â¶ï¸Â Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets is in UK cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema from 24 December. There is a line in Pablo Nerudaâs poem Keeping Quiet that goes: âWhat I want should not be confused with total inactivity. Life is what it is about; I want no truck with death.â Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, directed by the Ross brothers Bill and Turner, reflects this sentiment. It is a film about life, connections, pleasure and the stories we tell. In the Roaring â20s, a dive bar somewhere in Las Vegas, an assortment of regulars assemble for the closing night. Over the course of an 18-hour stretch, decorations are hung, drinks flow, and a lively send-off rolls us intoxicatingly through the night. A hairy, cuddly barman jokes and plays Roy Orbison on his guitar; romantic chemistry and possibility hangs in the air; toasted revellers go out with a roar into the night.