Double Indemnity

I really enjoyed the film. Stanwyck's character was incredibly unfeeling and manipulative the whole time, and I think that, without her, the film would have lost a certain mystery and uncomfortableness that came exclusively out of her eyes. That to me was the most striking part of the entire film, the way that Phyllis looked at the camera and other people, as if she was possessed or something awful. The murder scene and the way PHyllis looks at Neff in the grocery store in her sunglasses were particularly jarring to me.
As a general form of entertainment, i thought the dialogue was a little bit too fast, and that "baby" is far too overused. It probably sounded really really super cool back then, but it kind of dates teh film.
The lighting was also amazing, and it makes me wonder how much time actually was put into making everything so dark. I also wonder about the initial response of the audience when the film screened for the first time, espeically with the whole Hays Code business.....
Aaaaand I think a lot more thought went into old movies than they do today, and it makes me a little sad. It's really hard to compare Double Indemnity to something from today and not feel bad.