Introduction Having a career that spanned decades and a legacy that broke through boundaries for women and men alike, both in front and behind the camera, Ida Lupino assiduously changed film history. Hailing from a long linage of performers that endured for centuries, Lupino knew from birth she was destined for fame. By the time she was fourteen she was already acting in movies, accumulating vast experience and working for a Hollywood studio at the peak of their popularity in 1933. However, Lupino
and evil, for the hero or antihero in his films go beyond cynical and sinful, they are motivated by their own code of ethics and pursue strictly egotistical goals. This philosophy translated well for him, when he directed his first film noir, “having Aldrich at the helm, Kiss Me Deadly is not only better noir than many, despite its unpromising substrate, but also has been more widely discussed than most” (Grant 354). Aldrich’s two most influential films are incidentally Vera Cruz and Kiss Me Deadly
This film was based on the novel of the same name by James M. Cain. The title of the movie comes from the double indemnity clause found in insurance policies. It is a clause that allows the widow to obtain double the money if the person who is on the policy dies from an accidental death. It did not win any Oscars but it was nominated for a few of them. Compared to some of Billy Wilder’s other films that were more successful at the box office and won more awards, this particular film stood the
United States a lack of critical oversight existed allowing films that were damaging to the moral fiber of America to be created. Seeking to preserve and protect the innocence of the United States and protect the traditional values held close to the hearts of many Americans at the time the Motion Pictures Production Code, known as the Hays Code after Hollywood’s chief censor Will H. Hays. The Hays Code was intended to eliminate features of films that were considered morally unfit for society at the time
The 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic thriller, Psycho and the psychological thriller novel, The Talented Mr.Ripley by Patricia Highsmith both challenge the audience’s perception of the noir protagonist in explorating controversial themes via the protagonist. Through the use of a range of stylistic features, the authors aim to blur the line between innocence and guilt by subverting commonly held stereotypes of normality in the protagonists to explore evil. Characterisation of both of these protagonists