This agreeable film that has a strong cult following deals with an architect called John Baxter : Donald Sutherland , and his wife Laura : Julie Christie, who suffer a terrible shock when their young daughter is drowned at an unfortunate accident . Just after they travel an off-season , dank Venice in an attempt to forget the distress and put the drowning little daughter behind them. Along the way Laura becomes involved with two odd sisters , one of whom is a blind psychic woman and claims she can help them contact their daughter . But while working on a church restoration , John begins to have psychic visions which are encouraged by the pair of strange sisters : Mason , Matania .
This is an overlong psychological creepyfest with surreal magic , suspense , tension , intrigue , intense acting , fine camera work , and a chilling finale . Adding some strong and steamy love scenes that caused huge scandal by the time and became the object of much gossip . Being based on the supernatural novel by Daphne Du Maurier , taking parts here and there of its plot , including the surprising climax . Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie give fine interpretations , making this movie a must-see . They are well accompanied by a good support cast , mainly Italian actors , as Massimo Serato, Renato Escarpa , Leopoldo Trieste and Hilary Mason.
Gorgeous cinematography showing splendidly streets , bridges , canals , corridors from Venice , and beautifully photographed by Anthony B. Richmond . This nice motion picture was competently directed by Nicolas Roeg , but being slow-moving and packs some flaws , as well as inescrutable scenes . Roeg was a prestigious cameraman who made a few good movies as "Castaway" , "Eureka", "Performance" , "Insignificance" and his most known films : "Man who fell to Earth" , along with this "Don't Look Now" . Rating : 6.5/10 , attractive film , being stunning to watch , though if you demand a logical plot with an equally adequate conclusion, you will find this movie irritating. However , if you let its fantastic and enthralling magic seduce you , you'll understand why it has been deemed a Cult Movie . Well worth seeing .
This is an overlong psychological creepyfest with surreal magic , suspense , tension , intrigue , intense acting , fine camera work , and a chilling finale . Adding some strong and steamy love scenes that caused huge scandal by the time and became the object of much gossip . Being based on the supernatural novel by Daphne Du Maurier , taking parts here and there of its plot , including the surprising climax . Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie give fine interpretations , making this movie a must-see . They are well accompanied by a good support cast , mainly Italian actors , as Massimo Serato, Renato Escarpa , Leopoldo Trieste and Hilary Mason.
Gorgeous cinematography showing splendidly streets , bridges , canals , corridors from Venice , and beautifully photographed by Anthony B. Richmond . This nice motion picture was competently directed by Nicolas Roeg , but being slow-moving and packs some flaws , as well as inescrutable scenes . Roeg was a prestigious cameraman who made a few good movies as "Castaway" , "Eureka", "Performance" , "Insignificance" and his most known films : "Man who fell to Earth" , along with this "Don't Look Now" . Rating : 6.5/10 , attractive film , being stunning to watch , though if you demand a logical plot with an equally adequate conclusion, you will find this movie irritating. However , if you let its fantastic and enthralling magic seduce you , you'll understand why it has been deemed a Cult Movie . Well worth seeing .