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 I just got finished reading the book, all in all i was pretty much obsessed with it. one of the most suspenseful stories i have read and i didn't want to put it down. I'm glad i waited to read it,because it gave me a few extra days to think about my reading. I do feel like the ending of the book was very subtle and appropriate for the time period it was made for. some may not have liked it because Phyllis did deserve different treatment. those kids who where killed deserved justice. Lola's mother deserved justice and the other people that were at the mercy of Phyllis deserved justice. but she ended her own life just as she ended all those others.if not worse, the shark was worse. but they didn't go into the bloody details, just like when the killing of Mr.Nirdlinger actually took place, you knew what happened but it was spared of all the dirty details because the book is already as skuzzy and crooked as can be already. at first i was a little confused on what was happening at the ending but then the more i read the more it feel through. they killed them selfs, together, just as they had murdered, together. what i didnt understand was how would the man who sent them on this trip, mr.keys, know that they would have gone through with it ? how did he know they would want to be done with there lives? i guess he knew walter so well that he knew he was already dead inside. maybe it was the fact that the captin reconized him that sent him off the deep end . and phlissys obsessen with death is what sent her off as well.

 i do understand why the the screenwriters would what to change the ending. in away it did feel like there was something missing. i havnt seen the ending yet so i cant say much about it but i think maybe phyllis kills mr.huff and she gets thrown in the can !

Entry number 2 Double Indemnity

I believe this book fits a lot of characteristics of Noir. One of the first things that popped out at me was the fact that the book was in a was in first person, almost as if it was being narrated. The main character best known as Mr.Huff tells the story from his perspective , introducing his thoughts and feelings every step of the way. The authors Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton state “film noir is [crime] from within; from the point of view of the criminal.” and this book was from the point of view of the criminal although Mr.Huff sometimes spoke as if he wasn't the criminal at all. as if he was doing a good deed or paying a debt to society by killing a man who didn't deserve to have his life taken. He spoke of it as if it was just another insurance claim waiting to be filled. something that he said that made me feel that way was when he kept talking about audacity, the first line in chapter 6 ," the moment of audacity that has to be part of any murder.'' 'Any murder' as its a casual thing to talk about. it does happen every day but to acually do it and talk about doing it shouldn't be a casual thing . But i guess that is why this fits noir so well . 
  Another thing that fit the film noir was very obvious, the femme fatale of the story Ms.Nirdlinger  Sneaky and manipulative. At the begaining it seemed like she was going to be the good girl but i was quickly proven wrong. she pulled in Mr.huff to be her partner in crime with almost no effort at all. could have been her looks or the way she placed her words to make Mr.huff feel like he was the one who was actually in control. and after the first kiss it seemed there was no going back . she was sweet in her ways but even did things to Mr.huff that made him cringe . he asked the femme fatale to bring a witness but she had brought the own victims daughter and that made him look at her side ways . that even surprised me , watching a daughter watch her dad sign his death certificate. seems like a typical bad girl move. not caring who's around just thinking about the benefit in the end and never the consequences.  

Dirty, corrupt, and amazing . Seems to me that any cookie cutter life style, that's in dire need of a little excitement, would most defiantly get their fix by watching a Noir film by reading one of the steamy books. I'm sure that there is more ways to get the noir accept in your life. maybe through pictures, paintings or even music i would have to learn more about it fist to know exactly where noir lays its head. But, I'm sure they are full of mystery and betray. The few Noir pieces i did happen to come across, feel their all coming from the same dark and dusty place. I've never watched any of the movies that were mentioned in the David Ansen piece but just his words alone made me feel like the years in difference between films payed no mind because you would still be able pick and pluck out those characteristics that made the first films so good. it was more about what you are fighting for rather than who and why . not race, family ties or even friend ship. he mentioned that some of the movies are just not the same but reinvented by the directors who love the style. and i think that whats going too make the genre great. being motivated by the past is beautiful because you get a glimpse of history right before your vary eyes, even if you didn't notice it. i love the fact that im going to be able to learn more about these good, old fashioned smoggy rooms, smeared lipstick, love and hate stories.