Sutherland with Jane Fonda in a scene from Klute (1971). Photo 12 / Alamy June 26, 2024 Donald Sutherland’s off-beat, counter-cultural roles reflected his leftwing politics Nathan Abrams, Bangor University Donald Sutherland bucked the Hollywood trend for handsome and brought his own unconventional brand of off-kilter integrity and humour to roles that often underscored his left-leaning ideals.
Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP June 21, 2024 Hollywood didn’t know exactly what to do with Donald Sutherland – so they did everything with him Daryl Sparkes, University of Southern Queensland From M*A*S*H to the Hunger Games, Donald Sutherland, who has died at 88, always sat well in the eccentric, peculiar or ‘quirky’ roles.
Don’t Look Now opens with a shocking accident, after which the sense of dread never abates. Mary Evans / StudioCanal Films Ltd / Alamy October 5, 2023 Don’t Look Now: moving, tender, haunting – and one of the best horror films of the last 50 years Gregory Frame, University of Nottingham A sinister and slow-building sense of dread ensures Nic Roeg’s supernatural horror lingers in the mind long after the credits have rolled.