Some Like It Cold: Fetishism in Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity
2005; University of Texas Press; Volume: 44; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/cj.2005.0033
ISSN1527-2087
Autores Tópico(s)Gothic Literature and Media Analysis
ResumoThis essay employs psychoanalytic theory to identify a fetishistic imperative in the perfect crime that Walter Neff endeavors to commit in Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity. By favoring ongoing manipulation over goal attainment and satisfaction, Walter Neff engages in a virtuoso cover-up that represents a paradigmatic noir deception, inviting viewers to fantasize that there may always be "more than meets the eye."
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