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This does not bode well for the repeat offender who sees a lot of similarities between the daily routine of marriage and the strict prison regimen. For example, his new coworker (M. Emmet Walsh) regales him with strange tales as his cellmate used to. But his new life isn't bad. He gets paid, and he's happy with Raising Arizona: A Baby 43 Ed. Soon, some Freudian imagery foreshadows that their joy is about to run dry. After hosing their dirt yard in the Arizona desert, Hi learns of Ed's infertility.

With no clear view and not enough light, the private eye is halted. Marty: Watching Out Before discussing Abby, a look at her husband is in order. Though he hires Visser to spy on his wife, Marty has his own voyeuristic tendencies. His bar, for instance, is a part-time strip club, a place where ogling for pleasure is de rigueur. Not only that, but his ofice sports a two-way mirror through which he can watch his patrons watching strippers. The mirror dominates the background of his introduction in which he and Visser discuss his wife's infidelity.

His fleeting notion to kill the messenger backfires in part because he trusts his business partner, like his eyes, too much. Abby: A Looking Glass Abby is the most self-reflexive and the only character who spends any time in front of a mirror-which ultimately doubles as a weapon. Marty re- Blood Sinlp1e:A Photo 23 Instead of a femme fatale stirring up trouble, in Blood Simple's neo-noir the stormy petrels are Dan Hedaya's Julian Marty (left)and the M. Emmet Walsh's private eye. "18 The phrase echoes Ray's advice about what not to do when committing a crime, referring to her pistol and a murder she knows nothing about.

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