Blog Entry Five

Hi, after viewing many film reviews, and critical articles on film noir and Double Indemnity, relating to the movie. I stumbled on a perfect film review covering the making and changes in the script, from the book, Double Indemnity, by film noir author, James M. Cain. I found this article on "EBSCOhost.com." Title: Multiple Indemnity: Film Noir, James M. Cain, and Adaptation of a Tabliod Case. This small, but informative article, reviews Double Indemnity in the making. It covers the main plot of the movie, and the changes that were made to the movie script. In order for Hollywood to film. According, to the article, movie was released by Paramount Pictures. Double Indemnity, according to the article, comment about, "Walter Neff, having helped his lover Phyllis Dietrichson kill her husband for insurance money". The film review goes on to explain why, Paramount made so many changes to the shoot script, from the original novel. For example, the ending, which we have all seen in the novel that we all enjoyed. According to the films box office, it states, "Released with an ending that shows Neff dying from a gunshot inflicted by Phyllis, 'is a lighter entertainment than the original and a much easier product for Hollywood to market'." The insight I will comment on is that this review is informative in gaining extra or additional information on Double Indemnity. Because, after viewing the movie in Mr. Toth's English 101 class, and reading the novel; "We all know the novel and the movie aren't exactly the same". This article covers the main point, and the making in the film shooting. I feel the changes that were made to the script to fit the studio shootings were necessary. And the best thing to do. After reading the novel, i felt the ending wasn't what the reader expected, or to what we imagined it to be. "Really, we all know the whole 'moon' part, made no sense". Yet, the ending in the movie was more understandable to the rest of the story. It was clear. It made more sense. Made it more reasonable in the viewer's eyes.