The conclusion was satisfying to me, but then unsatisfying.
Towards the ending chapters of the book, you begin to suspect ten different ways the story would go. That it was Phyllis and Walter, then Phyllis and Sachetti, then i even thought Lola and Sachetti. The author gave the readers an edge and sort of made us want to solve the case ourselves. The ending was quite unpredictable, especially since i was pretty sure that i knew what was going to happen in the ending.

I'm quite disappointed with Walter and Phyllis' conclusion. Walter did the right thing by telling the truth and writing the statement (which is the whole book), but i felt as if he didn't get anything out of it. Lola married Nino and he had no money. And what about Phyllis? Did she really get no conviction at all for the murders? She really got a away with murder and it sickens me. But we were also never really confirmed that it was all true. Especially since we have been mislead throughout the story multiple times. The whole story was of Walters knowledge, we have no idea of the actual truth. He could have been given false information about certain things.

The ending was confusing to me. Did they commit suicide? But like i said, this was just Walters information. We have no idea of what really happened to Walter and Phyllis. Maybe she would turn her back on him once again and let him jump off the boat, or vice versa.

The Neo-Noir 90's

Question #1 

   It is apparent that the "Noir" style has been and still is an inspiration for several topics. Although the original style and concept of the genre has changed in a negative manner,  it still inspired many works.
   It mainly originated throughout Europe and the influences from the Nazi's and the heartless, dark experiences people saw them do. Which fully explains the emotional sense of noir.
   Film Noir has a different approach on imagery. It is very dark and gloomy. The title itself defines to "Black Film" in French. It was also turned into basically a lifestyle. With clothes in dark shades, music, movies and so on. It seems that most of the remakes in the genre have failed to impress the original content. Maybe for a Film Noir movie to exceed, it depends on the history and knowledge of such angst in the director. The article claims that the movie, "Chinatown", was depicted the best of Film Noir in its time, which was directed by Roman Palanski, who had lived through the holocaust and knows of such darkness and strong vivid images of terror.
   I definitely had no idea, or ever heard anything about Film Noir. It has been washed out and not brought back. But it seems that in the article it really has been lost, it says that the dark and dirty fun gets lost in the recent films. The authenticity of the genre has been brought down by the interests of the new generation today.

   Hopefully i'll find the time to see one of these original dark films and find some interest to them.