|
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.
__________________
|