Blog # 5

The article i found on film noir is by Scott Snyder University of Georgia he talks about the many personality of femme fatales in film noir. He explains that in the 1940s and 1950s theses femme fatales has several related personality characterized by histrionics, self-absorption, psychopathy and unpredictability. As in Double Indemnity Phyllis Dietrichson  played by Barbara Stanywyck was the first image and appearances of a femme fatale as the author describes Phyllis Dietrichson  at the top of the stairway landing looking down as if from pinnacle of power and desire, wearing only a bath towel as she walks down the stairs the camera is mainly focus on her legs showing how she begin seductively towards the insurances salesman Walter Neff played by Fred MacMurry. what i had insight from that little part was that   you can tell that the femme fatale role in most film noir movies or novels has composite of lust, power and greed. i also like how in Scott article he refers to the femme fatale as the the "Fatal Women" who lures men in to dangerous or compromising situation. My perspective hasn't change of what i think about film noir this article just gave me better view of why they created the cinematic method of the femme fatale in film noir.