Klute (1971)

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Klute (1971) Mar 20, 2017 20:37:53 GMT spiderwort and gogoschka1 like this

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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Mar 20, 2017 20:37:53 GMT

I posted this on Film General, and someone suggested I post it here since it is now an older movie.

What an amazing film that still stands up after 40+ years! Quintessential noir, semi-ambiguous ending with both Klute and Daniels finding redemption. Darkly, claustrophobically shot, gritty with huge helpings of fear and paranoia. Fonda was awesome. 8/10

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Klute (1971) Mar 20, 2017 23:54:53 GMT spiderwort likes this

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Post by gogoschka1 on Mar 20, 2017 23:54:53 GMT

I agree, it's a great film: it's one of those amazing but sadly more and more forgotten gems from that era along with films like Arthur Penn's 'Night Moves' or 'The Parallax View' (by Pakula) and Nic Roeg's 'Performance' and 'Don't Look Now' (the seventies were simply awesome).

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Klute (1971) Mar 20, 2017 23:59:22 GMT joekiddlouischama and gogoschka1 like this

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Post by OldAussie on Mar 20, 2017 23:59:22 GMT

Like a lot of films of that time the thriller/plot elements were almost secondary to the characterisations. This is what makes the film still stand up after all these years.
Great performances, especially Fonda, and strongly atmospheric direction.
I can't remember if Klute or Dirty Harry was the first "R" rated film I saw in a theatre.

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Klute (1971) Mar 21, 2017 5:11:31 GMT gogoschka1 likes this

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Post by telegonus on Mar 21, 2017 5:11:31 GMT

Klute played almost like a horror in the theater.

Seriously. It was that spooky. The spirit of the time is caught perfectly in the film, the dark days of great American cities, mid-Sixties through early Seventies, with New York still in Midnight Cowboy mode, lots of crazy murders. Movies caught this New York very well, arguably, too well: Who Killed Teddy Bear, The Incident, Rosemary's Baby (ambiance, to some degree subject matter), The Little Murders, The French Connection, The Prisoner Of Second Avenue, just for starters. Klute really nail its time and place, with creepy looking people everywhere.

gadolinium Sophomore @gadolinium Posts: 282 Likes: 137	Klute (1971) Mar 26, 2017 22:18:50 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gadolinium on Mar 26, 2017 22:18:50 GMT One of the key movies of the seventies. As paranoid as most of the other Pakula movies. Jane Fonda's best performance.

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