"Alan Pakula: Going for Truth" encompasses the personal and professional life of Alan J. Pakula, a lauded filmmaker and extremely private man, who was unflinching in his commitment to bringing some of the most memorable movies of the last half of the 20th century to the big screen.
Acting
Alec Baldwin's barely-contained awe talking Pakula's process.
Direction
Matthew Miele finally gives Pakula the obsessive attention he gave his subjects.
Editing
Seamless cuts between archival footage and contemporary worship.
Director
Matthew Miele
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pakula's legendary 'protective' directing style—shooting dozens of takes to exhaust actors into authenticity—was so extreme that Jane Fonda reportedly threatened to walk off Klute. Miele's doc finally gets collaborators to admit it worked... mostly.
The film argues Pakula invented the 'paranoid thriller' template that dominated 70s cinema, but his real legacy is making adult movies for adults during Hollywood's last gasp of studio-funded seriousness. The doc's release in 2019 feels like an elegy for a dead ecosystem.
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