<DIV>Don't Look Now, released in 1973, confirmed director Nicolas Roeg as one of the<BR>most stylish and innovative British directors of the postwar period. Adapted<BR>from a short story by Daphne du Maurier, it is both a complex study of how<BR>people come to terms with grief and a chilling tale of murder set among the<BR>canals and churches of Venice. Featuring telling performances by Julie Christie<BR>and Donald Sutherland as the couple whose daughter has tragically died,<BR>Don't Look Now depicts the way in which the macabre and the everyday are<BR>intertwined.<BR><br><BR>In his lucid, subtle account, Mark Sanderson describes the collaboration<BR>between director and actors that sustained the film's emotional richness.<BR>He returns to du Maurier's original text and to the traditions of Gothic writing<BR>that underpin Don't Look Now's combination of horror, melodrama and black<BR>comedy. Sanderson examines the film's intricate visual style, uncovering the<BR>way in which particular motifs are used to amplify its depiction of two terrible<BR>deaths. He finds compensation for the film's grimly fatalistic view of life in its<BR>celebration of sexual relationships and the power of recollection. The book<BR>includes an exclusive and in-depth interview with Roeg as well as rare and<BR>unpublished comments from Christie.<BR><br><BR>In his foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th<BR>anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Jason Wood places Don't Look Now<BR>in the context of Roeg's film-making careeer, and draws upon Roeg's revealing<BR>insights into the film's production.</DIV>