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Double Indemnity (BFI Film Classics)
Richard Schickel
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Paperback. Double Indemnity was a key film in the definition of the genre that came to be known as film noir. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 72 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
A new kind of film emerged from Hollywood in the early 1940s, thrillers that derived their plots from the hard-boiled school of crime fiction but with a style all their own. Appearing in 1944, "Double Indemnity "was a key film in the definition of the genre that came to be known as film noir. Its script creates two unforgettable criminal characters: the cynically manipulative Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) and the likeable but amoral Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray). Billy Wilder's brilliant direction enmeshes them in chiaroscuro patterns, the bright California sun throwing shadows of venetian blinds across dusty rooms, shafts of ... Read more
A new kind of film emerged from Hollywood in the early 1940s, thrillers that derived their plots from the hard-boiled school of crime fiction but with a style all their own. Appearing in 1944, "Double Indemnity "was a key film in the definition of the genre that came to be known as film noir. Its script creates two unforgettable criminal characters: the cynically manipulative Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara Stanwyck) and the likeable but amoral Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray). Billy Wilder's brilliant direction enmeshes them in chiaroscuro patterns, the bright California sun throwing shadows of venetian blinds across dusty rooms, shafts of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
British Film Institute
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Series
BFI Film Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780851702988
SKU
V9780851702988
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About Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel is a film critic of Time. His most recent book is Brando: A Life in our Times.
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