Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity provides excellent examples of the look of film noir. Visual aspects include dark interiors, heavy shadow, high contrast, bars or slashes of, mirrors, fog and rain, odd angles and disorienting compositions, staircases, and various frames within the film frame. Double Indemnity has a circular structure, beginning near the end and telling the story through voice-over and flashback.  Double Indemnity’s plot carries many traits of film noir. It centers on crime, takes place in Los Angeles, and the most crucial scenes occur at night.  In Double Indemnity Phyllis acts as the femme fatale and Walter as the hero .

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