Cult Classics: Blood Simple (Directors Cut)

Cult Classics: Blood Simple (Directors Cut)

Cult Classics with Venus Mantrap
Fri
26
Fri 26 Jun 8:00 PM

Arc Cinema
Allocated Seating
June
Fri 26 Jun

1984 | R18+ | 4K DCP | USA | D: Joel and Ethan Coen
 
The NFSA presents a series of irreverent, Friday night filmic feasts, curated and hosted by drag artist and culture warrior Venus Mantrap.   
 
Cult Classics with Venus Mantrap dives into the world of sharp, edgy films and beloved fan favourites. Each event features a pre-screening live performance by Venus in our beautiful art deco Arc Cinema.  


Our Cult Classics screenings are often interactive and always full of laughs and surprises. Leave your serious side at home and enjoy a movie night with a twist. And probably a shimmy.    

Abby (Frances McDormand) is married to a menacing Texas bar owner Julian (Dan Hedaya) but has fallen in love with the barman (John Getz). When Julian hires a private detective (M Emmet Walsh) to intervene, suspicion, misunderstanding and paranoia take over. 

Guns, bodies, betrayal and Stetsons combine in the dark modern noir that announced the singular talent of Joel and Ethan Coen.  

As black, sinful and nasty as a weekful of Hitchcocks, this is as fresh and intoxicating now as it was back then. In a word: deadly.’ – Empire 

Includes pre-screening introduction and live performance by Venus Mantrap. 

Available as a 11-film Cult Classics Season Pass with She-Devil, Making Mr. RightDesperately Seeking SusanSex, Lies and VideotapeBlood Simple (Directors Cut)ScannersBody DoubleStrange DaysThe Lair of the White WormDeath Becomes Her, and Showgirls. Learn More. 


June
Fri 26 Jun

Arc Cinema

1 McCoy Circuit Acton, Australian Capital Territory, 2601