Apr 15
Klute (1971)
"I know you're his contact. And I know he's trying to acquire Jane McKenna's book. I'm in a position to offer more for it than he can. You don't understand what I'm talking about, do you?"
"Yes, Jane McKenna's book. And I'll try to get it for you."
"No. Obviously you're frightened and you're lying."
"No, I'm not, I - I will, I'll try to get it for you."
"Is this... something Klute's invented? Is this a trap for me? Does - Klute knows about me, doesn't he?"
"Knows what about you?"
"Then everybody knows about me. So it doesn't make any difference what I do anymore, does it?"
#klute#american cinema#instafave#alan j. pakula#andy lewis#david e. lewis#1971#jane fonda#donald sutherland#charles cioffi#roy scheider#dorothy tristan#rita gam#nathan george#vivian nathan#morris strassberg#barry snider#betty murray#jane white#robert milli#shirley stoler#michael small#we caught this in a blind screening at a local indie and boy was i hyped. many years I've meant to catch up to this#and it absolutely did not disappoint. razor sharp film‚ with these deep‚ complex character studies constructed around a scraggy mystery#at times shot more like a horror film than a thriller (or neo noir as it's usually described) and with a masterpiece score by Small#all timer performance by Fonda but Sutherland and Cioffi are doing some pretty fantastic work too. just genuinely a fantastic#film and a hugely rewarding cinema experience (it looks fantastic). as if all that wasn't enough there's an uncredited cameo by#Candy Darling (i learned after the fact‚ dearly wish I'd spotted her in the kino). also Stallone ig? but whatever‚ Candy's where it's at
