The Read
Wilder and Raymond Chandler reportedly loathed each other writing it, which may be why the dialogue is so sharp. Stanwyck's wig was deliberately bad and the studio complained. The film is narrated by a dying man, so the ending is fixed from the first scene.
The Venue
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd
The American Cinematheque's Hollywood Boulevard venue, a 510-seat screen given to retrospectives, double features and conversations with the people who made the films.
Tickets
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Nearby After This
Somewhere close by, only when the timing actually works.
Film
Shape The Day
Before
Rosy CaféThe daytime cafe at the Hollywood Roosevelt, rebranded from the Tropicana Café, open 8am to 3pm. The Tropicana Bar beside it runs 9am to 10pm. The pool it looks onto has a bottom hand-painted by David Hockney, and eating here does not require a pool pass.
12:00 PM · Double Indemnity
After
In-N-Out BurgerStore number 102, on Sunset across from Hollywood High, with a drive-thru and indoor seating. It serves until 1am most nights and 1:30am on a Friday and Saturday, later than most of the kitchens around it.