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Celebrate the classic era of American cinema with NOIRvember at PhxArt, a series dedicated to the films that defined film noir: a world of fatalism, shadows, and cynical anti-heroes.Working with cowriter Raymond Chandler, director Billy Wilder launched himself onto the Hollywood A-list with this epitome 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 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 entertainingly perverse stories ever told and the standard by which all noir must be measured.
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Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004-1640, United States
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