New Studio. Casting Your Film Twice. Will Ferrell as an actor vs a centerpiece. Unintentional theatricality and satire. Self examination. Drawing different conclusions from the same elements. Eric takes you back to the black and white days. Billy Wilder. Classic films or XXX? The elements – crafting the look and feel of film noir. Why we don’t do symbolism on the show. The femme fatale. A return to blasphemy: classic film noir Double Indemnity recast by modern cult horror director Rob Zombie.
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Also referenced: Me and You and Everyone We Know, Primer, Kinky Boots, Planet Terror, Anchorman, Talledaga Nights, Elf, Stranger Than Fiction, Serenity, Memento, Touch of Evil, The Singing Detective, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Some Like It Hot, Seven Year Itch, Sunset Blvd, Ace in the Hole, Seven, Blade Runner, Sin City, Behind the Mask, Batman, My Three Sons, The Office, What Dreams May Come, Death of a President
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Melinda and Melinda
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Director: Woody Allen
Writer: Woody Allen
Starring: Will Ferrell, Vinessa Shaw, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jonny Lee Miller, Amanda Peet, Steve Carell, Josh Brolin
Two alternating stories about Melinda's (Mitchell) attempts to straighten out her life.
Double Indemnity
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Director: Billy Wilder
Writer: Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.
