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Don't Look Now (1973) Watch along (Patreon)

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2025-01-04 19:38:56
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2026-06
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This film was nothing like I expected! It’s such a fascinating watch that I’m still processing it. One thing that truly stood out was the editing—it was so well done, I can easily see how it might have influenced other filmmakers. I shared more of my thoughts in the outro!

Thanks for watching with me!!!! I hope you enjoy it!!

xx

ames

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Don't Look Now (1973)

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Catchermag

lol I think that’s exactly what I said, people expect spooky ghost thrills and it’s something else entirely. But it’s a lovely film in many ways.

Henry Graham

Yes, I think the classification of this film as a horror slightly wrong-foots people and sets different expectations of what kind of film it is. I think it's a film suffused with an incredible sense of sadness, and it's an astonishingly moving film as a portrait of two people slowly putting themselves and their marriage together after suffering the most unimaginable pain. It's the tenderness between Sutherland and Christie that most sticks with me. Nicolas Roeg is one of the most distinctive and daring filmmakers to emerge from Britain, and the editing in his films is indeed extraordinary. I recently watched Richard Lester's Petulia, on which Roeg worked as a cinematographer, and the radical editing choices in that film must have hugely influenced him. He developed these ideas in Performance - an amazing film he co-directed with Donald Cammell - and they remained a hallmark of his work to different degrees, but I think Don't Look Now is the most potent use of this editing technique; a fitting way to depict lives shattered into jagged fragments by grief and haunted by memories.

Toc

Wow! Wasn't expecting this! Starting now!

Clay F

First watch. I knew nothing (never heard) of this movie. I liked it. I visited Venice in 1990 (we lived for 5 months a 1.5 hour train ride from Venice). Funny I'm still picturing those scoops of butter (which I like on bread). I was curious when I saw them still together seemingly fine initially in Venice after the death of their daughter. It's like their grief was internal. I wondered the purpose of the extended sex scene, but maybe just a way of showing how they dealt with grief and a part of the editing that contributed to the feel of the movie. Those two old sisters ended up being good. The image quality of your reaction is good. I hope you react to Klute (1971). That's an interesting exprience in regard to your grandmother -- two people connected.

Arbie

Nothing like a good foreign thriller to frustrate, creep you out, and up your anxiety.

Walt

Ames, thanks for taking on this terrific, challenging film. I wrote in another comment about my favorite shot - it's at 36:21 of the film proper (from the start of the Paramount logo) when John first sees a glimpse of the mysterious red-hooded character scurrying away. We think the view is from John's vantage point, but the zoom at the end belies that it's not a POV shot. It's as if the camera itself isn't sure where it needs to look, at the last second catches sight of the red-clad figure, and then desperately tries to focus in. My reaction has always been that at this moment, not only does the audience not know where things are going, the FILM ITSELF doesn't know either. Goosebumps for me every time. The color red, mirrors, broken glass and ceramics, ubiquitous water - these and other motifs appear so frequently one can spend whole viewings trying to notice everything and piece together meaning from them (like John examining the mosaic). I noticed several new things myself during the watch-along, and I will mention three of them while trying not to give too much away - viewers might want to look out for them on their next viewing (or have already seen for themselves): • When we first see Heather (the blind sister) in the restaurant, she is wearing an outfit in a distinctive color (not red). See if you can find this color somewhere else in the film and decide if it has any significance. • There is frequent emphasis on eyes, sight, and seeing (and seeing but not recognizing what is seen). Check out one of the signs that John and Laura stop under on one of their walks through the city. • See if you can make out what is depicted on the brooch that Wendy (the sighted sister) wears. Thanks again.

Brian

Terrific movie & commentary… totally off topic… I love when your pets make random surprise cameo appearances in your vids… my little fuzz ball cat Anastasia will do the exact same thing to me when I’m in movie watch mode… just randomly jump onto my couch… either right next to me or right onto me unexpectedly… always at a point of high tension or suspense… always scaring the crap outta me in the process… stupid jump scare cat I’ve got here… 🤣 😱 🐈‍⬛