Directed by Alan J. Pakula Klute works, but sometimes it feels like it shouldn't. It's an investigative thriller named for the investigating cop, John Klute (Donald Sutherland), but he's not even the main character. That would be Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda), a call girl who serves as Klute's best bet to track down the man … Continue reading Klute (1971)
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Alex in Wonderland (1970)
Directed by Paul Mazursky In Alex in Wonderland a Hollywood director, Alex Morrison (Donald Sutherland) plays a thinly veiled Paul Mazursky, a bohemian artist who struggles in search of his next movie idea. We will dissolve into Alex's mind as he loses sense of himself, floating into and out of reality. Alex will 'meet' Federico Fellini … Continue reading Alex in Wonderland (1970)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
Directed by Nicholas Roeg Don't Look Now finds its two main characters in a labyrinth of grief, somewhere in the dark, foggy, isolated alleys of Venice, Italy. They are a married couple, John and Laura Baxter (Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie), from England who have come to Venice for John's work, as he restores an old … Continue reading Don’t Look Now (1973)
Ordinary People (1980)
Directed by Robert Redford Robert Redford's first film as a director is a doozy. Ordinary People chronicles the struggle of a family to relate to each other and to themselves following the death of a teenaged son. The people left reeling in his wake are parents Beth and Calvin (Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland) and young … Continue reading Ordinary People (1980)