double indemnity

Sandra 2022-03-21 09:01:40

In 1944, a young woman conspired with a lawyer to design and murder her husband in order to obtain a huge amount of insurance money. According to the insurance contract, if her husband died on the railroad tracks, she could get "double compensation", which is the most in film industry. The notorious murder is also the most famous "film noir" in film history. Black and white screen, old-fashioned coke film, hand-painted posters, this is the unique temperament and style of a real century-old classic. Noir, crime, suspense, and detection, all of which constitute the signature elements of this cross-century classic. The story of the film is wonderful, the plot is compact, the tension is full, and the undercurrent is surging. Everything about the film is performed so smoothly and just right.

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Extended Reading
  • Cristobal 2022-03-23 09:01:39

    After watching the last perfect ending of the year, the archives retrace the whole story from the narration and perspective of the murderer. Wilder's heroine is still very dark and glamorous, with a smooth rhythm and a tense atmosphere. The script fully taps each character to serve the event , Case played well. In fact, old films have been selected because they have time and classic arguments. They often have a sense of respect. When watching, they are not so strict. It is more meaningful to find that new films that are not praised by many people are good, so don’t despise each other.

  • Reginald 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    The most typical happy enemy is the proportion of Wilder and Raymond Chandler, the two complement each other; to create such a typical tough guy and femme fatale, completely changed the pattern of Hollywood film noir in the 1940s.

Double Indemnity quotes

  • Walter Neff: Do I laugh now, or wait 'til it gets funny?

  • Walter Neff: How could I have known that murder could sometimes smell like honeysuckle?