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Like the '70s output of Pakula and Lumet, Ivan Passer's tense thriller stands as a classy monument to the paranoia of post-Watergate America.
Like the '70s output of Pakula and Lumet, Ivan Passer's tense thriller stands as a classy monument to the paranoia of post-Watergate America.
It’s an underrated classic.
Exceptional script, direction and performances make this elliptical neo-noir a forgotten classic.
The film moves with an easy uncoerced swing: moment by moment, scene by scene, we are unsure what to think or where we are going. It is a fascinating, organically grown drama. The ending is spectacular, as grippingly strange as the rest.
Some films are just ripe for rediscovery and this is one of them.
There is much to like.
Ivan Passer’s picture feels like a child of Seventies’ cinema, the kind of solid, stylish thriller to rank alongside the likes of Play Misty for Me.
Cutter's Way--Re-release of 1981 film starring Jeff Bridges
Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Monday October 17, 2011, until Tuesday October 18, 2011. 17th 3.30pm & 8.30pm; 18th 3.30pm & 6pm. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com