October 15, 2019 (XXXIX:8) Nicolas Roeg: DON’T LOOK NOW (1973, 110m) The version of this Goldenrod Handout sent out in our Monday mailing, and the one online, has hot links. Spelling and Style—use of italics, quotation marks or nothing at all for titles, e.g.—follows the form of the sources. DIRECTOR Nicolas Roeg WRITING Allan Scott and Chris Bryant wrote the screenplay based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier. PRODUCER Peter Katz MUSIC Pino Donaggio CINEMATOGRAPHY Anthony B. Richmond EDITING Graeme Clifford CAST Julie Christie...Laura Baxter Donald Sutherland...John Baxter Hilary Mason...Heather Clelia Matania...Wendy Massimo Serato...Bishop Barbarrigo Renato Scarpa...Inspector Longhi Giorgio Trestini...Workman Leopoldo Trieste...Hotel Manager David Tree...Anthony Babbage Ann Rye...Mandy Babbage Nicholas Salter...Johnny Baxter Sharon Williams...Christine Baxter highly influential filmmaker, with such directors as Steven Bruno Cattaneo...Detective Sabbione Soderbergh, Christopher Nolan, and Danny Boyle citing him Adelina Poerio...Dwarf as such. In 1999, the British Film Institute acknowledged Roeg's importance in the British film industry by respectively NICOLAS ROEG (b. August 15, 1928 in St John's Wood, naming Don't Look Now and Performance the 8th and 48th London, England, UK—d. November 23, 2018 (age 90) in greatest British films of all time in its Top 100 British films UK) was an English director (30 credits) and poll. These are some other films he directed: Eureka (1983), cinematographer (20 credits), best known for directing Roger Waters: 5:01AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Performance* (1970), Walkabout* (1971), Don't Look Now Pt. 10) (Short) (1984), Castaway (1986), Aria (segment "Un (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bad Timing ballo in maschera") (1987), Track 29 (1988), Cold Heaven (1980), and The Witches (1990). His 1985 film Insignificance, (1991), Heart of Darkness (TV Movie) (1993), Two Deaths screened in competition at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival, (1995), Full Body Massage (TV Movie) (1995), and Puffball: selected to compete for the Palme d'Or, imagines a meeting The Devil's Eyeball (2007). As mentioned before, he had a between Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Monroe's second career as a cinematographer and did cinematography for his husband Joe DiMaggio, and Senator Joseph McCarthy. first two films. These are some films he did cinematography Making his directorial debut 23 years after establishing for before becoming primarily a director: Information himself in the film industry as a cinematographer, Roeg Received (1961), Band of Thieves (1962), The Masque of the quickly became known for an idiosyncratic visual and Red Death (1964), Code 7, Victim 5 (1964), The Girl-Getters narrative style, characterized by the use of disjointed and (1964), Seaside Swingers (1964), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), A disorienting editing. For this reason, he was considered a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Roeg—DON’T LOOK NOW—2 Breakthrough (Short) (1966), Far from the Madding Crowd a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012), and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: (1967), Petulia (1968), and Glastonbury Fayre (1972). The Long Haul (2017). *Also cinematography PINO DONAGGIO (b. November 24, 1941 in Burano, Veneto, Italy) is an Italian musician, singer, and composer of film and television scores (210 credits). A classically-trained violinist, Donaggio is known for his collaborations with director Brian De Palma, and for his work in both European and American genre cinema. These are some of the films and television series he has composed for: La sporca guerra (Documentary) (1959), Don't Look Now (1973), Carrie (1976), Piranha (1978), Home Movies (1979), Dressed to Kill (1980), The Howling (1981), The Black Cat (1981), The Fan (1981), Blow Out (1981), Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984), JULIE CHRISTIE (b. April 14, 1940 in Chabua, Assam The World of Don Camillo (1984), Body Double (1984), Province, British India [now Assam, India]) is a British Nothing Left to Do but Cry (1984), The Lie (1985), The actress who has appeared in six films that were ranked in the Adventures of Hercules (1985), Nothing Underneath (1985), British Film Institute's 100 greatest British films of the 20th Savage Dawn (1985), The Barbarian Brothers (1987), century. Christie's breakthrough film role was in Billy Liar Catacombs (1988), Kansas (1988), Night Game (1989), All (1963). She came to international attention for her Ladies Do It (1992), Raising Cain (1992), Trauma (1993), performances in Darling (1965), for which she won the Never Talk to Strangers (1995), Arcane Sorcerer (1996), Academy Award for Best Actress, and Doctor Zhivago (1965). Marching in Darkness (1996), Call Girl (1996), Terra bruciata In the following years, she starred in Fahrenheit 451 (1966), (1999), Cheeky (2000), Up at the Villa (2000), On the Beach Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Petulia (1968), The Go- Beyond the Pier (2000), Once Upon a Time in Sicily (2001), Between (1971), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), for which she The Order (2001), Seed of Chucky (2004), Un caso di coscienza received her second Oscar nomination, Don't Look Now (TV Series) (2003-2006), Passion (2012), The Neorealism: We (1973), Shampoo (1975), and Heaven Can Wait (1978). She Were Not Just Bicycles Thieves (Documentary) (2013), and has continued to receive significant critical recognition for Domino (2019). her work, including Oscar nominations for the independent films Afterglow (1997) and Away from Her (2007). These are ANTHONY B. RICHMOND (b. July 7, 1942 in London, some of the other films (54 credits) she has acted in: Crooks England, UK) is an English cinematographer (93 credits) Anonymous (1962), Young Cassidy (1965), Nashville (1975), known for his work with director Nicolas Roeg on the films Demon Seed (1977), Heat and Dust (1983), Separate Tables Don't Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) (1983 TV Movie), Power (1986), DragonHeart (1996), and Bad Timing (1980). These are some other films he has Hamlet (1996), The Miracle Maker (2000), Troy (2004), worked on: A Cathedral in Our Time (Documentary short) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Finding (1967), Sympathy for the Devil (Documentary) (1968), Let It Neverland (2004), New York, I Love You (2008), Red Riding Be (Documentary) (1969), Glastonbury Fayre (Documentary) Hood (2011), The Company You Keep (2012), and The (1972), Old Dracula (1974), Stardust (1974), The Eagle Has Bookshop (2017). Landed (1976), Silver Bears (1977), The Greek Tycoon (1978), The Kids Are Alright (Documentary) (1979), The American DONALD SUTHERLAND (b. July 17, 1935 in Saint Success Company (1980), Head On (1980), Nightkill (1980), John, New Brunswick, Canada) is a Canadian actor (192 Improper Channels (1981), Sunset (1988), The Loner (TV credits) whose film career spans more than five decades. Movie) (1988), Cat Chaser (1989), Scissors (1991), Midnight's Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films including The Child (TV Movie) (1992), Candyman (1992), Heart of Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Darkness (TV Movie) (1993), Tales from the Hood (1995), Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Fellini's Casanova The Immortals (1995), Ravenous (1999), Agnes Browne (1976), 1900 (1976), Animal House (1978), Invasion of the (1999), Cherry Falls (2000), Men of Honor (2000), Someone Body Snatchers (1978), Ordinary People (1980), and Eye of the Like You... (2001), Legally Blonde (2001), Dumb and Needle (1981). He later went on to star in many other films Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003), Dirty Dancing: where he appeared either in leading or supporting roles such Havana Nights (2004), Just Friends (2005), The Rocker as A Dry White Season (1989), JFK (1991), A Time to Kill (2008), Autopsy (2008), Audio Tour (Short) (2011), Diary of (1996), Italian Job (2003), Cold Mountain (2003), Pride & Roeg—DON’T LOOK NOW—3 Prejudice (2005), and The Hunger Games franchise (2012– 2015). In 2018, he was given an Honorary Award at the Academy Awards. These are some of the other films he has acted in: Studio 4 (TV Series) (1962), Suspense (TV Series) (1963), The Castle of the Living Dead (1964), The Sullavan Brothers (TV Series) (1965), The Bedford Incident (1965), Promise Her Anything (1966), A Farewell to Arms (TV Mini- Series) (1966), The Avengers (TV Series) (1967), The Shuttered Room (1967), Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Interlude s(1968), Oedipus the King (1968), Joanna (1968), Start the Revolution Without Me (1970), Alex in Wonderland (1970), Little Murders (1971), Johnny Got His Gun (1971), Steelyard Blues (1973), Lady Ice (1973), S*P*Y*S (1974), The Day of the Locust (1975), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), The Disappearance (1977), Blood Relatives (1978), The Great Train Robbery (1978), David Thompson: “Don’t Look Now”: Seeing the Red” Murder by Decree (1979), Ordeal by Innocence (1984), (Criterion) Crackers (1984), Revolution (1985), Bethune: The Making of a When Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now was released Hero (1990), Eminent Domain (1990), Buffy the Vampire in Britain in 1973, it was the main feature on a double bill Slayer (1992), Six Degrees of Separation (1993), Disclosure with Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man. I can still recall (1994), Virus (1999), Space Cowboys (2000), Salem's Lot (TV emerging from the experience elated and also in something Mini-Series) (2004), Frankenstein (TV Mini-Series) (2004), like a state of shock. While Hardy’s Hammer Films–ish take American Gun (2005), Lord of War (2005), An American on paganism on a Scottish island has achieved cult status, Haunting (2005), The Mechanic (2011), Moby Dick (TV Roeg’s extraordinary and enduring thriller is now frequently Mini-Series) (2011), Assassin's Bullet (2012), The Calling cited as one of the greatest of British films. In the early (2014), Forsaken (2015), Ad Astra (2019), and The Burnt seventies, when even mainstream films could be fearless and Orange Heresy (2019).