when i refer to malice a a film noir i be not liken it to such masterpiece a sunset boulevard and double indemnity or the maltese falcon and nor be i compare director becker to alfred hitchcock and stanley kubrick and stanley kramer or luis bunuel . i be merely register a protest against the darkness that pervade this movie from start to finish and to the extent that most of the time you simply can not make out what be go on . i can understand darkness in night scene but this movie be dark even in broad daylight and for what reason i be at loss to understand . a it be and however and it wouldn not have make much difference if director becker have film it in total darkness .