Posted by the editors on Wednesday, 6 April 2011
The Parallax View theatrical release poster
The Parallax View (1974) (DVD) directed by Alan J. Pakula (To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Klute (1971), All the President’s Men (1976)), starring Warren Beatty (Bonnie and Clyde (1967), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), Bugsy (1991)), Hume Cronyn (Lifeboat (1944), Cocoon (1985), The Pelican Brief (1993)), and others, with music by Michael Small (Klute (1971), Marathon Man (1976), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)) . Suspenseful, well-filmed and well-acted, The Parallax View, an assassination conspiracy thriller and the second installment of Pakula’s Political Paranoia trilogy (which includes Klute and All the President’s Men), though it received mixed reviews at the time of its release, is a fine example of what many of us now, with time, have accepted as “the way things really are”, and is well worth viewing. (PR)
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Posted by the editors on Wednesday, 30 March 2011
To Kill a Mockingbird theatrical release poster
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (DVD) directed by Robert Mulligan (Love with the Proper Stranger, (1963), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), Up the Down Staircase (1967)), produced by Alan J. Pakula (Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974), Presumed Innocent (1990)), starring Gregory Peck (On the Beach, (1959), Arabesque (1966), The Boys from Brazil (1978)), winning the Oscar for Best Actor or his portrayal, here, of Atticus Finch, Mary Badham (as Scout), Philip Alford (as Jem), with, in his first film role, Robert Duvall (as Boo Radley) (True Grit (1969), The Godfather (1972), Tender Mercies (1983)); Academy Award-winning screenplay by Horton Foote based on the novel of the same name by Harper Lee (lifelong friend of Truman Capote, on whom she based the character Dill Harris); it was her only novel. To Kill a Mockingbird, winner of three Academy Awards (Best Actor, Best Art Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay), and a truly timeless film on the theme of compassion and tolerance, is a poignant, amusing, sad and inspiring story, full of wonderful characters, very good acting, simple, transparent directing, with an excellent soundtrack by Elmer Bernstein, and an equally excellent opening title sequence by Stephen Frankfurt. (PR)
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Posted by the editors on Friday, 25 March 2011
Klute film poster
Klute (1971) (DVD) Directed by Alan J. Pakula (The Parallax View (1974), All the President’s Men (1976), Sophie’s Choice (1982)), starring Jane Fonda (Barefoot in the Park, (1967), Barbarella (1968), They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969), Coming Home (1978)) and Donald Sutherland (Don’t Look Now (1973), A Dry White Season (1989), A Time to Kill (1997)), with Roy Scheider (The French Connection (1971), Jaws (1975), and the soon-to-be-released thriller, Iron Cross)). Jane Fonda quite deservedly won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance as the understandably emtionally conflicted upscale call-girl, Bree Daniel, in this excellent thriller, wonderfully, carefully directed by Alan J. Pakula. Donald Sutherland is also very good as the enigmatic, out-of-down private detective, and Roy Scheider is perfect as the suave and slimy pimp. Michael Small’s music is quite effective, as well. (PR)
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