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Double Idenmity
Title: Double Idenmity
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 333 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Double Idenmity
In comparison to which a preferred more, I would prefer the movie over
the novel. Combining the theatrical elements of Hollywood film noir,
Chandler's(screen-writer) dialogue skills, and Cain's hard-boiled style, the
film gives a better insight to the triangular relationship between Phyllis,
Walter, and Keyes.
In the film, we see that Walter is in a never-ending conflict to assert
himself over Phyllis, and at the same time, to become more "intimate" with
Keyes. Through …showed first 75 words of 333 total…
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to his relations with Phyllis. Rather than exerting himself through notions
and metaphors, Walter tries to extend himself over Keyes by trying to conceal
a perfect crime.
The film's combination of the noir imagery, hard-boiled dialogue, and
pulp characters gives a better look at the struggle to keep a "perfect"
murder perfect. Cain did a good job iin presenting the story in novel form,
but the material is better presented as a screen-play.
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