Double Indemnity

This is apparently one of the hallmarks of the film noir genre, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised that Billy Wilder could do non-comedy so well; but I had no idea someone so funny could also be so dark! It was a complete 180. Well, I guess there were some wickedly comic moments. Like when the lovers dump the body and as they're leaving, the car doesn't start - good stuff. All in all, however, it was pretty unforgiving.

I also watched The Proposition tonight, because I wanted to hang out with my friend but there's nothing do to around here. I don't think I got this movie. The protagonist's motivation at the end is simply bizarre...although it starts to make a wacky kind of sense if you think about it long enough. The one thing I came away with for sure from this movie is, I would never want to go to the Australian outback. The flies (as depicted in the movie) alone would make me snap.