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Originally Posted by Tommy Jarvis
Don’t Look Now (1973) ★★★★½
Say what you will, but the best seventies films had an aesthetic that has since then never been rivaled or paralelled.
There is a lot to say about this film.
I don't know if the story it was based on was set in Venice. I kind of hope it was not, because it would make it a stroke of genius. The setting gives the story an undeniable beauty. Maybe one of the best commercials for visiting Venice, outside the season.
From there, it's a small leap to the storytelling and the performances by the actors. Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland share a chemistry that I cannot remember seeing in a romcom or a self-professed romantic movie. It shows two people that really love each other and both deal with their trauma in a different way. Julie Christie's character seems to want to embrace her trauma, while Sutherland's character seems to want shut himself off. Only to see it turn into something that would now be considered close to PTSD.
For a horror, it has a relatively small death toll. But the final kill does offer a beautiful scene. With a Saw-like quick editing, suggesting his life flashing before his eyes.
A beautiful story. Well recommended.
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It's been awhile since I saw this...will have to check it out again.
And like You, I'm very pleased the Board is up and running. Good to see Your reviews again
...Sculpt, Hammerfan and Bloof...where are You?
SEASON OF THE WITCH (1972). Early George Romero film that was marketed as a Horror movie and all but disappeared. Watching it again on YOUTUBE, it's better if You view it more as a character study. An unappreciated Wife/Mother decides to spread her wings and may have bitten off than She could chew. Very much a Woman's Lib film, it has some unnecessary scenes and vagueness that Romero could indulge in during his early period. But worth seeing and better than I remember it being. ***