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Double Indemnity (1944)
Act now! Two times the cash for the price of just one murder.
Genre: Film Noir Crime Thriller
Starring: Fred MacMurray (The Apartment • "My Three Sons"), Barbara Stanwyck (The Bitter Tea of General Yen • Stella Dallas)
Directed By: Billy Wilder (Ace in The Hole • Sunset Boulevard)
Overview: A life insurance salesman hobbles into his office, bleeding. Picking up a voice recorder, he begins recounting a confession to his boss, "When it came to picking the killer, you picked the wrong guy... I killed Dietrichson... I killed him for money -- and a woman -- and I didn't get the money and I didn't get the woman. Pretty, isn't it?"


Oh Barbara, not subtle!
"Is this the End of Rico?" "Boss, you really gotta let that one go."
Performance: 8 Cinematography: 8 Script: 8 Plot: 8 Mood: 9
Overall Rating: 82% (Worth A Second Look)
Aftertaste:
While watching, I was looking forward to a glorious little exchange I was blessed with when visiting one of my regular go-to blogs, Filmscreed. This is indeed a beautiful little exchange and a great example of the kind of rapid-fire dialogue one can expect from Double Indemnity. Here's part of the exchange when the ill-fated couple first meet. I've been a fan of Billy Wilder's since my first viewing of any of his works, Ace in The Hole back in 2007. Though I can't speak for his Romantic Comedies, I have yet to be disappointed by his films and would recommend his works to anyone.
Double Indemnity is an excellent (and some say the first) example of a genre of films called film noir. Films noir tend to take a naturalistic view of human nature; "I killed Dietrichson" is one of the first lines in the film.
"I never new murder could smell like honeysuckles"
...if I can write anything half that witty before I go, I'll die a happy man. Great post on a brilliant film, I can't believe it took me so long to see this!