Sure Klute has a phenomenal Fonda and a stellar Southerland. Yeah, yeah. But the royally righteous Roy Scheider is a second-tier stand-out!
When Bree wanders through the club, looking for johns, spots Warhol disciple Candy Darling and moves along to...a conspicuous Frank lounging like a white-suited serpent. Enthralling!
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for me that scene propels the movie into greatness territory. that, the fruit stand scene, and the scene with klute & peter before he boards the helicopter (and let's not forget the incredible helicopter shot!!) -- those all serve to take a very good film into the stratosphere.
shareAll superlative scenes. May I add one more?
When Bree dances/strips for the corpulant, wealthy garment factory owner. The way it's set up with the frame cut into thirds and to see Bree undulate between the light and darkness...there's a lot more going on there than just a strip tease!
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<< All superlative scenes. May I add one more? When Bree dances/strips for the corpulant, wealthy garment factory owner. The way it's set up with the frame cut into thirds and to see Bree undulate between the light and darkness...there's a lot more going on there than just a strip tease! >>
I noticed a really interesting thing about this around the 5th time I watched the film. (It's one of my all-time faves!)
At the climax, when the killer is talking to Bree before playing her the tape, she's sitting behind the dress manufacturer's desk and the killer is pacing back and forth in front of it, just as Bree was doing in that earlier visit.
(Of course, Bree doesn't offer him any wine...)
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PS: Also, Veronica Hammel from Hill Street Blues is the model to the right of Bree in the ad agency scene, who almost gets the job.
Actually, when Fonda wandered into that club and started doing her little dance moves, it looked kind of silly. Reminded me of Inspector Clouseau in The Return Of The Pink Panther.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
Well she is supposed to be smashed off her face on drink and drugs, so I doubt she was gonna do the foxtrot at that moment.
OP you are beyond right!!!!!! Schneider smoulders!!
Just to add, this is, in my opinion, the best performance by an actress ever. No hysterics, no screaming scene of "OH...MY....GOD..." - please give me an oscar, no death bed scene, no terminal illness discovery at the docs scene, no child death scene, no marital strife, woe is me scene. Just, pure, snot coming out of my nose as a psychopath plays a tape of my friends death and is about to attempt to kill me BRILLIANCE!!
FONDA reigns supreme!!!
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained"
It's a very louche cameo. It always reminds me of Dean Stockwell in Blue Velvet, although obviously that film came much later. I wonder if Lynch was inspired by Klute.
shareHow is she smashed off her face on drink and drugs? They never showed her using outside of a few drinks when offered. IIRC, she went to the club immediately after bolting from Klute's car after seeing her former friend a wreck and strung out.
Some fellows get credit for being conservative when they are only stupid.
- Kin Hubbard
She's obviously smashed when she arrives at the club or gets so whilst she's there. Witness the following scene with Klute looking after her, caring for her for no reason other than he wants to (and hence the romantic angle is introduced). She's on a big come down, my guess speed and acid.
shareyes, she was definitely high on something. She's drenched in sweat, and nearly collapses in front of the three sitting guys (and then starts kissing one of them.)
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