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"Double Indemnity This blog is referring to the 1973 TV movie which is remake of the 1944 original classic film. That's right, this is not even a stab at a new adaptation of the novel, which would already be questionable since such a great version already exists. This is actually a restaging of the exact original Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler penned screenplay adaptation. This is available on the second DVD included in the DVD release for the original film. And it is the ONLY thing on that second DVD. Why it was included I have no idea. I rented it through Netflix because it listed it as a "bonus features" disc. The only reason I could imagine someone would want to watch this is for some sick curiosity. Lee J. Cobb is the only decent thing here, but even that pales in comparison to the original Edward G. Robinson interpretation of the role. I think watching this movie so shortly after seeing the original makes it look even worse. Would I have appreciated it more if I did ... "
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"This blog entry is part of my "movie recommendation site suggestions". Read more about that here. Double Indemnity Working in the insurance field, I don't see many movies that focus on the area of my profession. In fact I can't think of a single movie other than this one. Some films may mention insurance matters briefly, but this is the only one I can think of that is so central to the plot. They sure do make it seem interesting though. At least Edward G. Robinson's character Barton Keyes seems almost like an adventurous detective (or maybe you are all thinking I'm crazy). Then again, I don't work in claims so maybe it really is like that. Although there were many films before this film that have been labled as film-noir a lot of people, including many who speak on the special features of this DVD, maintain that this should be considered the first true film-noir. The stark black and white cinematography, the femme fatale, the degenerate characters being sucked into a world o ... "
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"I rate movies on so many different websites that offer movie recommendations based on those ratings that I figured it's time to actually start watching a lot of the top recommended movies. Three of the main sites I get recommendations from are Movielens, Filmaffinity, and Netflix. Below is a list of films that I will be watching based on what these websites predict my ratings would be. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------- Sholay - NF 5/5Andaz Apna Apna - NF 5/5Double Indemnity - NF 4.9/5, ML 4.5/5, FA 9.3/10Monster in a Box - NF 4.8/5, ML 4.5/5Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo (I Was Born, But...) - NF 4.6/5, FA 9.3/10La Ronde - NF 4.6, FA 9.3Kumonosu jô (Throne of "
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"What's the AFI Project, you ask? For more information, or if you just enjoy my bemused ramblings, read here: http://www.spout.com/blogs/pip pin06/archive/2008/3/1/25756.a spx Double Indemnity is on the following AFI lists: The Original Top 100 (#38)100 Most Heart-Pounding Movies (#24)100 Years...100 Passions (#84)100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains (Phyllis Dietrichson is the #8 villain)The Revised Top 100 (#29) I watched Double Indemnity instantly on Netflix. I had never seen the film before, though I'd heard of it. I hadn't heard much about it, though. It's notable enough to be on lots of lists, but I'd never actually read much about it or had conversations about the film with anyone who'd seen it. Isn't that funny? I guess in a way, having so little information about this film made me enjoy it that much more because, I gotta say, I loved this movie! What a gem. It climbed up 9 spots on the Revised greatest list, and I think quite deservingly. This is certainly the best ... "
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"If you listen to the Filmspotting podcast you are familiar with their marathons. One of their recent marathons was on the Film Noir classics. After watching some great movies like Double Indemnity (1944) and the The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and some much lesser Noir films like Gun Crazy (1949) , I was burned out on the style for a while, but I was inspired to see The Big Sleep. I waited a couple weeks for my batteries to recharge and am I ever glad I did. In many films that star real life couples, the characters they play often seem like burned out versions of themselves. Not here. Bogart and Bacall are simmering in every scene together. The bodies pile up as William Faulkner's screenplay tries to make sense of Raymond Chandler's macguffins and red herrings, but in the end it is all good. We get the ending we want. "
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"Back in the '40s, men were men and dames were dames, and everyone talked 100 miles an hour. At least that's how it is in Double Indemnity, Billy Wilder's 1944 film noir about an insurance salesman (Fred MacMurray) who gets sweet-talked by the requisite bombshell (Barbara Stanwyck) into secretly underwriting an insurance policy on her husband and then helping her knock him off. This thriller is an engrossing and tightly shot classic, and it's fun to hear characters seriously delivering lines such as "I knew I had hold of a red-hot poker, and the time to drop it was before it burned my hand off!" (Bonus drinking game: Shots all around whenever MacMurray calls Stanwyck "baby.") Find out how to not murder your husband when Double Indemnity screens at 7:30 p.m. at American City Diner, 5532 Connecticut Ave. NW. "
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"Double Indemnity (1944) is such a film classic that many critics include it in their top 100 list. A sharp, successful insurance salesman (Fred MacMurray) gets tangled up with a cold, seductive femme fatale (Barbara Stanwyk). They take out a life insurance policy and then murder the woman’s husband in an “almost perfect crime” which the insurance company’s investigator (Edward G. Robinson) solves. The film made a big splash in 1944 and was nominated for 7 Academy Awards but won none. Although I love the plot twists created by writers Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler and the film noir photography by John Seitz, the movie rings hollow because the two main characters remain the pulp fiction characters they were in James M. Cain’s original Three is a Kind (1935). They don’t really commit the murder for love: Their relationship is shallow and fleeting. Nor do they seem m "
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"One of the greatest benefits of DVD technology is not just providing a better format for popular new releases, but for restoration and preservation purposes. It is true that the film medium is dying, and it is quite sad. Yet at the same time, if film is deteriorating, then how do we continue to preserve the classics that started it all? The answer is digital technology. Thanks to recent advances, older films are able to be seen like they have never been seen before. They even come packaged with featurettes that better educate audiences on the classics. One of the most recent and shining examples of classical film being marketed on DVD is Double Indemnity. It is a great honor for me to review this DVD because the film happens to be one of my favorites. Released in 1944 by the great Polish émigré Billy Wilder, Double Indemnity is one of many film noir titles that graced the big screen in a WWII/Post-WWII era. However, this particular title has forever stuck out as a classic that has ... "
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