Sunday, January 4, 2015

No Pity Parties Here.

The film double indemnity is often referred to as "a film without a single trace of pity or love. Double Indemnity was one of the first popular noir films in the late 30's and early 40's. The noir genre in general stood out because of the untrustworthy attributes shown in the female parts that haven't been seen much since the end of the pre-code era. Double Indemnity is no different as you see while watching the attributes of an untrustworthy woman who's only goal is personal gain and her male counterpart is no different.
In Double Indemnity there's two main characters that are followed both enforce the title of "a film without a single trace of pity or love. The first character, Phyllis Dietrichson, had a relationship with two different men each for her own personal game. Her original husband was previously married but his wife was allegedly murdered by Phyllis. This action by Phyllis wasn't out of love though, it was for the money that she later received when she married him. He personal drive didn't stop there though when she continued to abuse love to make more money. When Phyllis realized she is running out of money she makes a plan to fix that. She uses her sexual appeal to abuse love a second time by convincing Walter to murder her husband for the insurance money in the name of love.
Walter, then man being used by Phyllis, doesn't have any more love in him than Phyllis does. When Walter finds out that there is a large sum of insurance money involved, he also uses Phyllis to make some money.

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