Klute, 1971
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Trivia
First of a loose trilogy, in which director Alan J Pakula explored the Seventies atmosphere of paranoia with The Parallax View (a political assassination conspiracy whitewashed by a government commission) and All The President’s Men (Woodward and Bernstein uncover the Watergate cover-up).
In the early Seventies, Alan J Pakula made a trilogy of sublime urban paranoia thrillers. Klute was the first, followed by The Parallax View and All The President’s Men.
This moody suspenser has detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) investigating the disappearance of a scientist and getting involved with neurotic hooker Bree Daniel (Jane Fonda).
It was filmed on the streets of New York, and at the now defunct Filmways Studios, 246 East 127th Street at 2nd Avenue in East Harlem. It’s now a giant Foodways supermarket.
Bree’s apartment stood on a stretch of West 43rd Street which has, sadly (for movie fans, if not the occupants), been redeveloped.
