Thursday, February 17, 2011

Film Noir Quotes

In double Indemnity their are a lot of examples of film noir. The definitions from the materials that we have received in class, and the discussions that we have had. The quotation that im going to diagnose from the book is.

 "I took out the applications, and showed them to her. One of those "agents copies" was an updated application for a $25,000 personal accident policy, with double indemninty straight down the line for any disability or death incurrred on a railroad train." (28) 

This quote is talking about Mr. Huff telling Mr. Nirdlinger that it was just an agents copie of the insurance that he sold him, but really it was a personal accident policy so if anything happend to him his wife would get what money he had put down for it. Really the wife doesnt care about him and doesnt love him she wants to end his life and make it look an accident. So Mr. Huff is helping her out and in return he will get some money if they can pull this off and not get caught. This shows how they are planning on killing this man just to make a buck off it and how dark and secret they are being about it, film noir is about this dark and deviant ways of life in the urban areas.

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