A true masterpiece that is both beautiful and shocking (Don't Look Now (DVD))

Member Name: baronridgback

Product:	Don't Look Now (DVD)
Date:	11/08/08 (16 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A fabulous grown up film that will grip you from start to finish

Disadvantages: Some may find it slow but go with it it is worth it.

This has to be one of the greatest films ever made, it is based on a story written by the great Daphne du Maurier and tells the tale of a couple (superbly played by Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie) who's little daughter dies after falling into a pond.

They travel to Venice where Donald Sutherland is undertaking restoration work on a church. It is whilst doing this that he starts to see his daughter (when she died she was wearing a red coat) and he starts to see a small figure in the same red coat darting about Venice.

He meets two sisters one of whom is a Psychic and the film develops from here into what has to be one of the most unexpected endings ever seen on film.

The film is superbly directed by Nicholas Roeg who makes fantastic use of Venice and all its architecture and canals. the photography is stunning and the musical score adds to an already eerie atmosphere.

The two lead actors are superb and this is the film that includes the famous love scene that people still talk about because at the time it was widely reported that they were not actually acting the scene!

I don't think I have ever seen a performance from either of them before or since which comes anywhere nearing what they achieve here.

This is a truly beautiful film that is slow moving and measured but commands you to watch every intriguing second. Watch it in a darkened room and you will be hooked from the opening scenes to the superbly shocking finale, a true classic of 1970's cinema and deserves a place in everyones DVD collection.

Summary: A classic of 70's cinema with 2 great actors in the best performances of their careers.