5 legendary films to absolutely watch to say goodbye to Donald Sutherland

Donald Sutherland died today at the age of 88, but his legend will live forever fueled by his incredible and boundless career, full of essential films that made the history of cinema.

To greet him as he deserves, we propose 5 legendary films to catch up on to say goodbye to Donald Sutherland:

• A call girl for Inspector Klute: seminal neo-noir which paved the way for the detective thrillers of the 70s and whose seeds still blossom today in American cinema, as Matt Reeves’ The Batman reminded us which picks up the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Catwoman from here.
• In Venice…A shocking red December: psychological thriller directed by Nicolas Roeg, which has gone down in history for its attention to the psychological detail of the protagonists, to the impressionistic images and for that sensational, spine-chilling twist…
• Twentieth century: in addition to Federico Fellini’s Casanova, Donald Sutherland’s other great ‘Italian’ role was alongside Roberto De Niro and Gerard Depardieu in Bernardo Bertolucci’s very long masterpiece set to music by Ennio Morricone, in which he plays Attila Melanchini.
• Terror from outer space: 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers directed by Philip Kaufman, based on the 1954 novel of the same name by writer Jack Finney and capable of reflecting on the social and political paranoia that dominated America in those years. A symbolic film, with one of the most shocking endings in the history of cinema.
• JFK: in Oliver Stone’s conspiracy masterpiece Donald Sutherland appears for a short time within the enormous cast led by Kevin Costner, but in the role of the unnamed ‘Mister longest and most unforgettable monologues in the history of cinema.

For more, read Kiefer Sutherland’s heartbreaking farewell to his father Donald Sutherland.

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