ENGB75H3 Lecture Notes - Double Indemnity, Ressentiment, German Expressionism

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Gritty hard boiled characters, death, anti hero, femme fatale, stuck in a dynamic, psychological manipulation, negotiate/exploit. Voice overs (narrative dialogue), flashbacks and present action. Many associate film noir as writing with shadows. Foreshadowing, gives sense of doom/something bad is going to happen. Camera is static, we"re moving into the darkness & then it cuts to the road. City scape is disorienting, move from hobbling figure to car driving towards us. Reference to traumatized war veterans returning from war & to go back into ways of society quickly. Dark/war scene similar to the darkness in the opening of double indemnity. Women were increasingly isolated, asked to return to the homes and be happy after the war/working in the factories. Critique of american optimism/capitalism and toward real gesture of men from the wars who are traumatized. They say i"ve got something loose in my heart.

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