Just a lonely old man who treated her with respect and even served wine while she acted out his fantasy. This was so much better than some of her other encounters.
I love this role for Jane Fonda, I felt distant from her in the early parts of her performance but I think that distance was intentional. I don’t think I’d ever up until that moment seen someone act so deeply as Jane Fonda did during the phone call scene as she was trying to remain solid and composed but was very liquid in her fear as snot and sporadic tears ran down her face. Seeing Bree struggle under patriarchy and viewing the struggles of her career as a sex worker, model and girlfriend/possible future housewife was really interesting but more so how they all interacted within Bree because of the context of her experiences.
I've just got back from Cannes, you know. And I... Well... I have something rather exciting to tell you. Cannes was very amusing. We played baccarat and chemin de fer. A very nice little Italian marquis was rather enthusiastic about me. But a young man can be so silly. Then one night... at the gambling tables I saw him. A stranger, he was looking at me. He was standing very still on the other side of the room... and his eyes were looking right into me. And I knew that for the first time in my life... Not young. He wasn't young. He had gray sideburns - Actually, he looked rather like you. No one could tell me who he was. Was he an exiled prince or a mercenary? But there was a feeling stirring inside me, a pagan feeling The next day on the beach in my beach pavilion... It was so warm on the sand... and I saw him again. He was staring at me. His eyes were burning into me. I was helpless. He didn't even have to say anything, and I knew. I knew that somehow... You know, I've never liked young men. And I knew... that he would awaken something in me... that no young man had ever awakened. He was so wise... and he taught me so many things... with his hands. In his eyes I felt so beautiful.
How magical, to be with an imaginative woman, paid or unpaid. It reminds me of a scene in Out of Africa where he says, "Tell me a story," and she, a natural born storyteller.
I liked the dichotomy of how she looked gorgeous but had a complete vacancy/ death in her eyes..a quality that Fonda noticed in the prostitutes that she met to prep for the role
Funny that Donald Sutherland thought that elderly gentleman was a client of hers... I liked her rebuttal to him "And what's your secret? Do you like to have your chest stomped on? Maybe you get off wearing women's clothing?" LOL
When she was in trouble and needed someone she went to him for help and he left an envelope of cash and ran out, kind of leaving her twisting. She thought they had something more meaningful than a rental agreement.
@@allaboutmyart5706 Bree thought she was in control of her life when she was manipulating her johns as a call girl, only to discover that she herself was also being manipulated in the process.
@@benleung6331 Yep. Until she became a target of a killer while, at the same time, she was cruelly rejected on a model go-see ("funny looking hands?"), getting the I'm-done-with-you from the old man she performed for, and meeting a midwestern cop and slowly falling in love. All these things collided in her head, making her see that people only control so much.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yes --------------------THIS SCENE ----------------my mouth went dry-----------my heart was pounding. -----------------------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o
The number of women who could pull this scene off today, is less than on one hand. ------------- Jane ? No matter how she felt about call girls, she became one so real on that screen, it was ----------again---------mesmerizing. I know of no other word to use, as she was to me, beyond beautiful.----------------------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o
Spoiler alert!! It has been a long time since I last watched Klute, is it correct that Bree thought Goldfarb was some sort of lonely janitor of that garment factory and she was his lone bright spot in an otherwise dreary life but turned out Goldfarb was the owner of that garment factory?
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Bree is an actress (or at least an acting student.) We hear her do a scene from “St. Joan” with an Irish accent. Maybe she studied them... or a rich client took her on a trip to Paris or something once.
Maybe that's just the way Jane Fonda trills her "R" in French. But Jane speaks French. Baccarat and Chemin de fer at the gaming tables in Cannes. A facet of Bree's character. An avenue in.
@@veedub447 It is green in the bottle or if not diluted with water and sweetened with a sugar cube. That makes it appear lighter in the glass. The drink poured was obviously wine, so I was way off! I was watching on my phone. Maybe that confused my vision.
Just a lonely old man who treated her with respect and even served wine while she acted out his fantasy. This was so much better than some of her other encounters.
Cinematography by the great Gordon Willis.
Many people talk about Fonda but as far as I am concerned, it's Gordon Willis's film.
Dazzling performance by Fonda. This was a scene so incredibly difficult to pull off sucessfully; and she did it with flying colors.
I just love looking at this film. This was some of Gordon Willis's finest work.
This scene my God how it affects my feelings I drop tears when I first see it . Sad and beautiful.
I love this role for Jane Fonda, I felt distant from her in the early parts of her performance but I think that distance was intentional. I don’t think I’d ever up until that moment seen someone act so deeply as Jane Fonda did during the phone call scene as she was trying to remain solid and composed but was very liquid in her fear as snot and sporadic tears ran down her face. Seeing Bree struggle under patriarchy and viewing the struggles of her career as a sex worker, model and girlfriend/possible future housewife was really interesting but more so how they all interacted within Bree because of the context of her experiences.
I've just got back from Cannes, you know. And I... Well... I have something rather exciting to tell you. Cannes was very amusing. We played baccarat and chemin de fer. A very nice little Italian marquis was rather enthusiastic about me. But a young man can be so silly. Then one night... at the gambling tables I saw him. A stranger, he was looking at me.
He was standing very still on the other side of the room... and his eyes were looking right into me. And I knew that for the first time in my life... Not young. He wasn't young. He had gray sideburns - Actually, he looked rather like you. No one could tell me who he was. Was he an exiled prince or a mercenary? But there was a feeling stirring inside me, a pagan feeling The next day on the beach in my beach pavilion... It was so warm on the sand... and I saw him again. He was staring at me. His eyes were burning into me. I was helpless. He didn't even have to say anything, and I knew. I knew that somehow... You know, I've never liked young men. And I knew... that he would awaken something in me... that no young man had ever awakened. He was so wise... and he taught me so many things... with his hands. In his eyes I felt so beautiful.
It appeared to me, Sutherland's character is repulsed by what she is doing.
@@markedwards7721 I would have been intrigued and perplexed !!
Thank you for the posting the wonderful words
Jane looked so beautiful in this scene.
Goat she is.
This was a MAJOR fashion moment for me; that Norman Norell dress with the feather boa. My favorite Jane Fonda role.
Oh, YES. First saw it when I was 10. Thank you, Mom.
@@allaboutmyart5706 I saw it with my mom when I was 12.
@@kahlodiego5299 I was confused. It was at a drive-in. I kept falling asleep in the car and thought Donald Sutherland was the bad guy!
Easily Miss Fonda's best performance -
A great scene from an excellent movie.
When Sutherland is on the roof looking, those camera angles and chilling music on background is pure cinema.
my god what a woman!
How magical, to be with an imaginative woman, paid or unpaid. It reminds me of a scene in Out of Africa where he says, "Tell me a story," and she, a natural born storyteller.
Scheherazade
I liked the dichotomy of how she looked gorgeous but had a complete vacancy/ death in her eyes..a quality that Fonda noticed in the prostitutes that she met to prep for the role
Maybe narcissistic or worse..
I thought it was great she met with prostitutes
And she said in the bars no men approached her. She thought she would be all wrong for the part.
Amazing scene 🎬 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Funny that Donald Sutherland thought that elderly gentleman was a client of hers...
I liked her rebuttal to him "And what's your secret? Do you like to have your chest stomped on? Maybe you get off wearing women's clothing?" LOL
He was a client of hers..just that his demands were different from the other clients
I love the scene with him when she steals the piece of fruit. Touching, romantic.
When she was in trouble and needed someone she went to him for help and he left an envelope of cash and ran out, kind of leaving her twisting. She thought they had something more meaningful than a rental agreement.
@@allaboutmyart5706 Bree thought she was in control of her life when she was manipulating her johns as a call girl, only to discover that she herself was also being manipulated in the process.
@@benleung6331 Yep. Until she became a target of a killer while, at the same time, she was cruelly rejected on a model go-see ("funny looking hands?"), getting the I'm-done-with-you from the old man she performed for, and meeting a midwestern cop and slowly falling in love. All these things collided in her head, making her see that people only control so much.
Bravo!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yes --------------------THIS SCENE ----------------my mouth went dry-----------my heart was pounding. -----------------------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o
The number of women who could pull this scene off today, is less than on one hand. ------------- Jane ? No matter how she felt about call girls, she became one so real on that screen, it was ----------again---------mesmerizing. I know of no other word to use, as she was to me, beyond beautiful.----------------------------WolfSky9, 73 y/o
When music, camera, movement and actor just get it RIGHT
Spoiler alert!! It has been a long time since I last watched Klute, is it correct that Bree thought Goldfarb was some sort of lonely janitor of that garment factory and she was his lone bright spot in an otherwise dreary life but turned out Goldfarb was the owner of that garment factory?
With a name Goldfarb he was no janitor
I don't believe he was the janitor, Bree mentions to Klute a couple of scenes after this one that Goldfarb had been cutting garments since he was 14.
Very few janitors can afford to hire call girls regularly
Production Companies:
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Turner Entertainment (current owner)
Semetoll-Imkerss Distributed Pictures (Distributor)
Semetoll-Imkerss Production Studios (Presentation)
Alan J. Pakula Productions (production)
I love that instrument! What's it called?
Someone told me it was a "hammered dulcimer".
a balalaika?
Maybe a citera or a cimbalom? Sounds Hungarian to me.
please try to include cc as I am hearing impaired, deaf!
Does she pronounce French the way an NYC call girl would? Responding to the direction of Alan J. Pakula.
Bree is an actress (or at least an acting student.) We hear her do a scene from “St. Joan” with an Irish accent. Maybe she studied them... or a rich client took her on a trip to Paris or something once.
Maybe that's just the way Jane Fonda trills her "R" in French. But Jane speaks French. Baccarat and Chemin de fer at the gaming tables in Cannes. A facet of Bree's character. An avenue in.
@@mehmetokay7073 i trill my rs like bob hope. dames love it.
This is supposed to be an erotic story to turn on the old man. It got boring after the first sentence. I like the way she tell it in such a monotone.
You are a boring twig eater.
Isn't that absinthe he's pouring?
don't think so, isn't absinthe green?
@@veedub447 It is green in the bottle or if not diluted with water and sweetened with a sugar cube. That makes it appear lighter in the glass. The drink poured was obviously wine, so
I was way off! I was watching on my phone. Maybe that confused my vision.
@@veedub447 Yes, for Five Hundred Dollars! You're going to the Lightning Round!
BORING
Bounce, twig eater.
Dumb ass! You don't know cinema!
Only for the mentally deficient.
@@rullmourn1142 more! more!
more! more!