Blockbusters and Birdwalks
At Blockbusters and Birdwalks, you’ll listen to reviews and conversations about all kinds of movies, from Academy Award winners to exploitation masterpieces with a mix of commercial hits and obscure favorites thrown in for good measure. The point is recognizing that movies present our culture with the building blocks of social memory, enabling each of us to enjoy ourselves because movies are fun.
Blockbusters and Birdwalks
1971, a conversation – “Klute”
May 31, 2024
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Garrett Chaffin-Quiray
This is part of a series about movies from 1971.
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Referenced media:
- “The Big Doll House” (Jack Hill, 1971)
- “The Deuce” (George Pelecanos and David Simon, 2017-2019)
- “Halloween” (John Carpenter, 1978)
- “Friday the 13th” (Sean S. Cunningham, 1980)
- “Red Dragon” (Brett Ratner, 2002)
- “Manhunter” (Michael Mann, 1986)
- “The Silence of the Lambs” (Jonathan Demme, 1991)
- “The Godfather” (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972)
- “Rear Window” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
- “Shaft” (Gordon Parks, 1971)
- “Cruising” (William Friedkin, 1980)
- “American Psycho” (Mary Harron, 2000)
Audio quotation:
- “Klute” (Alan J. Pakula, 1971)
- “Mom and Dad” (William Beaudine, 1945)