Review of Double Indemnity (1973) by Anastasia B — 03 Nov 2009
"The Black Widow played by Stanwyck is an archetypal construction. Evidentally, Wilder deeply apprectiated the ambivalence of Cain"s novel and followed the narrative closely. While respecting Chandler's contributions, Wilder used the noir structure to color and restrict the romanticism of Neff's character and emphasize instead the doomed and obsessive qualities of his entanglement with Phylis's web.
Supported by Seitz's photography and Miklos Rozsa's score, the ultimate noir statement of Double Indemnity is the characteristically unrelenting fatality of Neff's ride to the end of the line" (by B.
L. in Film Noir-An encyclopedic reference to the American Style, Alain SIlver, Elizabeth Ward, eds.).
This review of Double Indemnity (1973) was written by Anastasia B on 03 Nov 2009.
Double Indemnity has generally received positive reviews.
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