Don’t Look Now
1973
Venice, Italy
Nicolas Roeg
Psychological Thriller
What’s it all about: After a drowning accident, Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie make the dubious choice of starting over in watery Venice. It’s the 70s, so while Julie gets high in the bathroom with an old lady and her blind sister, Donald has trippy visions, and they pass a lot of time naked and making love.
First Encounter: first viewing, a @meany_paul / @colleensherin reco
Prostitute Index: nil
Death By: creepy killer
Relics: making love to flute music, perms, everyday brown tweeds
Heartthrob: Julie Christie
LoFi Magic: slow-motion faint crash into a fully set table; match-cut suspense, slideshow horror
Makes me want to: listen to “Waterloo Sunset” by the Kinks
Candotti take: n/a
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes
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