[Movie Script]Blood Simple

                                      "BLOOD SIMPLE"



By
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
               LANDSCAPES



An opening voice-over plays against dissolving Texas

landscapes--broad, bare, and lifeless.
                                     VOICE-OVER

                         The world is full of complainers.

But the fact is, nothing comes with

a guarantee. I don't care if you're

the Pope of Rome, President of the

United States, or even Man of the

Year--something can always go wrong.

And go ahead, complain, tell your

problems to your neighbor, ask for

help--watch him fly. Now in Russia,

they got it mapped out so that

everyone pulls for everyone else--

that's the theory, anyway. But what

I know about is Texas...
                                                                     CUT TO



               ROAD  NIGHT


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