“This is the one who’s blind. She’s the one that can see”
Following their daughter’s death, an English couple seek a fresh start in Venice. Soon however, the wintry mist latches onto them with no chance of escape. Full of seaweed and dust, Don’t Look Now is a film of its time. Yet it makes its mark thanks to the care of its artistic direction, its two actors of irresistible beauty and charm, and their perfectly chic clothes.
A work of grief, the film’s costumes reveal it rather as a work of ghosts. Very little black, a little red, a lot of brown – tweed-clad Englishmen, too elegant for this dying city.
For him: beige and brown herringboneV-shaped decorative pattern obtained by reproducing, after i More suit, camel cashmere v-neck, taupe and navy Prince of WalesGlen Urquhart tile pattern overlaid with a window tile patte More, flared trousers, an yellow-orange-red tartana colored plaid of varying sizes typical of the Celtic peopl More scarf, a midnight-blue three button overcoat in heavy woolcontinuous growth fiber of animal origin (alpaca, camel, Kas More, a flat rectangular watch, a sudden death in a cathedral.
For her: thick submariner rollnecks, snow-white wool polos, a black-and-white dogtooththe dogtooth is a dyed woven pattern with geometric shapes r More suit, nutmeg boots, belted raincoat, a herringbone polo-coat, a belief in the third eye.
For good measure: a shady priest with a fur collar, Graeme Clifford’s editing, the haircuts.
Though Nicolas Roeg’s talents have known better uses, Don’t Look Now deserves a careful watch for its Venetian apex: it is impossible not to love tweedwoolen fabric, more or less rustic, woven with multicolored More after watching it.
act. Julie Christie, act. Donald Sutherland. Don’t Look Now. 1973. 51 min.
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act. Donald Sutherland. Don’t Look Now. 1973. 22 min.
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act. Julie Christie, act. Donald Sutherland. Don’t Look Now. 1973. 25 min.
act. Donald Sutherland. Don’t Look Now. 60 min.
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act. Donald Sutherland. Don’t Look Now. 1973. 36 min.
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