"Double Indemnity" on Cinqo de Mayo at Cornell Cinema, May 5

<<< Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity defined the noir genre with its calculated coolness and eerily familiar scenes of suburban LA.

Barbara Stanwyck plays the ultimate femme fatale: a woman who lures a hapless insurance salesman (MacMurray in a handsome suit) into a complex murder scheme. The electricity between the killer couple is palpable and Edward G. Robinson (as MacMurray’s emasculated boss) crackles each time he steps into the frame.

Local author David Lehman will introduce the film, which is featured in his forthcoming book, The Mysterious Romance of Murder: Crime, Detection, and the Spirit of Noir, published by Cornell University Press. Copies of the book will be available for sale at the screening. >>

Thursday, 05/05/2022 at 7:00pm.  Willard Straight Theatre, Cornell University. "The space features the largest screen in Ithaca, Dolby Digital Surround Sound and the best projection in the area." For more information, click here. 

For what it's worth, I do not concur with the notion that Edward G. Robinson's character is "emasculated."

Comments

[jim c]

I agree. Edward G. is his usual fabulous self. And "Closer than that, Walter" is one of noir's greatest lines. Speaking of lines, Billy Wilder said this (about whom I don't know): "He has Van Gogh's ear for music." You didn't mess with Billy Wilder.