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“Poignant, beautiful and devastating”--Empire
“One of the great horror masterpieces”--Roger Ebert
Widely acclaimed as one of the greatest horror films ever made, Nicolas Roeg’s (The Man Who Fell To Earth, Bad Timing) masterful Don’t Look Now is based on Daphne Du Maurier’s shattering short story.
Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie give career-best performances as John and Laura Baxter, an art restorer and his wife struggling to recover from the trauma of their daughter’s accidental drowning. To assuage their grief, the young British couple travel to wintry Venice, on a working holiday to restore a church. Once there, they get involved with two otherworldly sisters, Heather and Wendy (Hilary Mason and Clelia Matania), one of whom is a blind medium who insists she can get them in touch with their late daughter and warns them of danger.
A truly original work that blends psychological thriller with a disturbing sense of the macabre, Don’t Look Now also offers a profound and poignant mediation on love and loss. Making evocative use of its disquieting, out-of-season setting, an emerging generation of directors (not least Steven Soderbergh) have cited the film as an influence, ensuring that its reputation as a modern classic continues to grow.
EXTRAS:
- Audio Commentary with Nicolas Roeg
- “Looking Back” Featurette
- Excerpt from documentary Nothing Is as it Seems
- Trailer
- Compressed version of Don’t Look Now (made by Danny Boyle for BAFTA tribute)
- Interviews with Composer Pino Donaggio, Danny Boyle, Screenwriter/Producer Allan Scott, Cinematographer Tony Richmond and Donald Sutherland
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Nicolas Roeg's stylish and frightening occult thriller has gained in critical appreciation since it was originally released nearly four decades ago(!), and this extras-laden Blu-Ray set does it justice by gathering together the various supplemental features from earlier home video editions along with newly shot interviews with Donald Sutherland and additional crew members. I doubt anyone will be too disappointed with the extras on this disc. That noted, the audio and visual remaster featured on this Blu-Ray is of particular importance as it offers a significant upgrade in both picture and sound to all earlier home video editions. The colourful picture is noticeably sharper than earlier DVD editions and does a great job of showcasing Roeg's remarkable, often near-hallucinatory imagery. Perhaps even more importantly, the sound is equally improved and eliminates the various distortion issues that plagued earlier DVD releases. DON'T LOOK NOW came out on DVD in both the USA and UK a few years back and various online forums did their best to decide which of the two sounded superior. Sadly, each DVD sounded pretty rotten and did little justice to the film, the dialogue or Pino Donaggio's haunting score. This new Blu-Ray (proudly displaying a cover sticker noting "Picture and Audio Restoration Supervised and Approved by Nic Roeg") fixes those issues entirely and presents the movie in a clearly listenable form for perhaps the first time on home video. It sounds terrific.
DON'T LOOK NOW is a masterpiece and this Blu-Ray provides a definite, welcome upgrade from any DVD edition you might own. Now, could someone do a special edition of Roeg's weird, sexy and stylish EUREKA?
DON'T LOOK NOW is a masterpiece and this Blu-Ray provides a definite, welcome upgrade from any DVD edition you might own. Now, could someone do a special edition of Roeg's weird, sexy and stylish EUREKA?
89 of 95 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
a 5 star film without doubt BUT like the previous R2 release, this 'special edition' is still plagued with dreadful sound - harsh, trebly, distorted and with absurd amounts of noise reduction. Why Why Why. Roeg fans will want the commentary but there's nothing else new here and for the film, stick with the R1 edition. Sorry to sound like a geek but it makes me so angry, this fantastic film deserves better.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Hitchcock used an example to explain the difference between surprise and suspense. If people are seated at a table and a bomb explodes, that is surprise. If they are seated at a table, and you know there's a bomb under the table attached to a ticking clock, but they continue to play cards -- that's suspense. There's a bomb under "Dont Look Now" for excruciating stretches of time.
I was expecting this slow-moving movie to descend into routine shock and horror movie,but it doesn't. Most of the movie is all waiting, anticipating and dreading. The jolts that come about midway are of a similar magnitude to movies such as Sixth Sense or The Exorcist.
The film is slow moving, but it manages to expertly linger to create atmosphere, a sense of place, a sympathy with the characters, instead of rushing into cheap thrills. Dont Look Now stands as one of the most beautiful and moving "horror" movies in the 1970s...even though it is not really a horror movie; it's more of a psychological thriller.
As it gears up for a truly unexpected, emotionally draining finale - destined to please or frustrate depending on how nihilistic you like your horror - this elegant ghost story ignores genre conventions to deliver a touching tale of motherhood and fatherhood, love and what may or may not lie on the other side.
I was expecting this slow-moving movie to descend into routine shock and horror movie,but it doesn't. Most of the movie is all waiting, anticipating and dreading. The jolts that come about midway are of a similar magnitude to movies such as Sixth Sense or The Exorcist.
The film is slow moving, but it manages to expertly linger to create atmosphere, a sense of place, a sympathy with the characters, instead of rushing into cheap thrills. Dont Look Now stands as one of the most beautiful and moving "horror" movies in the 1970s...even though it is not really a horror movie; it's more of a psychological thriller.
As it gears up for a truly unexpected, emotionally draining finale - destined to please or frustrate depending on how nihilistic you like your horror - this elegant ghost story ignores genre conventions to deliver a touching tale of motherhood and fatherhood, love and what may or may not lie on the other side.
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A Classic British Film
Nicolas Roeg's 1973 film Don't Look Now (based on the Daphne Du Maurier short story of the same name) is one of my all-time favourite films and for me ranks as one of the finest... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Keith M
Excellent Movie
The movie itself is a masterpiece. One the most original thrillers (or giallos) ever made.
As for the BLU RAY, it is better than the DVD but not spectacular. Read more
As for the BLU RAY, it is better than the DVD but not spectacular. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alejandro Bisio
Hitchcockian Or What?
Nicholas Roegs Don't Look Now has the groundbreaking suspense of a Hitchcock movie and the satanically terrifying atmosphere of a Polanski film. Read more
Published 2 months ago by movie maniac
Rather disappointing
This is not a very good movie, though I think I could call it a good one. It is well directed, imaginatively photographed, intriguingly edited, well acted out. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tad Piotr
God like genius...
Marvellous, a spine tingling tour de force of creepiness. The smart off kilter editing
of this film places the viewer on edge, right from the start. Read more
of this film places the viewer on edge, right from the start. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Baron Und
Timeless Classic
Despite this film being more than 30 years old, it still holds its own as one of the most evoking psychological thrillers of all time. Read more
Published 5 months ago by C. Macdonald
boring !!!
If you want see the borest film ever that is the best choice !!! never ever again ! there is nothing happend by all film long actually i turned off after 60 mins because there is... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mirek
The soundtrack is fine on this one disc version
This one-disc DVD, 2009 edition of this 1973 film is excellent quality and, although I do not have a home cinema with the "small-cottage speakers", I thought the excellent... Read more
Published 6 months ago by RR Waller
Tweedie thriller
Dont look now is a classic early seventies thriller with a twist, great to get the atmosphere of Venice and an inspiration for this seasons tweed coat look. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ms. S. J. Hyde
A newbie's review
I'm 20 years old and just got to watch "Don't Look Now" for the first time.
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, its "The Shining" meets "Rosemary's Baby" meets "The... Read more
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, its "The Shining" meets "Rosemary's Baby" meets "The... Read more
Published 6 months ago by azkabanprisoner
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