Wolfgang

It is intellectual horror.

patacake

Now that is a whole new can of worms.

James Fox

The film taps into men's fear of midgets...

Actually I don't really find it scary at all. I've always thought at heart "Don't Look Now," "Walkabout," "Man Who Fell," Bad Timing," etc. were strange love stories.

quippy

I think there are two reasons why its so scary to men.

Firstly the threat is ambiguous. There isn't a big nasty monster, just a gradually increasing sense of dread and impending disaster.

Secondly, despite doing his level best to keep the relationship together, the man is still beset by intangible forces of evil that are bent on destroying what's left of his family. I mean, as if it isn't enough to lose your daughter!

Men like a concrete, tangible basis for everything. That's why DLN is so unsettling.

patacake

Well, that would make sense, though most of my female friends are very down to earth (apart from the writers/actors/ artists among them..anyone who thinks they can earn a living in the arts needs their head examining! ) but you might be right about the family connection, as the ones I've discussed it with mostly have been working females without a family, like myself, or singles, so the threat to the family wouldn't be foremost in their minds perhaps. The men I knew who have found it threatening have come from a wide range of occupations, though..lecturers, actors, soicitors, etc. Hmmm...very interesting (as they say).

Shandonbelle

I really like this film, another poster asked whether men/women find it scary...I found it sinister but not scary, seeing the red hooded child always darting out of sight, it certainly builds tension and is sooo atmospheric, and the natural attraction between Christie and Sutherland makes it very real and convincing I think.

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Wolfgang

Montage from Don't Look Now spliced with Moby's "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?". I think it is rather good.


This chap has some other good videos up too.

thatllbetheday

You could be on to something there. Nicolas Roeg only added the famous bed scene because, when he saw the finished film, he felt he had not sufficiently established the strong bond between the husband and wife. He obviously thought it was an important element.

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