"and at which point it ""stops being suspenseful and becomes an elegant travelogue that treats us to second-sightseeing in Venice"". Canby also suggested that second sight was not convincing on screen, since it appeared simply like flash-forward which is a standard story-telling device in films, and concluded that ""Not only do you probably have better things to do, but so, I'm sure, do most of the people connected with the film."" British critics were especially enthusiastic about Nicolas Roeg's direction. In the view of Tom Milne of ""Monthly Film Bulletin"", Roeg's combined work on ""Performance"", ""Walkabout"" and ""Don't Look Now"""
"in his BFI Modern Classics essay on the film, finds parallels with Nietzsche's ""Beyond Good and Evil"". ""Don't Look Now"" was produced by Peter Katz through London-based Casey Productions and Rome-based Eldorado Films. The script based on the short story by Daphne du Maurier was offered to Nicolas Roeg by scriptwriter Allan Scott, who had co-written the screenplay with Chris Bryant, while Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland were cast in the principal roles. Filming began in England in December 1972, breaking off for Christmas, and resuming in January 1973 for seven more weeks in Italy. ""Don't Look Now"" was to"
"visual references to ""Don't Look Now"", namely the usage of the raincoat which is featured on the villains in both films. In developing the character of Alice, Sole and screenwriter Ritvo aspired to create a ""child who has been neglected, and who could go either way,"" dividing the audience in regards to her guilt or innocence in the crimes committed. Sole chose to set the film in 1960s-era Paterson, New Jersey, his hometown, and culled much of the family drama and dynamics from his own Italian-Catholic upbringing. The character of Mrs. Tredoni, the villain, was based on a woman who"
"Don't Look Now (1983 TV series) Don't Look Now is an American national children's sketch comedy show produced for PBS by WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, and created by Geoffrey Darby and Roger Price. It is a clone of their program for CTV and Nickelodeon, ""You Can't Do That on Television"". The first episode aired on October 2, 1983, and showed its final episode on October 30, 1983. It was originally slated to be called ""Don't Tell Your Mother"", but was later changed to its final title, ""Don't Look Now"", due to PBS executives' concern that the title would encourage children"
"and could clearly see Sutherland's penis ""moving in and out of"" Christie. Bart also reiterated Warren Beatty's discontent, noting that Beatty had contacted him to complain about what he perceived to be Roeg's exploitation of Christie, and insisting that he be allowed to help edit the film. Sutherland subsequently issued a statement through his publicist stating that the claims were not true, and that Bart did not witness the scene being filmed. Peter Katz, the film's producer, corroborated Sutherland's account that the sex was entirely simulated. ""Don't Look Now""—marketed as a ""psychic thriller""—was released in London's West End on 16"
"Flint was an avid fan of Rudolph Valentino and acquired the only known copy of footage from ""The Young Rajah"". Flint was wealthy and lived in a mansion house at Westbourne Terrace near London Paddington station. The mansion had been formerly occupied by the actor George Arliss. During pre-production for the 1973 film ""Don't Look Now"", director Nicolas Roeg and actress Julie Christie were invited by Flint to a séance he was holding for some American parapsychologists who were coming to observe him. Roeg and Christie attended and sat in a circle in the pitch dark and joined hands. Flint"
"not discuss. Meanwhile, local backwater town sheriff Reed Morgan (Baer) is preparing to bring his son Luke (Leif Garrett) home from military school. Hunting season begins the next day and he buys Luke a new shotgun. When Chris, Jenny and Wayne experience car trouble, they must wait in Sheriff Morgan's town. Unable to repair the car themselves, they scrape together enough money to get it patched up by garage owner Hamp (Geoffrey Lewis). Waiting at the garage, they are informally threatened by Morgan, who says they could be picked up for vagrancy if they decide to stick around. Not interested"
"a Hitchcockian approach to its mise en scène, by manifesting its protagonist's psychology in plot developments: in taking their trip to Venice the Baxters have run away from personal tragedy, and are often physically depicted as running to and from things during their stay in Venice; the labyrinthine geography of Venice causes John to lose his bearings, and he often becomes separated from Laura and is repeatedly shown to be looking for her—both physical realisations of what is going on in his head. Nicolas Roeg had employed the fractured editing style of ""Don't Look Now"" on his previous films, ""Performance"""
"him as such. In 1999, the British Film Institute acknowledged Roeg's importance in the British film industry by respectively naming ""Don't Look Now"" and ""Performance"" the 8th and 48th greatest British films of all time in its Top 100 British films poll. Roeg was born in St John's Wood in north London on 15 August 1928 to Jack Nicolas Roeg and Mabel Gertrude (née Silk). His father was of Dutch ancestry and worked in the diamond trade, but lost a lot of money when his investments failed in South Africa. Roeg had said that he entered the film industry only"
"provided by the Mable Louise Riley Foundation, a Boston-based foundation with interest in children and youth. Additional funding was provided by public television stations and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Don't Look Now (1983 TV series) Don't Look Now is an American national children's sketch comedy show produced for PBS by WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, and created by Geoffrey Darby and Roger Price. It is a clone of their program for CTV and Nickelodeon, ""You Can't Do That on Television"". The first episode aired on October 2, 1983, and showed its final episode on October 30, 1983. It was originally"
"Not Now, Darling (film) Not Now, Darling is a 1973 British comedy film adapted from the play of the same title by John Chapman and Ray Cooney. The plot is a farce centered on a fur coat shop in central London. A loosely related sequel ""Not Now, Comrade"" was released in 1976. It was the last film to feature appearances by Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert who had been a leading celebrity couple in the 1930s and 1940s. Gilbert Bodley (Leslie Phillips) plans to sell an expensive mink to mobster Harry McMichaell (Derren Nesbitt), dirt cheap, for his wife Janie"
"return to the screen in Roeg's horror film ""Don't Look Now"", playing the role of an ineffectual headmaster. The Tree family manor provided the exterior and interior for the opening sequences as did his lake, where the red anoraked girl drowns. Tree was deeply contented in his home life, his 63-year marriage and his passionate interests in gardening, natural history, ecology, history and the career of his renowned grandfather. He died at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn Garden City three-and-a-half months after his 94th birthday, leaving his wife, Mary, daughters Belinda, Gay and Vicken, and son James. Another"
"would never return to again. Maine coastal town Harrison Bay is broke, so deputy mayor Drew Cabot (James Thomas) arranges a deal with a contractor to develop the abandoned lighthouse for tourism. Father Hendry (Lawrence Dane) fails to convince the town council to veto the project. The town wants to open the lighthouse back up but someone from Katelyn's foggy past warns her to stop them! What they don't tell her is ""why"". Katelyn is forced to confront the evil that lurks within the lighthouse when some of the developers slowly begin to disappear. What she discovers is a family"
"Donaggio became a regular composer for Brian De Palma films and credits Nicolas Roeg with giving him his first lesson in writing film scores, and expressed a desire to work with him again. ""Don't Look Now"" has become famous for a sex scene involving Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, which caused considerable controversy prior to its release in 1973. British tabloid newspaper, the ""Daily Mail"", observed at the time ""one of the frankest love scenes ever to be filmed is likely to plunge lovely Julie Christie into the biggest censorship row since ""Last Tango in Paris"""". The scene was unusually"
"about the editing, writing that it is ""careful and painstaking (the classically brilliant and erotic love-making scene is merely one of several examples) and plays a vital role in setting the film's mood"". Daphne du Maurier was pleased with the adaptation of her story, and wrote to Nicolas Roeg to congratulate him for capturing the essence of John and Laura's relationship. The film was not received well by Venetians, particularly the councillors who were afraid it would scare away tourists. At the 27th British Academy Film Awards, Anthony B. Richmond won for Best Cinematography, and ""Don't Look Now"" received further"
"Do Not Disturb (1965 film) Do Not Disturb is a DeLuxe Color CinemaScope (1965) romantic comedy film directed by Ralph Levy, starring Doris Day and Rod Taylor as Janet and Mike Harper, a married couple who relocate to England when Mike is transferred by the company for which he works. American couple Mike and Janet Harper (Rod Taylor and Doris Day) move to England for Mike's work, a company that deals in textiles and fashions. Mike wants them to live in a flat in the heart of London, but Janet, who is not a big-city girl, instead finds them a"
"and dangerous happenings that seem to center around the retro Hotel Cortez in downtown Los Angeles, California, initially built as a secret torture chamber to fulfill the violent desires of founder James March (Evan Peters). Detective John Lowe (Wes Bentley) arrives at the hotel, based on intel from an anonymous tip, to investigate a grisly string of murders, each of which exemplify a sin in violation of one of the Ten Commandments. He has become estranged from his wife Alex (Chloe Sevigny), who suffers from depression, and his daughter Scarlett (Shree Crooks), after the disappearance of their son Holden (Lennon"
"move to a poorer section of the East Side in New York City. His sister, Kay (Helen Parrish) resorts to dancing in a burlesque theater after she is fired from her job. Her former fiance, Paul Wilson (Robert Wilcox), still cares for her and wants to help her, but she avoids him because of the shame she is feeling. Johnny tries to enlist his fellow newsboy friends to help prove his father's innocence. They try to convince the judge, but are unsuccessful. In frustration, Johnny tosses a brick through the judge's car window, which begins his life of crime. He"
"Do Not Disturb (2013 film) Do Not Disturb (originally New Terminal Hotel) is an American horror thriller film written and directed by BC Furtney. The film was originally released on March 23, 2010 as ""New Terminal Hotel"" but was edited for an August 6, 2013 DVD release through Image Entertainment as ""Do Not Disturb"". The movie stars Stephen Geoffreys as a man out to get revenge for the death of his girlfriend. The film is also known for being one of the last film performances of actor Corey Haim before his death in 2010. When his girlfriend gets murdered, Don"
"Don't Look Down (film) Don't Look Down is a 1998 American horror television film directed by Larry Shaw and produced by Wes Craven. It originally aired on 29 October 1998 on ABC. The film is about a woman who is struggling to cope with the death of her sister and joins a group for sufferers of acrophobia. However, it appears her problems may only be starting. The film used locations in Vancouver and at the University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George in Canada. The film starts with Carla, her sister and her boyfriend on a road trip in the"
"Never Look Away (film) Never Look Away () is a 2018 German drama film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. It was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. It was also selected as the German entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, making the December shortlist. Inspired by the life of Gerhard Richter, the story follows art student Kurt Barnert in post-war East Germany. He falls in love with fellow student Ellie Seeband, but her father, Professor Carl Seeband, opposes their relationship. Complications arise as"
"Don't Look Back (2009 film) Don't Look Back () is a 2009 French thriller film directed by Marina de Van and starring Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci. Written by Jacques Akchoti and Marina de Van, the film is about a wife and mother of two children who suddenly notices changes to the way the family home is arranged and feels that her body is transforming without anyone around her noticing it. While others believe her perceptions are due to fatigue and stress, she is sure that something more profound is happening, and her search to understand these mysterious perceptions prompts"
"look like murder. Reardon is imprisoned, but the marshal, Matt Crawford (Paul Birch) is sympathetic to Reardon and lets him escape to pursue Keefer. The film, set in and about Laredo, Texas, also stars Ron Hayes as Walt Keefer and Don C. Harvey as Deputy Dave. Knapp played the coroner 'Morty' in Roman Polanski's 'Chinatown'. (1974) Other film roles included ""Hot Car Girl"" as Detective Lieutenant Ryan (1958), ""The Threat"" as Steve Keenan (1960), and ""The Stoolie"" as ""Big Daddy"" (1972). He appeared in numerous other films without credit. In 1955, Knapp appeared as the controversial outlaw, gunfighter, and marshal"
"of hell, speculating that it is an eternity in the city of Bruges, and declares that he really hoped he wouldn't die. The plot has similarities to Harold Pinter's 1957 one-act play ""The Dumb Waiter"". The film also contains many references to the 1973 Nicolas Roeg film ""Don't Look Now"", including the claim by Chloë that the film-within-a-film is almost a homage to it. The film contains many visual allusions to the work of Hieronymus Bosch, and at one point displays a Bosch painting of the Last Judgement. In Bruges: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack to the film"
"talked about films together. ""She was a Catholic and we would talk about the Catholic church, religion and stuff like that. Then we started talking about films and theater and I discovered she had a great love of horror films,"" Sole recalled. The two began meeting during weekends and workshopping the screenplay together. At the time, Sole was working as an architect in New Jersey. Sole stated that he was inspired to make the film after seeing Nicolas Roeg's 1973 thriller, ""Don't Look Now"", based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. As a result, ""Alice, Sweet Alice"" makes several"
"York City, distracted only by the fact that a concert by their favorite pop idol Barbie Sunday has suddenly been canceled. Determined to raise cash to buy a pair of the newest Barbie Sunday dress, the duo takes on a new hit job offered to them by their handler Russ (Danny Trejo). The target is a mysterious unnamed loner (James Gandolfini) who stole from rival boss, Donnie. A sudden and unexpected empathy after finding out about their quite unusual mark's pancreatic cancer and the estrangement from his daughter leads the two girls into an unexpected journey of self-examination, catapulting the"
"is traumatized from the experience and begins to question the beliefs of his religion. In Tucson, Arizona, David Young (Nathan Stevens), former town marshal of Cokeville, Wyoming, tests a bomb he made on an old bus, which succeeds. He then expresses his triumph with his second wife, Doris (Kymberly Mellen). In Cokeville, Ron is playing with his two children; Cindy (Alexa Rae) and Jason (Kimball Stinger). When the family's nightly prayer comes, Ron refuses to say it, as he is questioning his faith due to all the horrible things he's seen. His wife Claudia (Sarah Kent) is worried for him."
"Chicago. Both are swiftly acquainted with the corruption and violence of Gotham City, with Gordon witnessing his partner Detective Arnold Flass assaulting a teen for fun. Bruce goes in disguise on a surveillance mission in the seedy East End, where teenage prostitute Holly Robinson propositions him. He is drawn into a brawl with her pimp and several prostitutes, including dominatrix Selina Kyle. One of the two reporting police officers shoot him and take him in their squad car, but a dazed and bleeding Wayne maneuvers his handcuffed hands in front of himself, and demands the police get out. The cops"
"nominations in the Best Film, Direction, Actor, Actress, Sound Track and Film Editing categories. It was also nominated in the Best Motion Picture category at the 1974 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. The reputation of ""Don't Look Now"" has grown since its release and it is now regarded as a key work in horror cinema. It has led to some critics re-evaluating their original opinions of it: Roger Ebert, nearly thirty years after his original review, stated that he had come to an ""accommodation"" with his reservations about what he termed the ""admitted weakness of the denouement"". Having gone through the"
"be a hideous female dwarf, and while John is frozen in terror the dwarf pulls out a meat cleaver and cuts his throat. As the life drains from him, John realises too late that the strange sightings he has been experiencing were premonitions of his own murder and funeral. ""Don't Look Now"" ostensibly is an occult thriller, but the genre conventions of the Gothic ghost story primarily serve to explore the minds of a grief-stricken couple. The film's director, Nicolas Roeg, was intrigued by the idea of making ""grief into the sole thrust of the film"", noting that ""Grief can"
"then, the main canon has consisted of six feature films, in addition to several short films, comic books, and a short-lived animated TV series. The View Askewniverse is centered on the towns of Leonardo, Highlands, and Red Bank, all located in Monmouth County, central New Jersey. ""Chasing Amy"" also takes place partly in New York, and both ""Dogma"" and ""Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"" involve road trips. ""Clerks"" is the first film in the series of the View Askewniverse. It follows a day in the lives of two store clerks, Dante Hicks (Brian O'Halloran) and Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson)."
"Vermont, a quiet New England town in northeastern United States in autumn and checks into a hotel showing clear signs of emotional distress. He tries to forget his troubles by drawing the eccentric town residents and asks for ""rubbers"" instead of erasers at a store, causing the small-town locals to go on alert. The casual request embodies cultural differences with Americans and Brits and causes some misunderstandings between the characters. The quirky outlandish hotel manager, Joanie (Mary Steenburgen) sees the state he is in and calls over her friend Mandy, a therapist, to talk with him and take his mind"
"Pärt. The title is the English meaning of the city of Schenectady, New York, which is derived loosely from a Mohawk word for ""place beyond the pine plains."" In 1997, Luke Glanton (Gosling) is a motorcycle stuntman. In Schenectady, New York, Luke reunites with his ex-lover Romina Gutierrez (Mendes), who is dating another man named Kofi Kancam (Ali). Luke discovers that Romina has a baby son named Jason that he fathered which she never revealed to him, so Luke quits his job to stay with Romina and their son. Luke begins working part-time for auto mechanic Robin Van Der Hook"