Blood Simple & Raising Arizona

Blood Simple is a contemporary noir thriller in which a woman commits adultery and her estranged husband hires a killer to exact revenge

Blackmail, violence and mistaken assumptions lead to an unexpected climax

Raising Arizona concerns a veteran criminal who marries a prison guard

Because they can't conceive, they kidnap one of the 'Arizona Quintuplets'

A bounty-hunter biker and the criminal's two pals who have just escaped from prison raise the stakes to a particularly violent level

The work of Joel and Ethan Coen has a unique wit and verbal dexterity that make these screenplays a joy to read