Film:
Don't Look Now
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Country: UK Genre: Thriller
/ Horror |
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Director:
Nicolas Roeg |
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Starring:
Julie
Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason |
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Don't Look Now Synopsis - Don't Look Now is set in Venice and centres around John Baxter and his wife Laura who are living in Venice following the sudden death of their daughter in a drowning accident. The pair are still working through their grief when out of the blue in a restaurant a blind women, who claims to be psychic, approaches Laura to tell her that their daughter is "happy".This being some comfort she tells John who is not inclined to believe this spiritualist nonsense. But soon enough John is brought to reassess his beliefs as he starts to see fleeting glimpses of his daughter dressed in a red rain coat in the streets of Venice, and considers the possibility of that she is trying to contact them. With the atmosphere heightened by a series of murders that are taking place in Venice, John is pushed on to search for his daughter through the streets and to try and finally catch up with her. |
| Review of Don't Look Now - Few films convey such a spooky atmosphere even fewer manage to hold it throughout the entire length of the film, Don't Look Now does with chilling ease. The genius Nic Roeg took Daphne Du Mauriers adapted screenplays and made it into one of cinemas finest psychological thrillers. Even through repeated viewings this film still retains its unsettling air and is downright frightening. Donald Sutherland is thankfully not in lazy actor mode and is actually right on top of his game here, and is ably supported by Julie Christie - both of whom are hugely believable in their respective roles. It is interesting that this film was originally released in the cinemas with The Wicker man as its supporting feature - surely there can't have been many better double bills than that in the entire history of cinema. |
| The reasons I recommend Don't Look Now are: 1. A superbly frightening psychological thriller . 2. Stunning performances by Christie and Sutherland. 3. Fantastically directed by Roeg. |