The Parallax View

Synopsis

Following the assassination of a charismatic presidential candidate atop the Seattle Space Needle, an investigative reporter witnesses the mysterious, unnatural deaths of seven other journalists who were present at the crime scene, infiltrating a shadowy corporate front called the Parallax Corporation that recruits and psychologically conditions sociopathic assassins for political assassinations. Alan J. Pakula and Gordon Willis' landmark post-Watergate paranoia masterpiece starring Warren Beatty, featuring an iconic hypnotic montage sequence and bleak framing.