Ebert also noticed that there is an element of obsession bordering on eroticism between the detective and the black widow killer. They even have a very unsettling kiss. Ebert was right that THE cool ending would be that the two women fall in love and the detective let's the rich male victim die and the movie ends with the two on a beach, say, BUT then Winger has some twinge of fear that she might, alas, be in danger herself. Totally noir and for Bob Rafaelson a one time hip and experimental director to not 'go there' is INFURIATING. This COULD have been one of the great modern noirs. Acting quite good all around.
Review of Black Widow
