And yet it is here with Blood Simple that most of my quibble's about this package lie. Has anyone else noticed how much is actually cut out of this DVD release as oppose to the original video release? And the few seconds here and there that are missing seem to be completely random. For example, the scene at the beginning in the bar where Maurice make's fun of the guy at the juke box ("What night is tonight?...tonight is Yankee night...") is totally cut; the scene in Marty's place when Ray humourously puts his cigarette up the snout of the stuffed pig is gone; the scene in the bar at the beginning where the girl Marty is hustling tells him to "get lost" is cut so that now she doesn't actually say that and there's the scene where after Marty has hired the hit man to kill his wife, M Emmet Walsh closes the car door and says to himself, "Sweet Jesus, you are disgusting", but he doesn't say that here, it simply cuts to the next scene. And there are a few other cuts I noticed. I found this so frustrating because they were memorable scenes or important lines that you can't help but notice them gone. I would really like to know why those making the decisions chose to remove them but I'm sure I wouldn't agree with them.

I also think it's a shame that there are absolutely no extras at all, even just a few interviews would have been better than nothing, like the ones they had for the Miller's Crossing special edition.

Still, I'm really glad to own this DVD collection, each film has so much to enjoy in it for any lover of film; great humour, great plot's, great acting, beautiful visuals, great dialogue and memorable scores by Carter Burwell. Highly recommended for any film fan.

5 stars for the original content, 1 for this collection....
Review date: 2004-12-26 Rating: 6 out of 10

I am sorry to report that contrary to the anticipation of the previous 'reviewer' who, 6 weeks before the release (!) of the Collection said of the inclusion of _Blood Simple_ and _The Big Lebowski_, that it was hopefully "because their initial releases were pretty much vanilla in terms of special features, and they intend to include newly added extras to the discs.". Well a crashing failure on that front, with an added kick in the face if you listen to the Audio Commentary for Blood Simple which is a self-satisfied smirk by the Brothers Coen. Well done guys, I loved all the movies, how about some more respect for your fan base next time.

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