1981+1946, this is a dialogue between black and white, and it should be considered a classic dialogue! (I want to say, the 1981 version is too inferior in comparison!)
The unique delicacy and cleanliness of black and white films, and color is the trend of film development, and it is more to restore the essence of the world!
Because I watched "Double Indemnity", I followed the picture and found this film to watch!
The original works of "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice" were both written by the tough-guy novelist James M. Cain. Of course, "Double Indemnity" has been regarded as a classic textbook of film noir from now on. The two remakes of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" also have their own characteristics.
There are many comments that the "Postman" in 1946 plagiarized the design of Billy Wilder in "Double Indemnity" in 1944. Of course, the improvement of the ankle lens is true. There is suspicion of plagiarism, but the two sets of shots, one looking up and one looking up, also mean the different positions of the male protagonists in the two films.
This plagiarism is mainly to say that the heroine appears in the scene! In fact, there are many similarities between "Double Indemnity" in 1944 and "The Postman Always Rings Twice" in 1946, which is also determined by the specific style of film noir.
The following are plagiarized comments from others, but the summary is in place and deeper than mine, so I quote it below.
First of all, in terms of stories, it is a brief summary of the stories of the two films that a wife and a third party conspire to murder her husband. "Double Indemnity" is to defraud a huge amount of insurance money, "The Postman Always Rings the Bell Twice" is an impulse because of love, and it is a temporary intention to leave the existing environment. Speaking of this, let’s first explain the difference between noir and ordinary detective movies. Simply put, the focus of detective movies is “who did it”, so the identity of the murderer is usually revealed at the end, and most noir movies focus on "Why do you want to do this?" Therefore, the murderer in the general noir film will tell the audience very early that the audience has been watching the following movie with such doubts. So this brings us to an idiom in film noir: start with a flashback, and start with the murderer's confession to tell the whole story. That's how "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice" begin.
Since there is a "wife" at the core of the story of the two films mentioned earlier, this naturally leads to another feature of film noir: femme fatale. The characteristic of femme fatale is that it must be beautiful first!
In fact, there are many similar characteristics of the two films, such as the large-scale black and white contrast, the close-up of the protagonist's face hidden in the dark, etc. These are also the unique characteristics of film noir. Film noir, as a type of film at the time, uses some of these qualities to add black elements to the film, or convert it into black humor, such as the Coen brothers, such as Quentin, etc. This is all about that An affirmation of the unique charm of noir films. The works of the golden age of film noir will never lose their effectiveness due to the passage of time, and will definitely exude a stronger charm. This is the reason why classics do not pass with time. Bar. (PS It is said that the novel version of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" is much stronger than the novel version of "Double Compensation". On the novel level, "The Postman" won "Double Compensation" twice~)
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