Director
Nicolas Roeg
Music (original)
Pino Donaggio
Cast
Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason
110'
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1973
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Mystery, Drama, Horror
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Format:
DCP
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Dialogue:
Italian, English
Don't Look Now was Roeg's major breakthrough, and it's easy to see why. Based on a paranormal novella by Daphne du Maurier, it's a highly stylised psychological horror story about a grieving couple navigating a bleak, wintry Venice. Both flamboyant and cryptic, the film feels closer in spirit to Italian giallo than to traditional Anglo-Saxon gothic horror.
Structured like an elaborate puzzle filled with temptation and deception, bizarre symbolism, and endless red herrings, Nicolas Roeg's breakthrough film is a psychological ghost story that's as flamboyant as it is cryptic. After the death of their young daughter (who drowned at their countryside estate in Hertfordshire), an English couple (Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland) travels to a misty, wintry Venice—where sunlight seems to spray more ash than light—in an attempt to escape their grief. Slowly, their rational world begins to unravel in the Italian city. The screenplay is based on a paranormal novella by British author Daphne du Maurier. Yet with its use of the colour red, its stylised portrayal of a decaying city, jarring montage sequences, and the macabre debut score by Pino Donaggio, Don't Look Now feels less like a product of the Anglo-Saxon gothic horror tradition and more aligned with the Italian giallos of Dario Argento and the baroque terror of Mario Bava.
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Credits
Directors
Nicolas Roeg
Music (original)
Pino Donaggio
Cast
Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason
Scenario
Allan Scott, Chris Bryant
Director of Photography
Anthony B. Richmond
Editors
Graeme Clifford
Production studios
Casey Productions, Eldorado Films, D.L.N. Ventures Partnership
Distributor
Tamasa Distribution
Rights Owner
Tamasa Distribution
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Dialogue
Italian, English
Countries of production
Italy, United Kingdom
Screenplay based on
"Don't Look Now" (Daphne du Maurier)
Year
1973
Filmography
Nicolas Roeg
Now Let's Talk About Music (short, 1967), Performance (1970), Walkabout (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Glastonbury Fayre (1975), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980), Black Out (short, 1982), Eureka (1983), Insignificance (1985), Castaway (1986), Aria (1987), Track 29 (1988), Sweet Bird of Youth (TV film, 1989), The Witches (1990), Cold Heaven (1991), Heart of Darkness (TV film, 1994), Hotel Paradise (short, 1995), Two Deaths (1995), Full Body Massage (TV film, 1995), The Sound of Claudia Schiffer (short, 2000), Puffball (2007)
Technical Specs
Format
DCP
