Double Indemnity is an example of one of a film noir we studied in class. Double Indemnity has a structure where it starts at the ending and ends in the beginning - this follows the traditional film noir narrative rules. In the film, the femme fatale is portrayed as a 'jail bait' character - we can see this in the scene where she standing at the top of the stairs wearing nothing but a towel: this is typical for the femme fatale as the femme fatal character is always shown as 'sexy' in every film noir. This scene was for the purpose of the everyman seeing the femme fatal as 'glamorous'.
This scene was new to the audience when it was created and the audience was quite shocked with the scene as they have never seen one like it. The femme fatale in Double Indemnity is a major character as she is shown as the 'flirt' which made her dominant to the film and audience. The femme fatal was eye-catching to the audience as the scene was introduced for the first time.
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