Dark Movies

          Darkness... A powerful word. To my understanding films that had darkness in them fell under Film Noir. Director Errol Morris caught my attention twice. When he was talking about the film "Out of Past" Morris mentions " We don't know whats going on but we do know its something bad is out there controlling events" In the beginning of the film "Double Indemnity" when the Walter and Phyllis were somewhat throwing out hints they were interested in one another, I felt like something was up because she was a married women and being very flirty. Morris also said " A person who finds himself caught in a nut the more he falls in" Well, Walter was digging up more info as the film dragged along and now it lead him to get into the picture more and take matters into his own hands after he figured out what Phyllis true intentions were.

    Agghh Phyllis was sure tricky! I did not see her giving us a twist at the end. I thought she was only doing the husband dirty to be with Walter but it was all a set up! As Jenny Place mentions "Man have always been in danger of a strong female" and that fits the description of femme fatale. Just as i mention that Walter was just someone to do the deed Place says " She uses her sexuality to get what she wants, what she wants is not the man, the man is a tool" In the film "Double Indemnity" That's exactly what Walter was. Phyllis used her beautiful looks to get what she wants. She set it up just for her convenience.

   I feel like the lights and shadow does change the mood in a film. The black and white gives it a mysterious feeling towards the movie. When color was added to Neo-Noir films i feel like the mysterious feeling faded away or are not as strong as the black and white films. I believe would say John Bailey met my expectations when they introduced color when he says "color brings in a certain relationship to the world, the real world is in color" it is true, we feel like it is in our time and makes you have a better visualization than a black and white film.