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hifiguy

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16. i opted for Double Indemnity

Reply to hifiguy (Original post)

Sat Jan 31, 2015, 02:58 PM

Jan 2015

Holy crap are MacMurray and Stanwyck dynamite in that film! One could easily see MacMurray's character falling for Stanwyck's - what a classic noir bombshell/femme fatale. Great movie. Billy Wilder was one hell of a director.

Fellini and maybe Koyaanisqatsi tonight.

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So, should I watch "Double Indemnity" or Fellini's "8 1/2" tonight? [View all] hifiguy Jan 2015 OP

Why watch either of these movies when somewhere out there on cable TV LynneSin Jan 2015 #1

Bad LynneSin! hifiguy Jan 2015 #2

I'm a sucker for film noir. WinkyDink Jan 2015 #3

I love Double Indemnity LoveMyCali Jan 2015 #4

8 1/2 is overrated. Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #10

Double Indemnity... lame54 Jan 2015 #5

Love 2x Indemnity Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2015 #7

I always thought of Barbara Stanwyck as just the mom on Big Valley. Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #12

You gotta see Barbara in "Night Nurse" pre code 1930s It's so awesome! Plus mucifer Jan 2015 #13

Hey, thanks for that! Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #14

Always go for Fellini. "Amaracord" is my favorite movie of all time! bif Jan 2015 #6

8&1/2 has the fountain scene right ? olddots Jan 2015 #8

La Dolce Vita lovemydog Jan 2015 #9

No. It has Mastroianni running around and doing... stuff. Frank Cannon Jan 2015 #11

Neither Paulie Jan 2015 #15

i opted for Double Indemnity hifiguy Jan 2015 #16

"I want you to kill my director for me" Tom Ripley Jan 2015 #17

Watch this incredible Italian tragi-comedy instead aint_no_life_nowhere Jan 2015 #18