I disagree with the first two paragraphs (looking dated isn't necessarily a bad thing, given the turns cinema has taken over the last 30 years), but I think the remainder of this review of Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now (part of a heavy movie day for Armand, as Binky and I went to see For Your Consideration this afternoon) captures the film quite well. While it might often be classified as a horror movie, it's really much more a mood movie - though of course the dominant mood is one that's quite unsettled and unsettling. I actually like the unusual editing a great deal, and the overall the look of the movie is excellent (makes sense I guess as Roeg started as a cameraman and cinematographer). The settings are perfectly chosen, he manages movement in really interesting ways, and really there's not a moment in the film that's not "right". It works marvelously well as a whole, which is an extraordinary accomplishment given the story and the style it's constructed in. And of course I quite agree with the review about the sex scene. It's very well done, vital to the film, and quite unlike much of anything you'd see in a movie today where nudity and sex are concerned. Actually little in this film's like something you'd see at the movies today - and that's a pity.
Posted by armand at January 7, 2007 10:19 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Movies