more on femme fatale. i had wanted to say that the film is also about how difficult it is, in this technological world, to maintain any semblance of privacy. the audience shares in this as they themselves feel as if they're being monitored.

more comparisons: hitchock, as always. romijn-stamos is the hitchcock blonde, obviously. chinatown: the relationship between ashe and nicolas bardo (antonio banderas) mirrors that of evelyn mulwray and jake gittes: guy takes photo of high society woman, feels bad about the repercussions of his act.