Don't Look Now

19731973
18A18A
1h 50m

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7.2/10

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Drama Horror Mystery

A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

57K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,660

418

Director
- Nicolas Roeg
Writers
- Daphne Du Maurier(story)
- Allan Scott(screenplay)
- Chris Bryant(screenplay)
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Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 win & 9 nominations total

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Trivia
Renato Scarpa, who plays Inspector Longhi, didn't speak any English: he just read the lines he'd been given without knowing what they meant. This added to the sinister quality of his character.

Goofs
When Laura leaves the hotel near the end to pursue John, she is wearing boots but is barelegged. Later in the chase as she scrambles over a boat, she is wearing the same boots but is now also wearing dark colored stockings/tights.

Quotes
Laura Baxter: One of your children has posed a curious question: if the world is round, why is a frozen lake flat?
John Baxter: That's a good question.
Laura Baxter: [flipping through book] Ah, here it says that Lake Ontario curves more than 3 degrees from its Eastern end to its Western end. So frozen water really isn't flat.
John Baxter: Nothing is what it seems.

Alternate versions
The region 1 DVD released by Paramount contains the full love scene which was slightly trimmed for an "R" rating in the U.S.

Connections
Edited into Spisok korabley (2008)

Soundtracks
Salvatore
(uncredited)
Music by Emidio Remigi
Lyrics by Vito Pallavicini

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10/10

Shocking Red December

The Italian title of this Nicolas Roeg's classic is "A Venetian Shocking Red December" yep. I had seen this film dubbed into Italian, years ago. I was taken by the look and the atmosphere I remember being unnerved but I was appalled by the acting, specially Julie Christie's - one of my favorites of all time. Yesterday I saw the film again in its original English version. My goodness, what a difference! The film is even more frightening that I remembered. The atmosphere is asphyxiating. You can actually smell the rotting stench of the most beautiful city in the world. The ending leaves you breathless and the acting, well, listening to the actors real voices is another experience altogether. The pain and sudden burst of hope in Julie Christie is moving, very moving and very unsettling. Sutherland, as usual, is magnificent. The film, other than a solid cult status, remains virtually unknown by the public at large. "Don't Look Now" is a buried treasure that is bound to be re discovered and to all my countrymen, a piece of advise: avoid dubbed movies at all cost.

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