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Don't Look Now - Special Edition [1973] | ![Don't Look Now - Special Edition [1973]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AYO4gmXIL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Nicolas Roeg
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 1559
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060034577164
ASIN: B000HEVTOU
Theatrical Release Date: 1973
Release Date: November 13, 2006
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 Completely ruined by the soundtrack July 14, 2008
Lily Schultz (Dorset, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well this classic thriller certainly looks good, the editing is crisp and the mood sombre and threatening BUT, and it's a huge but, the film is completely ruined by the appalling soundtrack: only one word in ten is clear. The actors' words swoop, boom and drop to an inaudible whisper. It sounds as if it was recorded on a faulty dictaphone in a public lavatory. No reputable company would release this and expect people to pay good money to buy it. I cannot imagine what Nicholas Roeg's reaction would be if he knew his film was being treated like this.
 Gothic Masterpiece June 4, 2008
Brendan O. Clarke (Edinburgh)
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.
 what the hell happened to the soundtrack? April 12, 2008
Mr. David E. Davis (Brighton, Sussex, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A classic film, doubtless. But as for this DVD - well, the picture quality is lovely, but the sound is AWFUL - harsh, trebly, distorted! Is that really the best available audio track for this film?! What went wrong? It really is poor enough to make the dialogue hard to understand at times - and to make things worse, the DVD has no subtitle option.
Definitely Do Look Now January 22, 2008
Eddie (derbyshire)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Why Don't look now is frequently referred to as a horror film is something I've never understood. "Psychological thriller' is perhaps more accurate although the horror of losing a child, which is the basis for this superb film, is indisputable. The director Nicholas Roeg referred to it as 'an exercise in film grammar', and that is probably the most accurate description.
This film had a profound effect on me when I first saw it on release and its power has never left me, in fact it's still up therre in my top five films of all time. The threads of the story are pulled together in the first sequence, a masterpiece of cross-cutting, but nothing is revealed until the very end.
Roeg and cinematographer Anthony Richmond have crafted a beautiful and powerful essay on grief, love and the supernatural and I've always felt that it was also about communication, the breakdown of which is suggested in many of the scenes. Venice here is painted with a cold and chilling palette which probably few visitors have seen and the feeling of foreboding is almost tangible. The use of colour is paramount in the film's narrative and with repeated viewing, new aspects of this code are revealed.
Enigmatic and perhaps a little pretentious, it does look a little dated now but so what? Films only look dated if you compare them to contemporary works - good films remain good no matter how old they are. It will stand up to repeated viewing and if you are studying film it is certainly one to watch and discuss. There's never really been anything like it since, so watch it and allow it to work its magic on you. But don't go expecting a horror film.
Atmospheric and Brilliant, With a Chilling Twist Ending..... December 13, 2007
David Rush (Glasgow, Scotland)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Set against a dreary Venice backdrop (strange, as Venice is usually portrayed as a rather idyllic and peaceful place), this bleak horror film is overflowing with an eerie atmosphere which builds and builds to a raging climax. While featuring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie as a husband and wife who's young daughter Christine drowns, leaving them depressed and detached from each other. However, on this trip to Venice, Christie's character meets two elderly sisters (one of them blind) who claim to have powers and tell her they can see Christine. Christie's character then becomes adamant that Christine is still with her parents. Sutherland's character John is unconvinced, until he sees a small figure in the same sort of red mackintosh his daughter used to wear. Yet, there is a serial killer on the loose, and is John playing into their hands? There are many different confusing plot points which keep your mind thinking all the way through, and you are not guaranteed to 'get' this film the first time you watch it. However it should be watched just because of that shocker ending. Even if you know what is going to happen, it still packs one Hell of a punch. Five stars, indefinitely.
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