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Double Indemnity (BFI Film Classics) By Richard Schickel
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- Title
- Double Indemnity (BFI Film Classics)
- ISBN
- 9780851702988
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
BFI Publishing
ISBN-10
0851702988
ISBN-13
9780851702988
eBay Product ID (ePID)
354883
Product Key Features
Book Title
Double Indemnity
Number of Pages
72 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Film / Guides & Reviews, Film / Reference, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
1992
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts
Book Series
Bfi Film Classics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
4.5 Oz
Item Length
7.4 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
791.4372
Synopsis
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 Indemnitywas 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 harsh lamplight cutting through the night. Richard Schickel traces in fascinating detail the genesis of the film: its literary origins in the crime fiction of the 1930s, the difficult relations between Wilder and his scriptwriter Raymond Chandler, the casting of a reluctant Fred MacMurray, the late decision to cut from the film the expensively shot final sequence of Neff's execution. This elegantly written account, copiously illustrated, confirms a new the status ofDouble Indemnityas an undisputed classic., 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 harsh lamplight cutting through the night. Richard Schickel traces in fascinating detail the genesis of the film: its literary origins in the crime fiction of the 1930s, the difficult relations between Wilder and his scriptwriter Raymond Chandler, the casting of a reluctant Fred MacMurray, the late decision to cut from the film the expensively shot final sequence of Neff's execution. This elegantly written account, copiously illustrated, confirms a new the status of 'Double Indemnity' as an undisputed classic.
LC Classification Number
PN1993.5.U6
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