Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Double Indemnity - Trailer (1944)
Trailer from 1944. This movie showcases the acting and beauty of Barbara Stanwyck, and the drama, suspense that this film noir brings to the screen! I was glad to see at the end that the salesman cared for Lola and asked her boyfriend to go to her. IT showed his kind heart and his moment of redemption. I liked also the portrayal of Fred MacMurray, and especially Edward G. Robinson, his intuition, the little man inside him, was difficult to fool!
Great movie!
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Walter Neff's calm cool disposition as an insurance salesman allowed him to continually cover up his love-lusted plans to kill the wealthy client and husband of a housewife, of which Neff fell obsessed with on first meeting. It was interesting to see the progression of his character change from the beginning of the film, where he appeared to be a straight laced successful insurance salesman to a calculating killer just to gain the love and affection of a woman, regardless of the fact that she was married. Neff had it bad for this woman. The sexual innuendos were quite entertaining and Neff who appeared to be an honest man quickly showed another character as his thoughts were heard while he waited for Phyllis in the parlor on their first meeting. Double Indemnity portrays the unfavorable but truthfulness of sexual immorality taken to the extreme of murder. Christy Aderhold
ReplyDeleteI agree, Christy and Angelica! This is a great film. To piggy back off of Christy's comment about the sexual innuendos, I thought it was funny and clever. When Neff first goes to the Dietrichson's house and meets with the Mrs., he is hooked. They start talking about parking tickets or something, but they are really having a flirty exchange.
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