In the film noir Out of the Past, we view another detective suspense
film. In the beginning of the film, two men go out looking for Jeff Bailey.
They pass through a gas station where they find a deaf boy who works for Jeff.
I believe Jeff does not want to go back to his past because he changes his
identity and does not do any more cases. At that time Jeff had a girlfriend and
had to tell her everything about his past. The two men knew they could find him
there. They are in search for a young lady who is Katie. Like in most film
noir, Katie is the femme fatal in out of the past. As Detective Jeff begins his
duty, he meets Katie somewhere in Mexico. When they both meet at the bar, they
take a drink and go for walk. Being the femme fatal, Katie seduced him and
convinced him to leave with her and leave everything behind. She told him that
everything they were doing and everything they said was not true. Katie does
not care about reputation or about anybody. After killing someone Jeff realizes
that she’s not who he thinks she is. Years later they see each other again but
Jeff knew it’s best to stay from her because she only brings trouble and
problems to him. Jeff realized how important his other girlfriend was to him
and decided to start a new life with her

The film noir, Asphalt Jungle is about a group of men deciding to complete a task that will bring them a lot of money. Dix recently came out of jail and needs to make some profit somehow. He gathers a group of friends and plans to rob diamonds off a jewelry store. This film noir is different because none of the characters were dragged the wrong path by a femme fatal. I enjoyed this clip because it was not like other films seen in class. This film had more action and I really enjoy action movies. Asphalt Jungle is different because the protagonist did not consist of a detective like in other movies seen in class. In this clip as well, actors were all men. This movie reminds me of a movie I watched before, Takers. Takers and Asphalt Jungle are very similar because a group of men as well get together to do a heist.

The film noir The Set-Up viewed in class has different elements than those we have already watched.  We see how society views people alone and in crowds. The protagonists in this film noir do not commit murder. In the set-up we see that a boxer of a little more than a quartered age, Stoker Thompson fights with a young boxer, Little Boy. Many of the fans attending the fight that night believed that Little Boy would win, even Stoker’s manager, Tiny. This is when Tiny sets Stoker up. In The Set-Up we view different ways to analyze and observe the film. We can see crowed genders, male and female cheering and roaring for each opponent. The audience yelling out “beat him, close the other eye” and “kill him,” illustrate how vicious fans can be. In the film we viewed in class, Stoker and Julie his wife have an argument before the fight because she fears that Stoker will end up getting hurt. In the movie, Julie claims that Stoker is not as strong as he used to be when he was younger. He does not want to believe her is confident that he can fight. An element viewed in the film is the silence of scenes. An example is when Julie is undecided about showing up to the fight between Stoker and Little Boy. She walks around train tracks and thinks over and over. As the train dashes right beneath her, we observe wind blowing her hair while she thinks. When she decides to not to go, she rips her ticket. She cannot stand watching Stoker get punched to become unconscious. Another example seen on the clip is when Stoker is getting ready and he sits there thinking if Julie will show up tonight or not

In the film noir Murder My Sweet, the plot starts off when a man is looking for his wife so he goes into Detective Phillip’s office and hires him because he needs help finding his wife. Phillip Marlowe starts his job by collecting information about the missing person and writes down all details needed to find this young lady. In this film, Detective Marlowe is drugged to prevent any further investigation. Velma is the femme fatal because she wants to prevent any further investigations.  The femme fatal in this film seduces him and making him do whatever she pleased with. I liked this movie because the characters took their role seriously. I also enjoyed this movie because in the scene when Phillip was drugged you can see that he was not feeling himself. Through this scene, we observe blurry parts of the film that show how he felt while he drugged. We see him dreaming that he is running away from some one who wants to choke him.

The film noir Double Indemnity involves protagonists that plan out a crime to kill some one in exchange of money. In this film we view Mr. Walter Neff as a weak character. His weakness is shown in the clip by being influenced by the femme fatal of the film. As discussed in class, a femme fatal in a film is shown to be a seductive woman who tries to persuade her victim by flirting with them to obtain her ambition. In Double Indemnity the femme fatal is more like a snake trying to move her way in different methods to achieve her goal. Phyllis is the femme fatal in Double Indemnity. She tries to convince Mr. Neff that they should both get rid of Phyllis’ husband, Mr. Dietrechson. Phyllis makes Mr. Neff believe that if he helps her accomplish this sinful task they will stay together. She convinces him that he benefits because he will also enjoy the money after the old man is dead. In this text, Phyllis is not worried at all after they do the sin and Mr. Neff is going insane just thinking what horrifying thing he had done foe money and a woman he was not going to be able to have. Towards the ending of the film, Phyllis and Mr. Neff both secretly chose that they should get rid of each other for their own good. Phyllis did not want Mr. Neff to be part of her plans anymore. Mr. Neff felt that he was danger by being accused of the crime. The movie ends how they both shoot at each other.

In contrast of the previous movie watched in class, The Maltese Falcon, Double indemnity grabbed my attention more because I felt that in the Maltese Falcon the protagonist went around and around the problem. I also felt that the movie did not grab my attention after a while dragging us through the movie, the film itself became dull. It started from the murder of a detective to the missing piece of something else. Both films are similar and different in a few aspects. They are similar because a femme fatal induces them by dragging them into the wrong directions.