"
Parallax View" (1974) is a thriller directed by Alan J. Pakula, stars Warren Beatty as an ambitious reporter investigating the assassination of a senator. He discovers-following mysterious deaths of reporters who were present at the assassination- a conspiracy involving the mysterious Parallax Corporation. It is an interesting film, with an element of experimental filmmaking- one scene shows a haunting montage of iconographic imagery used as a recruitment test for the Parallax Corporation.
Alan J. Pakula also directed "Klute" (1971) and "All the President's Men" (1976).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parallax_View
Mood: Political themes and conspiracy theories.
Good aspects: Interesting cinematography. 70's political paranoia thriller.
