Comments on: Old Ass Movies: Kill For the Money with ‘Double Indemnity’

By: LeeJ66

LeeJ66 — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:39:08 +0000

["In many ways, it would seem as though the California environment has dehumanized Neff, Phyllis and those around them."]

What sort of bullshit is this? The California environment has dehumanized the characters in the movie? What the fuck? The movie's plot and Cain's novel was based upon a murder that occurred in fucking New York state. I'm a Californian. If you're trying to insinuate that because I live here, I have been dehumanized, then you're full of shit.

By: FloatDownstream

FloatDownstream — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:29:59 +0000

Oh, that dialogue… and Billy Wilder is definitely one of the top 20 directors of all time, if not even top 10. You should compile a list. You should also feature Wilder more often.

By: FloatDownstream

FloatDownstream — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:29:59 +0000

Oh, that dialogue… and Billy Wilder is definitely one of the top 20 directors of all time, if not even top 10. You should compile a list. You should also feature Wilder more often.

By: Jim_Rohner

Jim_Rohner — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:11:46 +0000

I tried to think of a way to incorporate that ending into the piece, but just couldn't squeeze it. It does mesh with his cynical worldview, but it's a bit too cynical and too dark. I've seen production stills from it, but I don't think the footage exists anymore.

By: nickdenife

nickdenife — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:03:40 +0000

This is a GREAT movie, but there was a scene at the end that no one seems to know about: Edward G. Robinson witnessing the execution of Fred MacMurray in the gas chamber. I heard Wilder ultimately cut the scene because it was too intense. I'd love to see it.

By: Jim_Rohner

Jim_Rohner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:30:19 +0000

I would've loved to see him tackle a horror film

By: Jim_Rohner

Jim_Rohner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:29:43 +0000

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By: Jim_Rohner

Jim_Rohner — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:29:14 +0000

The best part is that Fred MacMurray was once quoted as saying that in all the movies he starred in, there were only two in which he actually had to act: Double Indemnity and The Apartment. Two Wilder films.

By: dragonmum

dragonmum — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:14:25 +0000

I don't usually like older movies, but Fred MacMurray is my favorite actor of his generation, so I had to check out Double Indemnity when I found it, and I just loved it. Bleak, dark, brutal (for the times), and brilliantly scripted. And yes, Stanwyck was smokin' hot.

By: Mike S

Mike S — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:33:30 +0000

I'm all for giving Wilder more cred. He had an amazing batting average with more classics than duds, and the man had range. Comedy, melodrama, pitch black comedy, screwball comedy, drama – you throw a genre at him, bam! he would knock it out of the park more times than not.

By: Cole_Abaius

Cole_Abaius — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:39:17 +0000

Such a fantastic movie, and I think the best part is the against-type casting. Fred MacMurray is so damned likable that seeing him in something like Double Indemnity is really cool to see. Sort of like seeing Andy Griffith in A Face in the Crowd.

By: Lance St Laurent

Lance St Laurent — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:17:46 +0000

This is weird. I'm watching this movie today for my Cinematic & Literary Adaptations class.