#Music in double indemnity analysis movie
If you wish to see more of my most recent book and movie reviews, visit Cain because he wrote such great dialogue Hollywood did not have to deviate far from his original intentions. Even a movie that butchers the original source material can be a great movie. I try, as best I can, to judge books and movies from books on separate scales. Film is restricted by length, but when they get it right they really get it right.
I generally like the book better because there is usually more depth to the characters and more subplots can be incorporated into the flow of the novel. I love the combination of two different art forms. One of the most enjoyable classes I ever took. In college I took a film and novel class and Mildred Pierce was one of the books/movies on the syllabus. Besides this novel he wrote two other novels that are not only considered noir fiction classics, but also translated well to film, The Postman Always Rings Twiceand Mildred Pierce. At least 18 films have been made from James M. My recommendation is read the book and then watch the movie, a perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I'm not sure what was more important to him pulling off the perfect swindle (my vote)or winning the girl.Ĭrisp, wonderful writing with pitch perfect dialogue. He leaps at the chance to help Phyllis get the insurance money. She is the bunny and he is the greyhound running around the track.
He doesn't even really seem to care about why she would be interested in killing her husband. Huff is so intent on the details of this insurance rip-off that he never learns much about Phyllis. Walter Huff would love stopping by to see me. And yet, even though I'm aware of the situation, I pay thousands of dollars of insurance premiums every year to insure one disaster doesn't sink the ship. The industry has convinced us to bet against ourselves and pay for the privilege. Car insurance they are betting I don't get in an accident. It is kind of crazy if you give it much thought. He is uniquely qualified to formulate the perfect scam. He has been in the insurance game for a long time and he knows about every angle ever thought up by anyone to try and pull one over on an insurance company.
#Music in double indemnity analysis full
Huff has made a career out of reading people and when he meets Phyllis she asks him a handful of suggestive questions and the guy is already formulating a full blown plan for insurance fraud. Now I'm not saying she is an angel I'm just saying she ran into a guy that even surprised himself with what he was willing to do with the hope of getting the girl. It has been a while since I've seen the movie and maybe Stanwyck does portray Phyllis much more deviously manipulative than what I found the book Phyllis to be. Much has been made of Phyllis being a femme fatale, maybe even one of the most viperous examples in history. Her name is Phyllis and she has a thought, not even a plan, just a thought of what she would like to do about her husband. A married woman, a woman Huff would be willing to turn himself inside out if that would insure her love. I could stop my review right here because that line sums up the movie perfectly. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.” Her name is Phyllis and she has a thought, not even a plan “I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.” One of the great Noir lines of all time. “I had killed a man, for money and a woman.
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