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...less secure director than Alan Pakula might have succumbed to the temptation to rush through the financial pages of his script in order to get on with the elements of murder, mystery and romance. But as he has proved in films like Klute and All the President's Men, Pakula is a true stylist, a man who sees the world through a slow-panning lens darkly. For him, the corridors of power are menacingly dim and hushed, and by forcing the audience to dwell on his paranoid vision of that maze, the director commands a certain sober respect...
Even if this film were consistently funny, it could not avoid ticketing as slick Hollywood escapism. No dumb palooka, Pakula has proven capable--with Klute and All the President's Men--of far worthier cinematic ventures. But given the dearth of screenplays in Hollywood, the flipquel will probably haunt us for years. Watch for Queen Kong...
...Klute. In 1971, Jane Fonda won an Oscar for this film She didn't work in Hollywood again until 1976. It's good to have you back, Jane, but Klute almost sustained us through those barren years. Somehow thrillers where the characters matter seem richer in atmosphere and tension--and Fonda's Bree Daniels, the call-girl who is the object of a shadowy killer, involves us so totally that the girl-in-the-abandoned-warehouse routine at the end doesn't even appear schematic (well, it does, but we're still scared to death). You gotta credit Alan...
...movie is not without curiosity value, however, for some of Hollywood's brightest figures have tried to whip it int shape The stars are Jane Fonda, James Caan and Jason Robards. The director is Alan J. Pakula (Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men), a major cinematic stylist who works equally well with actors and ideas. Cinematographer Gordon Willis (The Godfather, Interiors), though overly enraptured with the poetic uses of shadows, is one of the top craftsmen in American movies. There's only one wild card in this impressive pack: first-time Screenwriter Dennis Lynton...
...Klute. At Science Center B, Friday and Saturday...