Double Indemnity

In 1930 a code known as the Motion Picture Production Code was established. The Production Code was the determining factor of what could be shown on screen. The Code preached that films were to never corrupt the moral standards of the viewers, every film must present realistic standards of life, and the films were to never disrespect the law. Nudity, references to sexuality, sexual behavior, rape, children’s sex organs, white-slavery, sex hygiene and miscegenation were not to be shown. Subjects…

runs from her relation and goes to manipulate other two men who are married. In the same movie, Ann is another old woman that tells her man to stand with her despite she is mixed up with the murder of another woman. In another noir film called double indemnity, Phyllis is married to a man that doesn’t like her. However, she plans on how to discipline the husband by arranging other men to come and kill him. They succeed and come to kill him. This terrifies men that if the women are not in good…

Film Noir is also recognized for its prevalent and prevailing themes. In particular this refers to the narrative and the setting that creates the tone and mood. The setting in Film Noir was influenced by the corruption of the War and the aftermath. The storyline surrounds the male protagonist, who is depressed due to his horrible past and meets the femme fatale, who is undeniably sexy. This causes a turning point in his life. The negativity mood that influenced these narrative conventions come…

This shift in entertainment towards authenticity changes the tone of the work, but also allows the bridges the gap in the social caste system of the reader. No longer is this entertainment just for the upper class, but the anyone can identify with Chandler’s Everyman, which brings us to the reality insightful character of Detective Marlowe (MacShane). Marlowe is an ideal. According to J.O. Tate, the name of Marlowe refers to William Shakespeare’s contemporary and rival author, Christopher…

Sandra Cisneros and Reyna Grande through their subjective narratives emphasize the important contributions that migration played about their family relations and the development of their personal identity. Both authors touch upon similar themes relating to transnationalism and liminal identities, however they greatly differentiate when discussing the factor of citizenship and mobility. Cisneros is born in the U.S. while Reyna Grande is born in Mexico and later migrates to the U.S. as an…

This behavior corresponds with femme fatales from other films like Phyllis in double indemnity and Kathie in Out of the past. This behavior begs the question of whether this makes them less of a femme fatale or more of a femme fatale, since they are using this to manipulate men. Abby, maybe not intentionally, uses her femininity to manipulate…

Proposed Movie Choices Nowadays movies have changed, and it appears that less and less of them have become original film noir. Film noir is defined as a type of crime film featuring cynical and malevolent characters in an unflattering setting including an ominous atmosphere that is conveyed by shadowy photography and foreboding background music (Dictionary). This includes Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, Carol Reed’s The Third Man, and John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon which serve as…

We arrived at the hospital and they unloaded that man with the missing leg first. I was then helped out of the ambulance and taken in the to emergency room where I was placed into a small exam room. It was the one with the curtains that surrounded you that let you could hear everything going on around you. A nurse came in checked my vitals and asked if I needed anything for pain. I told her no and she said the doctor would be in momentarily. It was about thirty minutes until the doctor came it,…

The Coen brothers are two of the greatest filmmakers in the history of the American movie industry. Joel David Coen was born on November 29th, 1954 and Ethan Jesse Coen born on September 21st, 1957. The two brothers have worked together on creating an award winning sense of humor through the stories of their characters, most of whom are trapped in worlds that are often tinged, unforgiving, and daunting universes. Since 1984, the Coen brothers have directed more than 15 films of diverse genres…

Christopher Nolan’s extraordinary film, Memento, was released in 2000. The film starts in typical noir style, murder, which is projected in reverse. Nolan distinctly divides the story into two different plot lines, color sequences run in reverse while black and white sequences that are flashbacks are chronological, this part sets the narration apart from the rest of the story and gives a documentary feel. The settings throughout the film consist of a washed-out out California scenery of motels…