Back Don't Look Now Afrikaans لا تنظر الآن (فيلم) Arabic ما تبصش دلوقتى ARZ Не поглеждай сега Bulgarian Amenaça a l'ombra Catalan A Venezia... Un Dicembre Rosso Shocking Welsh Rødt chok Danish Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen German Μετά τα Μεσάνυχτα Greek Don't Look Now Esperanto

Don't Look Now

This article is about the film. For the short story by Daphne du Maurier from which it is adapted and the collection it appears in, see Not After Midnight, and Other Stories. For other uses, see Don't Look Now (disambiguation).

Don't Look Now
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNicolas Roeg
Screenplay by
Based on"Don't Look Now"
by Daphne du Maurier
Produced byPeter Katz
Starring
CinematographyAnthony Richmond
Edited byGraeme Clifford
Music byPino Donaggio
Production
companies
  • Casey Productions
  • Eldorado Films
Distributed by
Release date
  • 16 October 1973 (1973-10-16)
Running time
110 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Italy[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget£566,501 ($1.3 million)

Don't Look Now (Italian: A Venezia... un Dicembre rosso shocking, lit. 'In Venice... a shocking red December') is a 1973 English-language thriller film directed by Nicolas Roeg, adapted from the 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier. Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland portray Laura and John Baxter, a married couple who travel to Venice following the recent accidental death of their daughter, after John accepts a commission to restore a church. They encounter two sisters, one of whom claims to be clairvoyant and informs them that their daughter is trying to contact them and warn them of danger. John at first dismisses their claims, but starts to experience mysterious sightings himself.

Don't Look Now is an exploration of the psychology of grief and the effect the death of a child can have on a relationship. The film is renowned for its innovative editing style, recurring motifs and themes, and for a controversial sex scene that was explicit for the era. It also employs flashbacks and flashforwards in keeping with the depiction of precognition, but some scenes are intercut or merged to alter the viewer's perception of what is really happening. It adopts an impressionist approach to its imagery, often presaging events with familiar objects, patterns and colours using associative editing techniques.

The film's reputation has grown in the years since its release and it is now considered a classic and an influential work in horror and British film.

  1. ^ "A Venezia... un dicembre rosso shocking (1973)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano On-Line. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BFI (ftvdb) was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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