I know she is in Mississippi Burning and I've yet to see that one. I've also caught wind of a late 80s film with her, Gary Oldman, and Dennis Hopper about the horrible conditions in Florida mental institutions in the 50s which sounds interesting. Oldman, Hopper, and McDormand, it's gotta be good.