Film Analysis: Double Indemnity

One such adaptation is the 1961 film of the same name that was directed by Daniel Petrie. This film was not only Petrie’s second film, it was also “his most well-known and critically acclaimed”(DGA). Unlike the later adaptations starring Danny Glover and Sean Combs, the original stage performers, which included Sidney Poitier, and Ruby Dee all reprised their roles. This version is also impact because it was one of the rare films of the time that featured an almost entire African American cast and while this version was chosen because it is one of the foundations that others are built, it is the closest adaptation of the original play given a few creative licenses.

One such adaptation is the 1961 film of the same name that was directed by Daniel Petrie. This film was not only Petrie's second film but also "his most well-known and critically acclaimed" (Visual). Unlike the later adaptations starring Danny Glover and Sean Combs, the original stage performers, which included Sidney Poitier, and Ruby Dee all reprised their roles. This version is also impacting because it was one of the rare films of the time that featured an almost entirely African American cast and while this version was chosen because it is one of the foundations that others are built, it is the closest adaptation of the original play given a few creative licenses.

James M. Cain’s Double Indemnity is a typically literary work of roman noir genre, adapted for a film later. The story itself is about a premeditated murder planned by the married femme fatale Phyllis Nirdlinger and her secret lover Walter Huff, specifically consistent with roman noir genre. Phyllis Nirdlinger is a typical femme fatale in this novel. She seduces the insurance agent Huff regardless of her own husband. For example, “She pulled me to her and kissed back” (Cain ch2), “I liked you all the time” (Cain ch2) and many other flirty words in the novel. What’s worse, in order to capture the money from her husband, she manages to kill him with Huff. Sex and money, as the main themes of roman noir genre, are the two main motifs of this novel as well. The story happens in Glendale of California (Cain ch1), which is explained in the very beginning of the novel. This kind of setting implies its specific roman noir genre convention. “A dark railroad track in the middle of the night... a dirty road...vacant lots” (Cain ch7). The description of the surrounding environment of the railroad track has the clarified mark of roman noir genre. The ending of Double Indemnity is a huge misery. Huff could not get rid of the nightmare after cruelly killing Mr. Nirdlinger, psychologically ill. In the same time, he has large divergence with his lover Mrs. Nirdlinger. Their intimate relationship breaks up. Finally Huff commits a suicide with his lover after his crime being discovered. The

In Billy Wilder’s 1944 blockbuster hit Double Indemnity, a fast-talking insurance salesman named Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) visits the home of the seductive Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) to renew the insurance policy on her husband’s automobiles. A romantic affair shortly ensues, and Walter is soon coerced by Phyllis into plotting a murder. Walter then comes up with an idea to receive double the amount Phyllis had previously intended, and they eventually deceive Mr. Dietrichson (Tom Powers) by making him sign a double indemnity insurance policy which in return states that the widow will receive full compensation on behalf of the bearer’s death. Mr. Dietrichson’s death is then made to look accidental; however, all does not go

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Double Indemnity is a classic film noir that has set the stage for other films of the same genre. Containing themes of imminent danger, fatalism, and drama, the film artfully uses a series of cinematic techniques to tell the story of Walter Neff and his seductive partner-and-crime, Phyllis Dietrichson. By carefully analyzing the first minute and a half of the film, one can get a sense of how particular factors of the opening scene (such as lighting, sound, and set) both heighten the drama at the particular instant and also provide further context to the storyline as a whole. Furthermore, each cinematic moment in the first minute and a half has some trace of foreshadowing that hints at the well-calculated, sinister plan that unravels later on

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Double Indemnity (1994) is a movie director by Billy Wilder with his screenwriting partner Raymond Chandler, which is based on James M. Cain’s famous novel. The main storylines in the book and the movie are roughly the same; it talks about how an experienced insurance seller Walter helps a housewife Phyllis to murder her husband to get the double indemnity. There are still many notable changes in the transition from book to film, like characters’ action, plot, style, and relationship between anti-hero and femme fatale in the novel are all more complex than the movie. For example, in Cain’s novel, Phyllis is a complete ruthless murderer because she is responsible for almost ten people deaths. However, in the film, it does not mention Phyllis’ past murders.

The Great depression consists of a high numbers of unemployment due to the stock market crash the United States faced in 1929. In order to get the people out of this depression the United States declared World War Two, which separated husband from their families because they were being recruited to fight for their country. These catastrophes led people to live the American Nightmare. This nightmare consisted of people searching for desperate ways to obtain money regardless of the consequences. In particularly it arose the creation of femme fatales because women were facing hardships trying to balance a stable home while also managing work. James M. Cain exposed this new role played by women through his novel Double Indemnity that was followed by a film noir directed by Billy Wilder.

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