Characters- Femme Fatale
Some characteristics of the Femme Fatale are:
- Driven
- Predatory
- Promiscuous
- Cold
- Selfish
- Decitful
- No Morals
The Femme Fatale is able to use her sexuality for their own means. The Femme Fatale acts very predatory as she is always looking for prey, (e.g. men) She acts very promiscous as she is always looking for sex with other men for her own good. She is very cold and unfeeling. She acts very selfish, she is decitful where she lies to get her own way. She has no morals, no ethics and doesnt know what is right or wrong.
Characters- Protagonist
The key elements which make up Protagonists are:
- Drink/Smoke
- On the edge
- Weak Willed
- Desperate
- No morals
- Easily Seducted
- Live on the world of crime
Protagonists are often a 'PI' or a Police officer, but not always. The Protagonist or anti-hero is usally brought down by the Femme Fatale. He also gets into trouble from his own greed. The audience always like these diserible characters.
Double Indemnity- The Film
Double Indemnity was made in 1944. Its tagline was It's Love And Murder At First Sight !. It was nominated for 7 oscars. Double Indemnity had alot of main characters that made the film what it is. The film was a non-linear narrative because it starts from right at the end of the story all the way to the begining through flash backs. Walter Neff is the Narrator of the film as he talks through a recording device telling the plot of the story. The plot was complicated at first, Walter Neff was a sales man selling insurances to people. While he was trying to find a man called Mr. Dietrichson he met his wife called Phyllis Dietrichson, who he then fell in love with. We saw how Walter liked phyllis because of him flirting with her about her clothes and insurance. Phillis asks Walter for accident insurance for her husband because she doesnt like the way he treats her. She wants to kill him and get his money from insurance. Walter doesnt miss a trick, and figures out straight away what her plan was. Becase he likes Phyllis very much he tell her about Keys and how he will catch her out. Walter then agrees to help Phyllis kill her husband and comes up with a clever, cunning plan. Because Walter works for a insurance company he will know how to kill Mr Dietrichson without getting caught. Walter makes Mr Dietrichson into signing an accident insurance contract. He comes up with a better plan which will get Phyllis double her money back called 'Double Indemnity', which happens if there are any unusal ways which people die, like off a train. Walter plan was to kill Mr Dietrichson in a car and then
Synopsis
My first impressions of Double indemnity were, boring and black and white. I have seen many black and white films on television and watched something else straight away due to thoughts that they were classical and not like modern films i would go and see in cinemas. But when i saw Double Indemnity i was thrilled on how inttresting and exiting they were. I wanted to watch more and more of it to see what happens next. The film leaves you on a great cliff hanger, one scene which left me on a great cliff hanger was the scene when they were going to actually carry out there plan and I wanted to see how there plan actually was going to be carried out. Another cliff hanger was when Phillis and Walter had just carried out their plan and were about to escape but Phillis could not start up the car.
Walter Neff
There are also original elements in the thematic and visual portrayal of Walter, who is not a criminal, but kills for the money and women; he's the firm's top salesman whom Keyes hopes to promote.
Usually wears a hat along with suit and is portrayed as a clever man. The story revolves around Neff as he is the main character in the film.
Phyllis Dietrichson
Having this type of role make her an important character in the film Double Indemnity as she tricks Walter Neff who is an insurance sales man at the Pacific All-Risk.
