{"product_id":"9781839021527","title":"Klute","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBFI Film Classics\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eKlute\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAmelie Hastie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan J. Pakula's 1971 movie \u003ci\u003eKlute\u003c\/i\u003e centers around the investigation by a small-town cop, John Klute, of the disappearance of a missing executive, Tom Gruneman, who is thought to have sent a series of obscene and menacing letters to New York “call girl” Bree Daniels, played by Jane Fonda.  The film intercuts Klute's efforts to discover the truth about Gruneman with extracts from recordings of a paid sexual encounter between Bree and Gruneman's killer, and from a session between Bree and her therapist, combining to produce an effect of suspense and surveillance that led to its being thought of as one of Pakula's 'paranoia trilogy' of films, alongside \u003ci\u003eThe Parallax View\u003c\/i\u003e in 1974 and \u003ci\u003eAll the President's Men\u003c\/i\u003e in 1976.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmelie Hastie's study of \u003ci\u003eKlute\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the notion of it as a straightforwardly 'Pakula' movie, stressing its making as a collaborative venture between the director, production crew and cast, in particular highlighting Fonda's contribution. She traces Fonda's many public personae - as an actor, political activist, fitness guru, political wife and celebrity - and focuses on the film's complex narrative and visual style, as well as considering it in the wider context of other films by Pakula and Fonda, and of the New Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAmelie Hastie is Chair of the Film and Media Studies Program at Amherst College, MA, USA. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Bigamist\u003c\/i\u003e (BFI Film Classics, 2009); \u003ci\u003eCupboards of Curiosity: Women, Recollection, and Film History \u003c\/i\u003e(2007) and \u003ci\u003eColumbo: Make Me a Perfect Murder \u003c\/i\u003e(2020). Since 2013 she has written\u003ci\u003e The\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVulnerable Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e column for the journal \u003ci\u003eFilm Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 August 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBritish Film Institute\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781839021527\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e104\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55552980222092,"sku":"9781839021527","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781839021527","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}