UNAS 1106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Temporality, Oedipus Complex, Perfect Crime
5 Apr 2017
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Noir: even when its daylight it feels dark. Conversations: only ever see one of their faces. Love: they never pursued the crime for love, it was more of an excuse, both phyllis and walter are focused on themselves. No one could escape their fate: he had the confidence to talk about this crime and expecting himself to get away with it. Straight down the line: perfect crime, he knew he was screwed as soon as he committed the crime. Keyes: heroic character is so close to the murderer, he was the keeper of the moral code. Phyllis: described her as a femme fatale, couldn"t fire the second shot. Unable to come to terms with what she"s done. Lola: redemptive force, gives him someone to protect, tells keyes to be the one who tells her. Noir: 41-58, classical cannon of film, term comes out of new french film. Made americans relook at this tradition: self-knowledge.
