Review of Don't Look Now (1936) by Ryan M — 07 Aug 2012
Jesus. I was not prepared for this to be so good, and furthermore for it to be so horrifying (why all the disappointed reviews below?? -- you people are desensitized!). The palpable sense of DREAD pulsing through this film is staggering, and it's a truly intelligent look at the potential consequences of rejecting faith.
Maybe I'm a cinemasochist or something, but I actually loved the way this film drifted through the psycho-latitudes of its plot. Sutherland and Christie are great: they come off as so in love and so misguided.
.. it really is terrible what happens. Venice is the perfect setting too, as the blind woman attests to late in the film: it's full of shadows, sound pockets, labyrinthine passageways.. What I like best about the film is how it slowly reveals to the audience what an equal footing Christie and Sutherland are on with regard to their daughter's death, though for a while we're tempted to think it's only Christie that doesn't have control of herself.
This film is one of the best studies of the mourning process I've seen, Grand Guignol ending and all. LIFE is purgatory here. 'Don't Look Now' may be Roeg's masterpiece.
This review of Don't Look Now (1936) was written by Ryan M on 07 Aug 2012.
Don't Look Now has generally received positive reviews.
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