Klute

Genre: suspense

With: Donald Sutherland (John Klute), Jane Fonda (Bree Daniels), Charles Cioffi (Peter Cable), Robert Milli (Tom Gruneman), Roy Scheider (Frank Ligourin), Dorothy Tristan (Arlyn Page), Morris Strassberg (Mr. Goldfarb), Vivian Nathan (the Psychiatrist)

Director: Alan J. Pakula

Release: 1971

Studio: Warner Brothers, Gus Productions

Rating: -

MBiS score: 8.4/10

‟Don't feel bad about losing your virtue. I sort of knew you would. Everybody always does.”

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Story-line: when the FBI can’t find a missing scientist working for Toll American – the only clue being a letter he destined for a prostitute in New York City – John Klute is called in to pick up the investigation.

Pluses: stellar performances by Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda (who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role), interesting character psychology, excellent direction, an enigmatic screenplay by Andy and David E. Lewis, intriguing editing and photography. 

Minuses: none really… but the ending will certainly give you a jolt!

Comments: this cold, abstract and slightly twisted film explores themes that Francis Ford Coppola’s formidable THE CONVERSATION will also exploit three years later. KLUTE, a prototypical crime story directed by a true artist, belongs to that slate of vital pictures that came out of Hollywood during the pioneering 70s.

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