The Darkness of Double Indemnity

I disagree with the statement that Double Indemnity is "a film without a single trace of pity or love."  I mean, look at this picture...it screams love right??  I think the events that occurred in the film were purely because of pity and love.  I do think it only came from one character though.  If the statement was referring to Phyllis Dietrichson and her actions and motives in the movie I would completely agree.  I think her actions were motivated by selfishness and greed.  Walter Neff, on the other hand, was purely head-over-heels in love with her.  Love is a powerful emotion that can cause a person to do things he or she never thought possible.  One example that is displayed in this movie is killing someone and committing insurance fraud.  She manipulated his strong feelings of love for her by lying about how mean her husband was to her.  This brought in the pity emotion which acted as the cherry on top of this carefully planned manipulation. Because of the strong feelings of pity and love Walter had for Phyllis, he justified his atrocious actions in the movie.