In both films Dial M for Murder (1954) and A Perfect Murder (1998) one is able to establish some similarities and differences found in these films. To begin with, both films share essentially the same plot in which a husband wants to have his wealthy wife murdered so he can get his hands on her inheritance. When the husband discovers her secret affair he comes up with the perfect plan to kill her. He blackmails a third party member using the letter that proves the affair (which contains the murder’s fingerprints) into carrying out the murder, but the carefully orchestrated set-up goes awry, and the wife stays alive. On the other hand, the casting, the characterization, and style of both movies serve to contrast one another. In the first
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One must take into consideration that the film was filmed in the late 50s a time in which women did not have a voice. So about fifty years later women were able to stand out. In Dial M for Murder (1954), the wife was very submissive and dependent on the husband. As a matter of fact when she was attacked by the murder instead of calling the police immediately she asked for the advice of her husband and followed his instructions. In addition to this when she was being interrogated by the police officer she was only to speak what the husband ordered her. However, in A Perfect Murder (1998) the wife is portrait as a very independent woman and unreliable in her husband, in fact, she is a multilingual translator with the United Nations a role that a woman back then would not be able to have. She takes the matter in her own hands, as a matter of fact when the attack happened she immediately called the police and did not wait for the husband’s instructions. To further make the character of the wife more interesting, she attempts to solve the murder by visiting a dangerous neighborhood to find out if the key in her keychain belongs to the killer, and by so to help solve the crime. This character's growth from one movie to the other one serves to reflect how women’s position in society has been changing over the
One must take into consideration that the film was filmed in the late 50s a time in which women did not have a voice. So about fifty years later women were able to stand out. In Dial M for Murder (1954), the wife was very submissive and dependent on the husband. As a matter of fact when she was attacked by the murder instead of calling the police immediately she asked for the advice of her husband and followed his instructions. In addition to this when she was being interrogated by the police officer she was only to speak what the husband ordered her. However, in A Perfect Murder (1998) the wife is portrait as a very independent woman and unreliable in her husband, in fact, she is a multilingual translator with the United Nations a role that a woman back then would not be able to have. She takes the matter in her own hands, as a matter of fact when the attack happened she immediately called the police and did not wait for the husband’s instructions. To further make the character of the wife more interesting, she attempts to solve the murder by visiting a dangerous neighborhood to find out if the key in her keychain belongs to the killer, and by so to help solve the crime. This character's growth from one movie to the other one serves to reflect how women’s position in society has been changing over the