Cinema Scent On BBC Radio 4 Film Programme: Double Indemnity (dir. Billy Wilder; 1944)

Here we go again: same voice, same station, same idea. Only this time, something’s different. At first, I couldn’t figure out what it was, but then it hit me. Right between the eyes, like a Monday morning straight after a Saturday night that made you forget there was ever a Sunday. It’s a different movie. An older movie. You might even call it: a darker movie. You say you wonder what I’m talking about? I wonder if you wonder…

Yes indeed, for my latest Cinema Scent segment on Francine Stock’s Film Programme on Radio 4, I descended into the treacherous realms of film noir and Billy Wilder’s classic Double Indemnity. To listen to the episode, please click here; as ever, I’d recommend playing it all, but if you’re pressed for time, I appear at around the 24-minute mark.

To read the Cinema Scent reviews published here on Persolaise.com, click on this link.


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