Editing Don't Look Now (section)

{{Short description|1973 film by Nicolas Roeg}}
{{About|the film|the short story by Daphne du Maurier from which it is adapted and the collection it appears in|Not After Midnight, and Other Stories|other uses}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Don't Look Now
| image          = Dont_look_movieposter.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Nicolas Roeg]]
| screenplay     = {{plainlist|
* [[Allan Scott (Scottish screenwriter)|Allan Scott]]
* [[Chris Bryant (writer)|Chris Bryant]]
}}
| based_on       = {{based on|"[["Don't Look Now"|Don't Look Now]]"|[[Daphne du Maurier]]}}
| producer       = Peter Katz
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [[Julie Christie]]
* [[Donald Sutherland]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Anthony Richmond]]
| editing        = [[Graeme Clifford]]
| music          = [[Pino Donaggio]]
| studio         = {{plainlist|
* Casey Productions
* Eldorado Films
}}
| distributor    = {{plainlist|
* [[British Lion Films]] (United Kingdom)
* F.A.R. International Films (Italy)<ref name=Archivio>{{cite web | title=A Venezia... un dicembre rosso shocking (1973) | work=Archivio del Cinema Italiano On-Line | url=http://www.archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it/index.php/scheda.html?codice=AG3441| access-date= 15 November 2019 }}</ref>
}}
| country        = {{plainlist|
* United Kingdom
* Italy<ref name="BFI (ftvdb)"/>
}}
| released       = {{Film date|1973|10|16|df=y}}
| runtime        = 110 minutes
| language       = English
| budget         = £566,501 ($1.3 million)
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Don't Look Now''''' ({{langx|it|A Venezia... un Dicembre rosso shocking|lit=In Venice... a shocking red December}}) is a 1973 English-language [[thriller film|thriller]] film<!-- PLEASE DO NOT ALTER THE GENRE WITHOUT DISCUSSING ON THE TALK PAGE--> directed by [[Nicolas Roeg]], adapted from [["Don't Look Now"|the 1971 short story]] by [[Daphne du Maurier]]. [[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. They encounter two sisters, one of whom claims to be [[Clairvoyance|clairvoyant]] and informs them that their daughter is trying to contact them and warn them of danger. John at first dismisses their claims, but starts to experience mysterious sightings himself.

''Don't Look Now'' is an exploration of the psychology of grief and the effect the death of a child can have on a relationship. The film is renowned for its innovative editing style, recurring motifs and themes, and for a controversial sex scene that was explicit for the era. 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. It adopts an impressionist approach to its imagery, often presaging events with familiar objects, patterns and colours using associative editing techniques.

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.