A sorely neglected 70s thriller from Alan J. Pakula; some great atmospheric lighting and cinematography combined with some terrific naturalistic acting from Fonda and Sutherland really make this film. Some genuinely creepy moments are helped by the strange discordant score of piano and voices. Memorable.
A 70's film in more ways than one. An urban film showing the effects of living in a place that takes something away from people's souls - except one.
The director doesn't judge people - they are merely shown to the viewer. This is in the 'don't make them like this any more' category.
Klute is a good-looking '70s noir about an emotionless private investigator (Donald Sutherland) tracking a missing business executive, who ends up protecting and falling for a call girl who may know too much (Jane Fonda). And that's how one might describe it based on the title. Sutherland is Klute, but we don't get much of a handle on him. It would be much more appropriate to call the film "Bree", because Fonda gets to give the fuller performance. Not only do we get a strong sense of her profession in scenes with her Johns, but there are some great revelatory scenes with her therapist as well. Bree Daniels is as emotionally cut off as a Klute is, but we understand her better. Her portraiture, and the relationship that forms between the two leads, is really the crux of the film. The thriller plot is only okay insofar as it allows the characters to meet. It's certainly not much of a mystery, for lack of enough suspects, perhaps. The cinematography is certainly worth a gander, though, boldly daring to plunge the world in the darkness and coming off as unusually lush despite (or because of?) all its practical lighting. But the one glittering light on the film, no contest, is Jane Fonda.
Predates other surveillance films such as The Conversation (1974) and Blow Out (1981). it really caught on to the wide spread feeling of paranoia in the States- even before Watergate
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dombrewer
A sorely neglected 70s thriller from Alan J. Pakula; some great atmospheric lighting and cinematography combined with some terrific naturalistic acting from Fonda and Sutherland really make this film. Some genuinely creepy moments are helped by the strange discordant score of piano and voices. Memorable.aussieflickfan
A 70's film in more ways than one. An urban film showing the effects of living in a place that takes something away from people's souls - except one.The director doesn't judge people - they are merely shown to the viewer. This is in the 'don't make them like this any more' category.
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I'm totally fucking floored by Jane Fonda in this.jacktrewin
great work from Gordon Willis and the two leads. very atmospheric.Siskoid
Klute is a good-looking '70s noir about an emotionless private investigator (Donald Sutherland) tracking a missing business executive, who ends up protecting and falling for a call girl who may know too much (Jane Fonda). And that's how one might describe it based on the title. Sutherland is Klute, but we don't get much of a handle on him. It would be much more appropriate to call the film "Bree", because Fonda gets to give the fuller performance. Not only do we get a strong sense of her profession in scenes with her Johns, but there are some great revelatory scenes with her therapist as well. Bree Daniels is as emotionally cut off as a Klute is, but we understand her better. Her portraiture, and the relationship that forms between the two leads, is really the crux of the film. The thriller plot is only okay insofar as it allows the characters to meet. It's certainly not much of a mystery, for lack of enough suspects, perhaps. The cinematography is certainly worth a gander, though, boldly daring to plunge the world in the darkness and coming off as unusually lush despite (or because of?) all its practical lighting. But the one glittering light on the film, no contest, is Jane Fonda.nicolaskrizan
weak story, great characters and moodhttp://1001movies.posterous.com/1074
corchap
Predates other surveillance films such as The Conversation (1974) and Blow Out (1981). it really caught on to the wide spread feeling of paranoia in the States- even before WatergateSkyscore
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