Blog Entry #2

 In the article, “Towards a Definition of Film Noir,” the authors Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton state “in  every  sense of the  word ,a Noir film is a  film  of death”. Right  away  from  the  first   page of  this  book  you  already have   this mood  of  death ,  and  every  single  line  that  you keep  on  reading  drags  you into  the mystery  and  you feel  trapped  in  the situation  like  if  you  became   part of  the setting and  you cant  just  turn  around and leave  you have  to keep reading until  your eyes hurt and you know  how  everything  could  possibly  end.In  the  same   Article ''Towards  the  Definition of Film Noir''   specifies that "The qualities of  film noir: ''nightmarish, weird, erotic, ambivalent, and  cruel.'' ''  Double Indemnity   has  all  those  qualities and  goes beyond.  You have  sales man ( Walter Huff )  who might  seem common like  any other  salesman  out there but  there  is  something else  about him that  even  he doesn't  know yet, and  it  is  that  he  would  do  anything for a   women  but   it  cant  be  any  women  it has  to be  ''THE WOMEN'', for  a  women  he  would  be  willing  to play  his own  agency     and  why  not get   some  cash in the process,  and  this is  when  Phyllis Nirdlinger  pops  in  the  scene,  our  infamous  Femme Fatale, She  is Mr.Nirdlinger Wife. she  is  the   young,  petite and  beautiful Wife, She  has  a  twisted  dark  mind, she   had  certain  ideas  of  her own  that  she  wouldnt like to  share  with everyone due to  the nature of them, but  finally  after  meeting Mr.Huff  our ambiguous salesman  she  knows  he is the one    but not  after passing  her  test , she lets  out some hints   as her bait  and  Walter  the  salesman  bites   them  right of the hook  not  without  getting  stuck  on them.Also we  have the Victim, Mr.Nirdlinger who  happens  to  be married  to  the  wrong person, at  the  wrong time, due  to  the wrong  reasons  which  it's a bad  business for him because  all this plot  results in  his  dead  because all  he is worth is  a  Double Indemnity. In  the  Same  artivle i've mentioned   before  "Towards the  definition  of  film  noir'' the  authors  say  that  “film noir is [crime] from within; from the point of view of the criminal.”  and  that's  exactly  what  we  see  in every  single page  of the novel, you  fell the emotions  of  Walter Huff before  he  goes  on with  his plan,  and   after  he  has done it  you feel  his anxiety and culpability, you can  experience everything  like you are  inside   the  room   looking  at him   from  a  corner in the shadows  you can  hear  is  heavy  breathing  as   he   the  thoughts invade his mind as he  feels  that  everything is  going  the  wrong  way, you  can  sense   the paranoia  at  is  fullest  its  just   everywhere, in the mood  and  setting, the suspense of  whats  going  to happen   on the next page  is   there  every  single  second  which  just makes  you   want  to   continue  reading until  the very  end of the novel.