The article, that I have read, the movie review of "Double Indemnity" is by Dennis Schwartz: "Ozus' World Movie Reviews", from the website sover.net. In the beginning, writer Dennis Schwartz, gives a nice description of the director/writer Billy Wilder and the whole unit including actors and actresses. He discusses about the strong acting power of actors, such as-MacMurray as Walter Neff, the protagonist of the story and another important male character played by Edward G. Robinson as Barton Keyes.
Schwartz talks about the relationship between the MacMurray and Robinson characters. He also talks about the odd attraction that two killers(Phyllis Dietrichson played by Barbara Stanwyck and MacMurray) have- defines the dark atmosphere of the prewar Los Angeles scene. Reading this article, really helped me to understand the characters very well. Now I know, what is the reason of lack of love in the relationship of Mr. and Mrs. Dietrichson. According to Phyllis, Mr. Dietrichson has become a sullen man since he has lost a lot of money in oil investments. On the other hand, Mr. Dietrichson possible reason for not loving her is, she has such a coldness in her beauty, which pushes him away from her. I probably will use this particular issue to explain the topic of my essay.
I think amazed me after reading the article is, the best quote of the movie; which the writer used in his article. Since I have not seen the whole movie yet, I don't know exactly when MacMurray and Robinson have that conversation. It could be the scene before the last scene. When MacMurray confesses and tells the whole truth about his killing of Mr. Dietrichson; his last comments: "You know why you couldn't figure this one Keyes?" I'll tell you, "Because the guy you were looking for was too close--right across the desk from you." Keyes says, "Closer than that.
after reading your blog i like the movie review u chose because it has that quote that you describe at the end when he confess to keys that hes the killer and that he didnt suspect a thing because he was right across the desk from him this quote really brings thing together in a sense that keys trusted Walter and at the end its like walter stabbed keys right in the back.
ReplyDelete"You know why you couldn't figure this one Keyes? I'll tell you, because the guy you were looking for was too close--right across the desk from you." Keyes says, "Closer than that”.
ReplyDeleteI really liked that quote because it’s true; we usually don’t believe that the people around us or the people we trust are capable of such things, no matter what our little dancing men are telling us. I also like the part where you mentioned the coldness that Phyllis emitted in the film, because in the novel we read about her beauty but not the sharpness in her face.