{"id":298,"date":"2025-07-20T15:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/?p=298"},"modified":"2025-07-23T09:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T09:27:31","slug":"acclaimed-thriller-hailed-as-a-masterpiece-now-available-to-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/acclaimed-thriller-hailed-as-a-masterpiece-now-available-to-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed thriller hailed as a \u2018masterpiece\u2019 now available to stream"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Sutherland stars as John Baxter in the 1973 classic (Picture: Studio Canal\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the greatest horror films of all time has been made available to stream for free on BBC<\/a> iPlayer. <\/p>\n

Directed by Nicolas Roeg<\/a> from a story by Daphne Du Maurier, Don\u2019t Look Now is widely regarded as a pivotal work in the genre.<\/p>\n

It stars the late, great Donald Sutherland<\/a> and Julie Christie as John and Laura Baxter, two parents grieving the recent death of their young daughter.<\/p>\n

The pair visit Venice<\/a>, where John is helping to renovate a dilapidated church. While there, they meet a pair of elderly sisters\u2014one of whom claims to be a psychic.<\/p>\n

John struggles with the idea that she\u2019s seeing the spirit of his recently drowned daughter but seems to be experiencing nightmarish visions of his own, leading to that <\/em>shocking twist<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After first terrifying audiences in 1973, Don\u2019t Look Now is streaming for free, where it can traumatise viewers afresh.<\/p>\n

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Terrible tragedy sends John and his wife Laura to Venice (Picture: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The death of the Baxters\u2019 daughter sends them on a terrifying spiritual odyssey (Picture: Studio Canal\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Don\u2019t Look Now currently sits with a healthy 93% \u2018fresh\u2019 score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with critics describing it as a \u2018masterpiece\u2019 and a \u2018classic\u2019 of the genre.<\/p>\n

Little White Lies<\/a> has called it \u2018calculated perfection,\u2019 while The Times <\/a>described it simply as \u2018genius.\u2019<\/p>\n

In 2002, prominent film critic Roger Ebert gave the film a glowing five stars, calling out the film as \u2018a masterpiece of physical filmmaking.\u2019<\/p>\n

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The film is regarded as a classic of the genre (Picture: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Upon its release, the film was overshadowed by controversy surrounding its infamous sex scene.<\/p>\n

As Roeg cuts between images of John and Laura getting ready for dinner, the camera also shows the pair in bed together in a raw and intimate sex sequence.<\/p>\n

Its visual style led to persistent rumours that these were scenes of real, unsimulated sex between its actors\u2026 speculation that continues today.<\/p>\n

\u2018My gaze shifted to the actors, and I was riveted. By their shifting positions, it was clear to me they were no longer simply acting: they were f***ing on camera,\u2019 wrote Producer Peter Bart in his 2011 memoir, Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob (and Sex).<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t Look Now is notorious for its raw and realistic sex scene (Picture: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Have you watched Don\u2019t Look Now?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>However, the stars have always rejected such allegations, with Sutherland denying that Bart was even in the room at all.<\/p>\n<p>In the production notes for the film\u2019s 4K re-release, cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond echoed Sutherland\u2019s denial, saying: \u2018We did a good job; it\u2019s very real. People still say they actually made love, but they didn\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Christie\u2019s boyfriend at the time, actor Warren Beatty, reportedly tried to prevent the film from being released, so outraged was he by the infamous sex scene.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"444\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23707746 lazyload\" alt=\"The scary dwarf old lady in Don't Look Now\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shutterstock_editorial_9978122j-3d12.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Audiences were shocked by its striking visuals and bizarre twist (Picture: Studio Canal\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In April 2015, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2015\/11\/16\/donald-sutherland-the-dont-look-now-remake-is-shameful-5499120\/\">announced that the film would be getting a remake<\/a>, to the chagrin of Hunger Games star Sutherland.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2015\/11\/16\/donald-sutherland-the-dont-look-now-remake-is-shameful-5499120\/\">a sweary interview with Metro<\/a>, the actor described the prospect of a remake as \u2018shameful.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He explained: \u00a0\u2018Don\u2019t embarrass yourselves by participating in it. It\u2019s bulls**t. It was a piece of work indelibly written by Nicholas Roeg.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Why would they do it? It\u2019s just people trying to profit off the back of something that\u2019s very beautiful. It\u2019s shameful. They should be ashamed of themselves.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>A decade on, and the remake has not yet resurfaced. Might it be dead in the water?<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Don\u2019t Look Now on BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom-start\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom centered\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom-end\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom centered\"><a class=\"comment-now metro-button metro-comments-cta\" data-vars-position=\"bottom_cta_question\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><title>Comment now<\/title><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"comment-now__label\">Have you watched Don\u2019t Look Now?<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Sutherland stars as John Baxter in the 1973 classic (Picture: Studio Canal\/Shutterstock) One of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draplenvuxio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}