Blog Entry #4: The Revealence

 Why would anybody want to meet in an empty parking lot at 11:24 at night? Well it’s obviously suspicious that something’s going to happen because in the novel on page 93 of Double Indemnity Mr. Huff states that when Mr. Huff parked his car in the parking lot it was 11:24 when he first looked at his watch. The second time he looked at his watch it was 11:35 and had thought to himself that it was getting very suspicious. Now why did it get suspicious? We all know why because we all read the novel, I hope. Well my point here is that the conclusion of the story didn’t really quite end the way I expected it to end because you would think that the person that tried to kill him would be behind bars which of course didn’t happen in this case. In my very own opinion I think that it wasn’t fair to what had happen to Mr. Huff. To be honest I wasn’t satisfied at all with the ending because there were a lot of negative facts that lead to one another which made the novel a bit confusing but mostly interesting because we as students don’t hear either about these novels nor shall I say cases in where these types of things happen. Not only do I see this novel as murder, obsessiveness, and romance but I also see that it would be a novel that has to do with a little bit of karma. I don’t really believe in karma but that’s how I would or do see it. I truly believe that Walter and Phyllis should’ve received completely different treatment. Why u ask? Well because for the fact of what she had put him through and over all for making him Lola’s father. So over all my answer is yes both Phyllis and Walter should have different treatments.

Blog Entry #3: The Detective

In most of the novels there is a detective, gangster, criminal, murder, or even a spy just to name a few but in Double Indemnity I noticed a detective. The character who I believe that is playing a detective would be Mr. Keyes. Not only did I read where it seems that he’s doing all the detective work but also when I was read through the novel I was able to see the tone that the author used to make him be the detective in Double Indemnity. I believe that when I was reading chapter 8 where the tone showed that Mr. Keyes would be the detective I also saw the qualities that he possess for that particular role. Some qualities would be how in the story Mr. Keyes starts throwing big thick books to say that it wasn’t a suicide because Mr. Keyes told Mr. Huff that he grew up studying arching while Mr. Keyes he was raised in the insurance business. Not only have that but Mr. Keyes toned of insistence. Mr. Keyes also has plenty of facts that show that it’s not a suicide. Mr. Keyes is on the case where he says that it’s murder instead of something else because Mr. Keyes is Giving Mr. Norton and Keyes clues as to what he thinks it would be which in this case would be a murder. Mr. Keyes not only suspects that it’s a murder but also detects that Mr. Nirdlinger wife has done it to him. So overall I believe that in this case the detective would be Mr. Keyes just for the fact that he says that he was raised around insurance businesses.

Bog Entry #2

Towards a Definition of Film Noir

The quote that I have chosen from Notes on Film Noir is by Paul Shrader that states “nightmarish, weird, erotic, ambivalent, and cruel”. I decided to choose this quote because all of these five words to me seem to be real characteristics that I can actually see from the novel Double Indemnity. From page 3 to the end of page 33 I was mostly paying attention to how James M. Cain would be telling the story as if I were to be him and act his part. To me I can see why Paul Shrader would state that it’s nightmarish, weird, erotic, ambivalent, and cruel just for the fact that James M. Cain acts all of those parts all in one and also towards himself.  The way that I find the novel Double Indemnity so far is weird and cruel at the same time. The reason why I state this would be because in the first two to three pages he’s looking for a man that he’s interested to negotiate with over an insurance policy but yet has no luck in finding this man that goes by the name of Mr. Nirdlinger so gives up and starts speaking with the wife Mrs. Nirdlinger over it. I can see how nightmarish comes in the picture because just to think about it, it could actually happen or already has happened in real life to people without even knowing about the whole situation. Now the erotic part starts on page 13 where Mr. Huff starts to get to know Mrs. Nirdlinger and cross the line with her. Also this novel it’s ambivalent because both Mr. Huff and Mrs. Nirdlinger start to lead one another based on their relationships. Lastly, Paul states that it’s cruel because Mr. Huff and Mrs. Nirdlinger want something bad to occur to Mr. Nirdlinger and they both are trying to figure out a way to make it happen and get money for it.

Blog Entry #1: Contrats Between Films

 I choose topic number three which is asking to compare some of the contrasts between the types of films that were made during the classic time. As for the article that I’ve read “The Neo Noir 90s” I found out that this article is based on different times. One that has to do after World War II and another time would be today’s time. From what I read in this article would be that back then during the World War II crimes were very dangerous and mysterious. Back then the way that the characters would dress would be with hats that would be in a round shaped way which would almost cover their faces so that they wouldn’t be identified for going under cover for whatever it was they were investigating. Not only on how they would dress but also on how they would talk to each other. What I mean by that would be on their aggression style, talking with codes, signaling each other, etc. Also in the 1990s people would listen to different type of music that everyone would sing and dance along to. Up until this day rarely 90s music comes out on certain radio stations and still like it. Not only in the year was 1990 about different styles but also on how things looked such as television, clothes, and even technology. All of these topics that I mentioned were completely different as to how all of them are now. With television during the 1990s it was black and white. With clothes the dresses were made plain and simple and many people would wear them with bows on their head to give it more style. Lastly with technology Internet, cell phones, or even wireless headphones didn’t exist. Actors today wear their clothes that best fits their personality or choose a color that goes with their skin tone to make them stand out. So during the 1990s it was different from the time back then to the time now. So these are a few contrast after the World War II and a little bit of the time after.