Blood Simple (1984) & Shallow Grave (1994)

Name: Blood Simple (1984) & Shallow Grave (1994)
Start: 2024-11-19T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-19T22:00:00-08:00
Location: Cryptatropa Bar

Schedule

Tue Nov 19 2024 at 06:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Cryptatropa Bar | Olympia, WA

Back-stabbing, double crosses and a trail of bodies on the horizon during our PULP CRIME DOUBLE-FEATURE on Tuesday November 19th at Cryptatropa! Author Peter Johansson of 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 introduces a special anniversary screening for two of the most shocking and diabolically funny thrillers ever made kicking off with the Coen Brothers' movie debut 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄 (1984) at 6pm. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑦 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙-𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑇𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑎𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐴 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑚𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑. From the twisted minds that brought you NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN! Then to conclude this night of nihilstic nastiness at 8pm it's 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄 (1994) by Danny Boyle, the director of TRAINSPOTTING. 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑, 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠ℎ. 𝐻𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝. Two pulse-pounding films that will shred your nerves AND scratch at your funnybone for ONE NIGHT ONLY! Don't miss it and come early to purchase a copy of Peter's excellent book!