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Is the Femme Fatale of the neo noir era any more liberated than her earlier manifestations of the 1940’s/1950’s? Throughout both the noir and the neo noir periods, we have seen the film industry create and re-create the femme fatale character. From Phyllis Dietrichson in Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder) through to ‘Wendy Kroy’ in the Last Seduction (John Dahl), the femme fatale has developed through both periods of noir eras. Through these eras, the character has become more seductive, more intelligent and more scheming. The characteristics of both fatales, are mainly the same but slight differences have occurred. With the femme fatale in film noir, her seductive sexuality was her main weapon in weaving her web of deceit and capturing the fall guy. This then obviously gave her power and strength over men because of her sexuality and seductiveness. In noir films, the femme fatale wore a lot of makeup. This gave an impression of deception, with disguise and confusion surroundin