Essays Tagged: "Double Indemnity"
Review of "Double Indemnity"
Double IndemnityBilly Wilder's 1944 film noir classic, "Double Indemnity", is a tale of lust, deceit ... f the femme fatale, who by nature is out to exploit anyone in her way to accomplish her objective. "Double Indemnity" is no exception. It's the story of a wife, Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck), ... then the case would be ruled an accident. They could then collect twice the insurance money under a double indemnity clause of the insurance policy. A flawless plan, so they thought. The only problem ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis
Film Noir, a distinctly American genre, but with a French name.
sionist films. Write down the visual motifs you think film noir borrowed. Then watch a noir such as Double Indemnity , Laura , Out of the Past, or The Killers and note the visual similarities. Be spec ... nclosed in a small room with deep shadows, while a shaft of light from the open window destroys him.Double Indemnity: Walter Neff is dwarfed by the large, expensive house, especially when he stands at ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study
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Previous 20 | Next 20 > Modern Languages: Spanish And Portuguese Division Faculty Section ...... Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep-have spawned a brood ... and films. Short essay quizzes (10-15 ... f ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Discuss A Cultural Text In Relation To Representai
ious'.Gender, sexuality and criminality are just some of the elements represented in the noir film, Double Indemnity (1944) directed by Billy Wilder. The author's patriarchal and psychoanalytical ideo ... l ideological position underlies all representations in this film. This essay will discuss the film Double Indemnity, and the ways in which it struggles to employ Freudian structures, such as the Oedi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Discuss A Cultural Text In Relation To Representai
ious'.Gender, sexuality and criminality are just some of the elements represented in the noir film, Double Indemnity (1944) directed by Billy Wilder. The author's patriarchal and psychoanalytical ideo ... l ideological position underlies all representations in this film. This essay will discuss the film Double Indemnity, and the ways in which it struggles to employ Freudian structures, such as the Oedi ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Before Brokeback: Homosexual Undertones in Double Indemnity and Classic Film Noir
get dragged down in the scheme as well). Often, manipulative ulterior motives (often resulting in a double-cross being double-crossed) and legitimate sexual attraction are at the very least ambiguousl ... re at the very least ambiguously intertwined and at the most, inseparable. Billy Wilder's 1944 film Double Indemnity, the flagship of the noir genre, embodies this perverse psychosexual formula to an ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis