Double Indemnity (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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Has dialogue ever been more perfectly hard-boiled? Has a femme fatale ever been as deliciously evil as Barbara Stanwyck? And has 1940s Los Angeles ever looked so seductively sordid? Working with cowriter Raymond Chandler, director Billy Wilder launched himself onto the Hollywood A-list with this paragon of film-noir fatalism from James M. Cain’s pulp novel. When slick salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) walks into the swank home of dissatisfied housewife Phyllis Dietrichson (Stanwyck), he intends to sell her insurance, but he winds up becoming entangled with her in a far more sinister way. Featuring scene-stealing supporting work from Edward G. Robinson and the chiaroscuro of cinematographer John F. Seitz, Double Indemnity is one of the most wickedly perverse stories ever told and the cynical standard by which all noir must be measured.2-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESNew 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrackAudio commentary featuring film critic Richard SchickelNew interview with film scholar Noah Isenberg, editor of Billy Wilder on AssignmentNew conversation between film historians Eddie Muller and Imogen Sara SmithBilly, How Did You Do It?, a 1992 film by Volker Schlöndorff and Gisela Grischow featuring interviews with director Billy WilderShadows of Suspense, a 2006 documentary on the making of Double IndemnityAudio excerpts from 1971 and 1972 interviews with cinematographer John F. SeitzRadio adaptations from 1945 and 1950TrailerEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing