Images recur from the opening sequence and from the rest of the film and we suddenly see, fully, in retrospect that all of the warning signs were leading up to this moment. [4] Vincent Canby, reviewer for The New York Times, on the other hand, criticised the film for a lack of suspense which he put down to a twist that comes halfway through rather than at the end, and at which point it "stops being suspenseful and becomes an elegant travelogue that treats us to second-sightseeing in Venice". [36], Donaggio won a "best soundtrack of the year" award for his work on the film, which gave him the confidence to quit his successful singing career and embark on a career scoring films. [12] Glass is frequently used as an omen that something bad is about to occur: just before Christine drowns, John knocks a glass of water over, and Johnny breaks a pane of glass; as Laura faints in the restaurant she knocks glassware off the table, and when John almost falls to his death in the church, a plank of wood shatters a pane of glass; finally, shortly before confronting the mysterious red clad figure, John asks the sisters for a glass of water, a piece of symbolism that prefigured Christine's death. Donaggio conceded that the more low-key theme worked better in the sequence and ditched the high strings orchestral piece, reworking it for the funeral scene at the end of the film. He felt it was handled too negatively and believed that Don't Look Now should be a more "educative film", and that the "characters should in some way benefit from ESP and not be destroyed by it". The editing of the films opening sequence, which features over 100 shots in only seven minutes, also primes us to look for these similarities. They looked so handsome and beautiful and yet they seemed to have a terrible problem and I watched them with sadness. Roegs characteristic editing technique which cuts images together perfectly replicates the complex interconnection of time in du Mauriers story. The story is detached, almost cursory. [28][3] It was released nationwide a few weeks later as the main feature of a double bill;[3] The Wicker Man was its accompanying B feature andlike Don't Look Nowwent on to achieve great acclaim. "Daphne du Maurier's genius lay in her plots, which she spun with astounding originality and ease. Daphne Du Maurier, Don't Look Now, Radio Drama Classic Serial: Don't Look Now Sun 9th Dec 2001, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM Daphne Du Maurier's chilling tale, dramatised in one episode by Ronald Frame. T his week sees the restored rerelease of Nicolas Roeg s eerie masterpiece Dont Look Now from 1973, adapted by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant from the short story by Daphne du Maurier. [58], 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. "[57] Roger Ebert in his review for the Chicago Sun-Times commented that Roeg is "a genius at filling his frame with threatening forms and compositions",[46] while Pauline Kael labelled him "chillingly chic" in hers. "[59], British critics were especially enthusiastic about Nicolas Roeg's direction. Filming began in England in December 1972, breaking off for Christmas, and resuming in January 1973 for seven more weeks in Italy. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Don't Look Now DVD 1973 Daphne Du Maurier Venice Horror Movie Classic at the best online prices at eBay! [36], Donaggio had no interest in making soundtracks for films at the time, but was introduced to Nicolas Roeg who decided to try him out and asked him to write something for the beginning of the film. "Daphne du Maurier's genius lay in her plots, which she spun with astounding originality and ease. [20], The score was composed by Pino Donaggio, a native Venetian who was a popular singer at the time (he had a hit with "lo Che Non Vivo" which was covered by Dusty Springfield in 1966 as "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"); prior to Don't Look Now, Donaggio had never scored a film. [25] Even Vincent Canby, whose opinion of the film was negative overall, praised Roeg for being able to "maintain a sense of menace long after the screenplay has any right to expect it". a.) The scene's much celebrated fragmented style, in which scenes of the couple having sexual intercourse are intercut with scenes of the couple post-coitally getting dressed to go out to dinner, partly came about through Roeg's attempt to accommodate the concerns of the censors: "They scrutinised it and found absolutely nothing they could object to. WebDu Maurier is of course world famous for many of her novels. In his view, Aldo "eliminat[es] a lot of the extreme gore and sex [associated with gialli], but still manages to create an aura of uneasiness with his Venetian locales just as Roeg did a year later". Web"Don't Look Now" is a terrifying and grimly absurdist tale of grief and human anxieties surrounding death, featuring a brilliantly-written married couple (du Maurier excels at the little lived-in details that bring these characters off the page) and an Danny Boyle cites Nicolas Roeg as a key influence on his work and counts it amongst his favourite films,[70][71] considering it to be "one of the masterpieces of the last century". [7] In Daphne du Maurier's novella it is Laura that wears a red coat, but in the film the colour is used to establish an association between Christine and the elusive figure that John keeps catching glimpses of. [43] The film cost $1.3 million to produce,[50] and recouped most of its expenses before it was even released due to the sale of the US distribution rights to Paramount. Extras include an introduction by film journalist Alan Jones, an audio commentary by director Nicolas Roeg, a retrospective documentary featurette ("Looking Back"), an extract from a 1980s documentary about Roeg ("Nothing is as it Seems"), and interviews with Donald Sutherland, composer Pino Donaggio ("Death in Venice"), scriptwriter Allan Scott, cinematographer Anthony Richmond and film director Danny Boyle, as well as a "compressed" version of the film made by Boyle for a BAFTA tribute. Leslie Flint, a direct voice medium based in Notting Hill, invited them to attend a session which he was holding for some American parapsychologists, who were coming over to observe him. It was first published in Britain by Gollancz (with a cover by Daphne du Maurier's daughter Flavia Tower), and in America by Doubleday under the title Don't Look Now. Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989)was the daughter of the legendary actor-manager Gerald du Maurier and granddaughter of George du Maurier, the author of the vastly successful late-Victorian novel Trilby and cartoonist for the magazine Punch. [53][54][55], A new DVD and Blu-ray release with a 4K digital restoration was released in 2015 by The Criterion Collection. In an addition to du Mauriers dialogue, Roeg has the psychic Heather declare that Venice is a city in aspic and that her sister hates it because it frightens her, too many shadows. Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland portray Laura and John Baxter, a married couple who travel to Venice following the recent accidental death of their daughter, after John accepts a commission to restore a church. Most notably both Christines rain coat and the dwarfs pixie hooded coat share this triangular shape. And unlike Hitchcock in his adaptation of Rebecca (1940), Roeg wasnt hampered by the requirements of the censors, despite the controversy caused by the notorious sex scene. [80] Ami Canaan Mann has also acknowledged she was influenced by atmospheric thrillers such as Picnic at Hanging Rock and Don't Look Now while directing her debut feature, Texas Killing Fields,[81] and Ari Aster acknowledged that it was a key influence on Hereditary. Laura is taken to the hospital, where she later tells John what Heather told her. The film encourages us to think about the extent to which things that look alike are in fact alike in meaning, or whether such deceptive similarities are designed to lead us astray, just like a little red dwarf As Mark Sanderson puts it, the opening sequence serves as a warning, blink and youll miss it (Sanderson, p. 31). Roeg and Christie went along and sat in a circle in the pitch dark and joined hands. [22] The film also takes a Hitchcockian approach to its mise en scne, 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 herboth physical realisations of what is going on in his head. The role of the dwarf murderess was played by Adelina Poerio and Massimo Serato played Bishop Barbarrigo, a character that was Roegs addition to du Mauriers plot. John and Laura Bennett are on holiday in Venice, trying to get over the tragic death of their daughter. The sisters subsequently warn the couple that they will be in danger if they remain in Venice and, much to Johns annoyance, they claim that he too has second sight. Roegs artistic decision to work in this way is reinforced in at the end of the film when John confronts the dwarf and is stabbed in the neck. Dont Look Now, opens with John, a British tourist in a small town outside of Venice, noticing two elderly twin sisters sitting at a nearby table. Jay Cocks regarded Don't Look Now to be Roeg's best work by far and that Roeg was one of "those rare talents that can effect a new way of seeing". Quotations from the Penguin edition, Dont Look Now and other stories (1973). He had been looking for a story that would complete in some way, or continue in some way, a line of thought (Milne and Houston interview, p.3). Christie was initially sceptical, but Roeg felt it would not make sense for the character to be heartbroken if she believed her husband and daughter were together in the afterlife. WebNot After Midnight, and other stories is a 1971 collection of five long stories by Daphne du Maurier. [20], The Venice locations included the Hotel Gabrielli Sandwirththe lobby and exteriors standing in for the film's fictional Europa Hotel, although the Baxters' suite was located at the Bauer Grunwald (which better accommodated the cameras)and the San Nicol dei Mendicoli (the Church of St. Nicholas of the Beggars), located on the outskirts of Venice. [99], Roeg frequently drew upon the world of pop music for his work, casting Mick Jagger in Performance, David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth and Art Garfunkel in Bad Timing, and in turn his films have served as inspiration for musicians. Daphne Du Maurier Don't Look Now: and Other Stories Kindle Edition by Daphne du Maurier (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 157 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $6.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial A married couple on holiday in Venice are caught up in a sinister series of events. Later that day, assuming that Laura is in England, John is shocked when he spots her on a passing boat in a funeral cortege, accompanied by the sisters. [76] Thematic and narrative similarities with Lars von Trier's Antichrist have also been observed,[77] with Antichrist's cinematographer, Anthony Dod Mantle, commenting that he has watched Don't Look Now more times than any other film. He and Laura, his wife, create wild scenarios to describe the sisters and their possible business in Torcello. [11] John's premonitions merge with the present, such as at the start of the film where the mysterious red-coated figure is seemingly depicted in one of his photographic slides, and when he 'sees' Laura on the funeral barge with the sisters and mistakenly believes he is seeing the present, but in fact it is a vision of the future. Dont look now, John said to his wife, but there are a couple of old girls two tables away who are trying to hypnotise me. On a more serious note, Daphne reflected later that it was a pity about the sexy bit though- so unnecessary and as Nina Auerbach points out, such changes to Du Mauriers works for film by directors such as Roeg and Hitchcock, can be seen to do her a disservice: Male directors may not deliberately falsify Daphne du Maurier but if we know her through their movies, we dont know her at all. It felt very brave to me, and I think it still holds up. It also employs flashbacks and flashforwards in keeping with the depiction of precognition, but some scenes are intercut or merged to alter the viewer's perception of what is really happening. a.) In the end, the scene was filmed in a water tank using three girls. After speaking to her to confirm she really is in England, a bewildered John returns to the police station to inform the police he has found his wife. in 1970. WebWenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen DVD von Daphne Du Maurier (u. Bart 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. Peter Katz, the film's producer, corroborated Sutherland's account that the sex was entirely simulated. One of du Mauriers most brilliant and disturbing works, Dont Look Now tells the story of married couple John and Laura who, while on holiday in Venice grieving the loss of their child, meet two sisters, one of whom is a psychic and claims to have seen their dead daughter sitting beside them. Standing at only 4'2" tall, she had a career as a singer. Roegs work on Franois Truffauts Fahrenheit 451 (1966) brought him into contact with Julie Christie, who played the starring role in Doctor Zhivago and in the adaptation of Thomas Hardys novel Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), for which Roeg once again did the cinematography. Laura encounters two elderly sisters, Heather (Hilary Mason) and Wendy (Clelia Matania), at a restaurant where she and John are dining; Heather claims to be psychic anddespite being blindinforms Laura she is able to "see" the Baxters' deceased daughter. Free delivery for many products. I'm going to keep this short. [20], Don't Look Now is particularly indebted to Alfred Hitchcock, exhibiting several characteristics of the director's work. In the end, Roeg only cut nine frames from the sequence, and the film was awarded an R rating in the United States. A married couple on holiday in Venice are caught up in a sinister series of events. [82], Its imagery has been directly referenced in several works. In the 2007 stage play of Don't Look Now, written by Nell Leyshon and directed by Lucy Bailey, the play made a conscious effort to bypass the film and be a faithful adaptation of du Maurier's short story, but it did however retain the iconic red mac from the film as worn by the elusive childlike figure. Roeg felt that the exchange was more true to life in terms of what the characters would actually say to each other, and that the scripted version was "overwritten", so opted to ditch the scripted dialogue and included the real-life exchange instead. This story rolls out like an inescapable nightmare. The concept of Doppelgnger and duplicates feature prominently in the film: reproductions are a constantly recurring motif ranging from reflections in the water, to photographs, to police sketches and the photographic slides of the church John is restoring. Dont Look Now, opens with John, a British tourist in a small town outside of Venice, noticing two elderly twin sisters sitting at a nearby table. (p.7). When John freezes in shock, the dwarf pulls out a meat cleaver and cuts his throat. Daphne Du Maurier Don't Look Now: Selected Stories of Daphne du Maurier (New York Review Books Classics) Paperback October 28, 2008 by Daphne du Maurier (Author), Patrick McGrath (Introduction) 144 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover $9.19 42 Used from $7.94 3 Collectible from $19.00 Paperback John quickly leaves. In this way, just as past, present, and future merge and exist simultaneously in du Mauriers story, both adaptations can be seen as creative versions of that initial idea inspired by the observation of a real couple. [23] Roeg's use of colourespecially redcan be traced back to earlier work: both Performance and Walkabout feature scenes where the whole screen turns red, similar in nature to the scene during Christine's drowning when the spilt water on the church slide causes a reaction that makes italong with the whole screenturn completely red. In the original story, du Mauriers psychic sister describes Christine wearing the little blue-and-white dress with the puff sleeves that she wore at her birthday party and du Maurier reserves the shock of the colour red for Johns vision of Laura with the sisters on the ferry: Then he saw her. "Daphne du Maurier's genius lay in her plots, which she spun with astounding originality and ease. Daphne Du Maurier, Don't Look Now, Radio Drama Classic Serial: Don't Look Now Sun 9th Dec 2001, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM Daphne Du Maurier's chilling tale, dramatised in one episode by Ronald Frame. This has a dual effect on Johns relationship with the city because on the one hand his professional knowledge gives him a sense of authority and belonging but on the other, it emphasises his sense of dislocation when he gets lost in the backstreets or when he suddenly comes upon a familiar place without quite knowing how he got there. WebCollecting five stories of suspense, mystery and slow, creeping horror, Daphne Du Maurier's Don't Look Now and Other Stories includes an introduction by Susan Hill, author of The Woman in Black, in Penguin Modern Classics. For Heather herself, the canals and claustrophobic streets provide the perfect echo chamber that she can navigate by sound, and yet this is not reassuring for the viewer. Or perhaps, alternatively, that John lives on in the new life that may be forming in her body, as a result of their love-making. Its not a fluke that such interesting movies are made from her novels (Milne and Houston, p.3). WebDon't Look Now is a short story by Daphne Du Maurier that was made into the 1973 classic horror movie by Nicolas Roeg. After a break in filming to allow the crew to set up the equipment, Donald Sutherland returned to the set and commented that he did not like the church, to which Julie Christie retorted that he was being "silly", and the church was "beautiful". Certainly when Laura steps off the funeral barge, heedless of Heathers outstretched hand looking for assistance, she appears confident and self-assured, and entirely in command of the scene with her head held high. Here we jump instantaneously from England to Venice, from traumatic death to the continuation of life, but the impact of the opening scene lingers and it is meant to do so. Roeg rarely allows us to catch a glimpse of this glittering tourist city. Sometime after the drowning of their young daughter Christine (Sharon Williams) in an accident at their English country home, John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) and his grief-stricken wife Laura (Julie Christie) travel to Venice where John has accepted a commission from a bishop (Massimo Serato) to restore an ancient church. WebDon't Look Now And Other Stories By: Daphn du Maurier Narrated by: Michael Sinclair, Katherine Kellgren, James Langton Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins 3.9 (90 ratings) Try for $0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. WebDont Look Now And Other Stories Ebook Daphne Du Maurier Author: sportstown.sites.post-gazette.com-2023-04-05T00:00:00+00:01 Subject: Dont Look Now And Other Stories Ebook Daphne Du Maurier Keywords: dont, look, now, and, other, stories, ebook, daphne, du, maurier Created Date: 4/5/2023 12:31:29 AM The film is renowned for its innovative editing style, recurring motifs and themes, and for a controversial sex scene that was explicit by the standards of contemporary mainstream cinema. John sees the ghost of Christine in the figure of the dwarf and pursues her in the misplaced hope that by protecting the little figure he can somehow assuage his guilt for being unable to save his daughter. [64][65], Don't Look Now is also very well regarded by other industry professionals. Johns failure to heed the sisters warning leads to his untimely death at the hands of a dwarf murderess, whose seemingly innocent figure John mistook for a child in danger. [67] In 2012 Time Out also undertook a poll of the horror industry, in which more than 100 professionals who work within or have connections to the genre selected their favourite horror films, which saw Don't Look Now finish in twelfth position. Roeg was resistant to any changes and issued Sutherland an ultimatum. Two new documentaries are also included: the first documentary, "Something Interesting", features interviews with Anthony Richmond, Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie and Allan Scott about the making of the film; the second, "Nicolas Roeg: The Enigma of Film", features interviews with Danny Boyle and fellow film-maker Steven Soderbergh discussing Roeg's cinematic style. [15], Adelina Poerio was cast as the fleeting red-coated figure after Roeg saw her photo at a casting session in Rome. This terrifying addition to du Mauriers story turns out to have been perilously dangerous for Donald Sutherland who ended up filming the scene himself when it was revealed that the cord he was hanging on to was not really strong enough to bear his weight. 'In Venice a shocking red December') is a 1973 English-language film in the thriller genre directed by Nicolas Roeg, adapted from the 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier. After conducting a futile search for Laura and the sistersduring which he again sees the childlike figure in the red coatJohn contacts his son's school to enquire about his condition, only to discover that Laura is actually there. Roeg was enthusiastic about the result but the London-based producers were resistant to hiring someone who had no background in films. Changing meningitis to drowning enables Roeg to directly link her death to the waters of Venice, and water and reflections are one of the primary clusters of imagery in the film. [66] It also topped a similar list organised by Time Out London in 2011, in which 150 film industry professionals were polled. With scaffolding already in place, this church was in the process of being restored by the Venice in Peril fund, whose advert was fixed to the outside wall of the building and is visible in the film. Don't Look Now has been much admired by and an influence on subsequent filmmakers. Sutherland ended up doing it instead, and was attached to a kirby wire as a precaution in case he should fall. The film's reputation has grown in the years since its release and it is now considered a classic and an influential work in horror and British film. Although initially unavailable when approached for Dont Look Now, both Sutherland and Christie suddenly became free to work on the film, much to Roegs delight. [28][29] 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,[30] while Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland were cast in the principal roles. [72] Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, and Jeremy Dyson drew upon Don't Look Now considerably for their television series The League of Gentlemen; Pemberton ranks it among the top three British horror films of the 1960s and 1970s, and says that he wants things he has written to make audiences feel the way he felt when he watched The Wicker Man and Don't Look Now. I know I make the adaptors work more difficult by too often writing a story as a narrator or through a single characters mind, which necessitates further invention on the part of the adaptor, and director, to enable a story and its people to come alive, and here you have succeeded admirably, indeed added more depth to unconscious thoughts that might have been my own. (Shallcross, p.151). Ugo Mariotti, a casting director on the film, spotted Donaggio on a Vaporetto on the Grand Canal in Venice, and believing it to be a "sign", contacted him to see if he would be interested in working on the film. I just went blank and Nic [Roeg] shouted instructions." [36] Donaggio's score later achieved newfound recognition for its inclusion in the fourth episode of HBO series Euphoria; music supervisor Jen Malone noted that the cues used were the most difficult to obtain out of all of the music used in the series. At the end of the film, Laura is on the funeral barge and Roeg, much to Christies surprise, asked the actress to smile and in subsequent interviews, the director suggested that this might be read in a number of ways, all of which provide some comfort and hope for her character. [43][44] 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. [61] It was also nominated in the Best Motion Picture category at the 1974 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. Shaken, Laura returns to her table, then faints. [97] David Cronenberg regards it as the most frightening film he has seen,[98] and its influence has been detected on Cronenberg's The Brood. [15], Communication is a theme that runs through much of Nicolas Roeg's work, and figures heavily in Don't Look Now. Flatliners, a 1990 supernatural thriller directed by Joel Schumacher, also draws explicitly on the red-coated childlike figure by having a character terrorised by a child wearing a red coat;[86] coincidentally, the character who is being tormented is played by Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland's son. [30] Renato Scarpa was cast as Inspector Longhi, despite not being able to speak English and so he had no idea what he was saying in the film. This story rolls out like an inescapable nightmare. Alfred Hitchcock, Nicolas Roeg, and the others soften the works they adapt by adding to du Mauriers stark vision love stories she never conceived. Donaggio claims that since he was not very good at playing the piano, the pieces had an unsure style to them, perfect for the effect they were trying to capture. In his book Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob, (and Sex), Bart says he was on set on the day the scene was filmed and could clearly see Sutherland's penis "moving in and out of" Christie. Originally intended to show the gulf between John's and Laura's mental statesJohn's denial and Laura's inability to let gothe script included two pages of dialogue to illustrate John's unease at Laura's marked display of grief. [51] On completion of the restoration in 2001, the film was given another theatrical release. John Baxter is attempting to save the crumbling church but he is unable to save himself. Film and story share certain basic elements of plot and an ending of cruel surprise. Roeg served as the cinematographer on Petulia, which incidentally also starred Julie Christie, and Gibbs went on to edit Performance and Walkabout for Roeg. In Venice, John is similarly forewarned but this time he refuses to listen, instead convincing himself that the figure in red needs his help. The film is renowned for its innovative editing style, recurring motifs and themes, and for a controversial sex scene that was explicit by the standards of contemporary mainstream cinema. The discovery of San Nicol was particularly fortuitous since it was being renovated and the scaffolding was already in place, the circumstances lending themselves well to the plot of the film. [4][38], The sex scene remained controversial for some years after the film's release. For the short story by Daphne du Maurier from which it is adapted and the collection it appears in, see, (Winners and nominees search on title: Don't Look Now), "A Venezia un dicembre rosso shocking (1973)", "The sexual power and terror that produced a classic", "The Diffusion of Giallo in Nicolas Roeg's 'Don't Look Now', "Labyrinthine 'Look' Is Back Roeg's '73 thriller reprised at Castro", "Don't Look Now: No 3 best horror film of all time", "Forthcoming Peter Bart Book Answers Long-Simmering Question About Julie Christie Sex Scene", "Donald Sutherland Unequivocally Denies 'Don't Look Now' Sex (Again)", "Don't Look Now (1973) The Criterion Collection", "Don't Look Now (1973) Film:'Don't Look Now,' a Horror Tale:Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie in Leads The Cast Suspense Yarn Turns Into a Travelogue", British Academy of Film and Television Arts, "The Greatest Films Poll: Don't Look Now", "The Greatest Films of All Time: Don't Look Now", "The 100 best horror films: the full list 201", "Co-Creator Ryan Murphy Interview: American Horror Story", "Film favourites: Politicians to pop stars reveal the movies that changed their life", "The League of Gentlemen: A league of their own", "Don't Stop Screaming: The 'Glee' Guys Introduce Their 'American Horror Story', "VIFF: Antichrist: A pew in satan's church", "Cannes sensation Lynne Ramsay finds inspiration in her own family drama", "Flatliners (1990) Review/Film; Young Doctors Explore the Boundary Between Life and Death", "Story of the Scene: 'Don't Look Now' Nicolas Roeg (1973)", "Nicolas Roeg: 'I don't want to be ahead of my time', "David Cronenberg: 'My imagination is not a place of horror', "Ice queen: Sophie Ellis-Bextor, pop's coolest diva", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Look_Now&oldid=1147237963, Films based on works by Daphne du Maurier, Articles containing Italian-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 29 March 2023, at 17:26. 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