This commentary track, recorded in 2006, features film critic Richard Schickel discussing the genesis of film noir and the differences between James M. Cain’s novel “Double Indemnity” and the screenplay for the film version.
The following interview with film scholar Noah Isenberg, editor of “Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna,” was recorded in Austin in February 2022.
The following conversation between film scholars Eddie Muller and Imogen Sara Smith was recorded in February 2022. In it, they discuss why DOUBLE INDEMNITY is considered a “definitive” noir.
This 2006 documentary features authors, filmmakers, and film historians discussing film noir and the making of DOUBLE INDEMNITY.