Film Noir.

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Double Indemnity
Dir. Billy Wilder in 1944
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The Last Seduction
Dir. Jon Dahl in 1994
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The Last Seduction Femme Fatale
Bridget: powerful, greedy, ****, manipulative, corrupt, cunning
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Double Indemnity Femme Fatale
Phyllis: power figure on stairs, **** (anklet), manipulative, weakened in final sequence, American dream gone sour
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Double Indemnity Doomed Male Protagonist
Walter Neff: manipulated by Phyllis, insurance company, corrupted, victum of Phyllis, criminal, controls the narrative with flashbacks
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The Last Seduction Doomed Male Protagonist
Mike: weak compared with Walter, manipulated, small town guy, can't get rid of the past (married a man), "hung like a hourse"
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Film Noir.
A style of films in the 1940's post-war spotted by a french critic; consists of similar conventions and very dark, dimly lit mise en scene with a detective/mystery story.
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Neo-noir
A modern take on the noir style consisting of the same/similar conventions however with a stronger femme fatale character seen as more cunning and clever and powerful
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Double Indemnity Opening Sequence
Views of the city setting, fast music sets frantic tone, walking shadow of man (foreshadows future events of murder), dimly lit office, flashbacks begin...
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Double Indemnity Walter and Phyllis first meet.
Phyllis at the top of stairs (power position above Walter), barely covered with towel and **** anklet, venetian blinds (imprisonment, trapped, bars of a jail), dimly lit (fatalistic mood)
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Double indemnity the murder of Mr Dietrichson
Phyllis shows no remorse, slight smile on her face, Walter does all the work (manipulated by Phyllis), dark setting
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Double indemnity first phonecall
Walter in office with colleuge (Barton keyes), betrayal, Phyllis in small space with horrizontal bars (trapped, prison bars), discussing the murder, cigerettes,
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Double Indemnity Phyllis' death/final sequences
Walter and Phyllis at gun point, Phyllis weakened position, Walter shoots Phyllis, venetian blinds again, violence, death and sex closely linked, Walter comforted by Keyes, shows his remorse, confession
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The Last Seduction Opening Sequence
quirky jazz music, Bridget's husband doing sleezy drug deal (money, corrupt american dream, crime), Bridget in male dominated office (powerful figure), city views (like in double indemnity), Mike hits Bridget (audience sympathise with Bridget)
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The Last Seduction Bridget and Mikes first meet
small town america, old town bar, dark, male dominated area, "i'm hung like a horse", Bridget takes control using sex, power over Mike shown straight away
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The Last Seduction "The Pie"
Grandma's pie represents the American dream, Bridget stumps cigerette in showing hatred of everything sweet and corruption of American dream.
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The Last Seduction phone sequence
Mike and Bridget selling murder to people, venetian blinds, crime, violence, Bridget manipulates Mike to do it
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The Last Seduction final sequence's
Mike try's to kill Bridgets husband, dimly lit, fatalistic scene, kiss of death (sex and death very similar), frames Mike, driving through NYC in limo living the "American Dream", rich, greedy, no remorse, twist on typical noir films
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Dir. Jon Dahl in 1994

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The Last Seduction

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Bridget: powerful, greedy, ****, manipulative, corrupt, cunning

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Phyllis: power figure on stairs, **** (anklet), manipulative, weakened in final sequence, American dream gone sour

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Walter Neff: manipulated by Phyllis, insurance company, corrupted, victum of Phyllis, criminal, controls the narrative with flashbacks

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