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This 6 page analysis of Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder's 1944 class film noir, focuses on the characters of Phyllis and Lola and how they reflect the role of women in society. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Double Indemnity, An Analysis Research Compiled
By - May, 2012 properly! Double Indemnity (1944, directed by Billy
Wilder) is regarded as a classic example of film noir. The screenplay was adapted from a novel by James M. Cain by Raymond Chandler, who understood that Cains dialogue must
be changed in order to adapt to the needs of cinema (Welsh 330). The plot focuses on the passionate affair between Walter Neff, an insurance salesman, and Phyllis Dietrichson, a
housewife who persuades Neff to help her kill her husband in order to receive insurance money, which is a hefty amount due to the double indemnity clause. Analysis of Phyllis,
as well as the character of her stepdaughter, Lola Dietrichson, offers considerable information about the changing role of women in American society following World War II, while also indicating how
the traditional perception of women persists. Tim Dirks, in his comprehensive review of the film, identifies Phyllis as a femme fatale: however, while Phyllis is typically identified as a
femme fatale; Mark Jancovich points out that the stereotyped character of the femme fatale was not "understood as a coherent or unified phenomenon" during the WWII era (Jancovich 133). Rather
than viewing Phyllis as a femme fatale, Jancovich argues that the character was one of the "female monsters," which was associated with the "figure of slacker" and seen as the
diametric opposite of the "independent woman of wartime" (Jancovich 133). Films, such as Double Indemnity, were understood by their contemporary audiences at the time of their premiere as
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