Citizen Kane director Orson Wells and Double Indemnity director Billy Wilder both used specific techniques to create a heightened form of realism in their respective films . This realism was developed to ensure their film's message about human nature was conveyed that people will do anything if they truly feel they can get away with it. Both directors worked to create a world in their films that would seem believable to audiences so that their ultimate truths would have a greater impact on those who watched them. Wilder used his film noir world to reveal the truth that a law-abiding man such as Walter Neff could be persuaded to commit murder with little influence because he believed he could manipulate the system and not be punished for his crime. Wells created a world that would allow for the emergence of a "larger than life" character such as Charles Foster Kane, who felt he could do whatever he wanted and use the influence of his vast wealth to achieve it . In the remainder of this article, I will illustrate how each director used techniques associated with realism in cinema to show the audience why the characters believe they can act without consequence, the process in which they act, and finally that the events that happened are true because the public sees them in hindsight. As previously stated, Double Indemnity's thriller takes place in a world known as film noir. This style of film has very specific characteristics that allow it to give audiences a more realistic feel than other studio productions. In his book Autopsy: An Element of Realism in Film Noir by Carl Richardson, he states that the cinematic style "depicted life in strange ways, distorted for the sake of entertainment, but which also allowed... middle of paper... ..he has news. The audience sees that the men have already committed their actions and that they now suffer the consequences, even if they thought they could escape them. The hyperrealism that Orson Wells and Billy Wilder established in their films helped them create a believable truth for their audiences that people will do anything if they feel they can escape consequences. The realistic cinematic environments they created allowed them to show the audience why their characters believed they could act the way they did, the process in which they were acting, and finally, that they had already committed the acts because the audience simply heard the memory of events. The men may not have achieved the results they hoped for, but Wells and Wilder managed to create a realistic world that would help their message be better received by their viewers..