The opening sequence was designed to mirror that of Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination.
The Parallax View (1974) is one of a trilogy of thrillers directed by Alan J. Pakula, along with _Klute(1971)_ and All the President's Men (1976). This was the only one not released by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The film is adapted from a 1970 novel by Loren Singer with the same title, about a reporter's dangerous investigation into an obscure organization, the Parallax Corporation, whose primary enterprise is political assassination.