tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post4861738618502334929..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Don't Look NowEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-32702740044093671282011-04-09T18:23:54.498-04:002011-04-09T18:23:54.498-04:00Troy, I loved that scene too, and like you I immed...Troy, I loved that scene too, and like you I immediately thought of <i>Mulholland Dr.</i> - Lynch all but quotes that scene when he abruptly cuts away to the elderly couple cackling with sinister grins in the back of their limo, a similarly unexplained and inexplicable moment. It's arguably more jarring in the Roeg since the film has a general realist atmosphere that occasionally gets torn Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-34310051677618419792011-04-09T15:29:40.270-04:002011-04-09T15:29:40.270-04:00I'm not sure if there is another film that so ...I'm not sure if there is another film that so effortlessly slides from emotional horror for the majority of the film to the shocking moment of visceral horror at the end. It makes it all the more effective.<br /><br />It also stands that setting the film in Venice is as important as anything else that makes the film so great -- as you note the city is able to give off the aura of decay and Troy Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843741571724231174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-27720849873101937482011-04-01T09:45:26.806-04:002011-04-01T09:45:26.806-04:00Haha Sam if you've seen it that many times it&...Haha Sam if you've seen it that many times it's probably safe to say your opinion isn't going to change at this point. I can't imagine returning that many times to a film I don't like, with each new viewing merely confirming it.<br /><br />I think this is a great film, but I did have a similar reaction to you to Roeg's <i>Bad Timing</i>, which many adore but I thought was Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-37511040303467934172011-04-01T09:31:30.938-04:002011-04-01T09:31:30.938-04:00I'm cowering in a corner, waiting for the coas...I'm cowering in a corner, waiting for the coast to clear. I never cared for this convoluted and emotionally distancing film, but you have proven here that's theres so much more than just a kneww jerk reaction. But truth be said, as I mentioned under the film's supreme placement in WitD's horror poll by Jamie Uhler, my reaction is based on several viewings, including an initial Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-3985241992000115032011-04-01T09:19:20.107-04:002011-04-01T09:19:20.107-04:00The ending is great, and so baffling/bizarre. It d...The ending is great, and so baffling/bizarre. It doesn't just fail to explain things, it creates whole new mysteries.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-62838541619352352682011-04-01T04:38:46.742-04:002011-04-01T04:38:46.742-04:00A couple dealing with the death of their child sta...A couple dealing with the death of their child starring D. Sutherland?, comparable I think to Ordinary People (1980), the theme.<br /> <br />The use of the colour red is very memorable in Don't look now, I agree. What I remeber most is the ending. I like psychological horror films that don't explain everything.<br /><br />I always muddle up Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, with this Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-76517061136925050042011-03-31T19:54:38.562-04:002011-03-31T19:54:38.562-04:00Yes, that sex scene is very hard to forget. It'...Yes, that sex scene is very hard to forget. It's just an amazing sequence, and a really wonderful encapsulation of married love. With all the grief and horror and dread in this movie, it's shocking to suddenly have such a tender and sensual scene. Tinged though it is with the darker emotions that surround it on all sides, it still shines as a very bright if fleeting light.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-79867443847031333322011-03-31T09:05:49.933-04:002011-03-31T09:05:49.933-04:00Everyone who has seen this film rememebrs the love...Everyone who has seen this film rememebrs the love scene -- with great affection. I can't think of very many films that even so much as tocuh on married love. And here's its especially striking in that showing it backwards dramatizes the grief that hangs over the couple like a shroud.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com