Doubl Double Indemnity Movie Analysis

When our generation today thinks of “black and white” movies, we think of the movies that our great grandparents and sometimes even our grandparents always have playing on the television in their homes. Or at least, I do. I remember the long, boring, two hours that I would sit on the couch and try to watch those movies with my grandparents. The movies always disinterested me because they did not have any dialogue. If movies came out today in our generation without any dialogue I have a feeling that the companies would lose money on them because of the lack of interest people would have in viewing the film. For me personally, I hated the Disney movie, Wall-E, because of its almost nonexistent dialogue. Movies today have a lot of focus on dialogue because it is what tells the movie. Music, sound, coloring, and angle all play key roles in letting the viewer know how a character is feeling in a particular scene, but it is the dialogue that reassures us and confirms our thoughts. …show more content…
The biggest difference that separates these movies from each other is the dialogue that happens throughout them because of how it tells the story and develops it. Double Indemnity uses a more typical approach while following only one main character so that he may develop more and be the most dominant character in the film. However, this approach lacks different views of other characters in the movie. Magnolia follows several characters so that the viewer can know all different aspects of one giant story that ends up piecing together in the end. While this approach allows different views, it lacks character development. As you can tell, there are many different approaches to narration in a film and there is no right, or wrong way to go about it. Even films within the same genre have different styles of narration and can still be award winning