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1) Blood simple

Series

Criterion collection volume 834

Publisher

The Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

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"Joel and Ethan Coen's career-long darkly comic road trip through misfit America began with this razor-sharp, hard-boiled neonoir set somewhere in Texas, where a sleazy bar owner releases a torrent of violence with one murderous thought ... Blood Simple reinvented the film noir for a new generation, marking the arrival of a filmmaking ensemble that would transform the American independent cinema scene"--Container.

2) In a lonely place

Series

Criterion collection volume 810

Publisher

The Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

2016

Language

English

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Film Noir: Lost in the Shadows

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A down on his luck screenwriter reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. Rather than read the book himself, Steele convinces a star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred Atkinson, to accompany him home and tell him the story in her own words. Later the night, Mildred is found murdered and Steele who has a history of violent behavior becomes the prime suspect. A neighbor who is attracted to him lies to the police providing them...

3) Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown =: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

Series

Criterion collection volume 855

Publisher

Criterion Collection

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

Español

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When a woman's lover leaves her, she discovers that the police are looking for her because of his criminal activities. After talking to a female lawyer, she discovers that her lawyer is her old lover's new girlfriend When an actress attempts suicide after her married lover rejects her, a chaotic series of events intervenes.