Don't Look Now

Starring:Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, Massimo Serato, Renato Scarpa, Giorgio Trestini, Leopoldo Trieste, David Tree, Ann Rye, Nicholas Salter, Sharon Williams, Bruno Cattaneo, Adelina Poerio
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Studio: Paramount
Product Type: DVD

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Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now once seemed radically new with its kaleidoscopic imagery, dreamlike editing, and willingness to let mystery be mysterious on several levels of reality/illusion--plus art-house darling Julie Christie in a long, nude love scene! Nowadays, this 1974 adaptation of a Daphne du Maurier ghost story looks almost classical. Following the drowning of their child in England, Laura (Christie) and John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) have come to dank, eternally dying Venice, where he is supervising the restoration of a moldering church and she is either slipping into or climbing out of madness with the help of a pair of creepy spinster sisters, one of whom can "see" even though blind. John may share this psychic power, though he resists accepting it as the canals fill with murder victims, surface realities turn shimmery as water, and a red-coated figure--the daughter's ghost?--keeps flickering in the corner of our vision. Though surreal and perplexing, the film does eventually add up, and the ending remains a real throat-grabber. --Richard T. Jameson
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Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now once seemed radically new with its kaleidoscopic imagery, dreamlike editing, and willingness to let mystery be mysterious on several levels of reality/illusion--plus art-house darling Julie Christie in a long, nude love scene! Nowadays, this 1974 adaptation of a Daphne du Maurier ghost story looks almost classical. Following the drowning of their child in England, Laura (Christie) and John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) have come to dank, eternally dying Venice, where he is supervising the restoration of a moldering church and she is either slipping into or climbing out of madness with the help of a pair of creepy spinster sisters, one of whom can "see" even though blind. John may share this psychic power, though he resists accepting it as the canals fill with murder victims, surface realities turn shimmery as water, and a red-coated figure--the daughter's ghost?--keeps flickering in the corner of our vision. Though surreal and perplexing, the film does eventually add up, and the ending remains a real throat-grabber. --Richard T. Jameson

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Don't Look Now.......2007-07-03

Based on a ghost story by Daphne du Maurier, Nicolas Roeg's spooky, enigmatic thriller offers just the right mix of surreal intensity and emotional distress, aided by the presence of two creepy old sisters (Hilary Mason and Clelia Matania), who claim to have psychic contact with the Baxters' dead child. Roeg gets a lot of mileage out of the labyrinthine streets and murky canals of Venice, which has an otherworldly atmosphere all its own. When John catches a glimpse of a tiny, red-coated figure darting in and out of blind alleys, the hairs on your neck will stand at attention. Definitely not for all tastes, but an arty, eerie entry for those seeking something different.

Venice scenes are great!.......2007-05-24

I wouldn't say this is the scariest movie I've ever seen, but it's definitely worth the time to watch it. It has a young Donald Sutherland and very skinny Julie Christie in it. If you are looking for a movie with a lot of footage of Venice in it, this movie is for you. It's well done and leaves you guessing until the end. Watch out for the nudity, not for the kids!

Suspend disbelief for awhile.......2007-03-09

This sad and chilling film is set mostly in Venice, where John Baxter (Donald Sutherland) is a architect restoring an ancient and crumbling church. John and his wife, Laura, played by Julie Christie, have recently lost a young daughter, who drowned in a pond near their home in England. Because this movie is based on a story by Daphne Du Maurier, the viewer should, I suppose, be prepared to accept the unexpected and unbelievable. In spite of the story's paranormal aspects, it is filmed in a realistic manner, which made it easy for me to buy into the ESP. And, hey, I'm a skeptic. Yet, I like the movie. I guess I have to say that it's creepy, but not too creepy. Moreover, most of the paranormal stuff happens near the end of the film, so I didn't have to cringe throughout the entire thing.

puzzled at not being puzzled.......2007-02-24

Boy am I puzzled at the affection this film receives. From most of the other reviews I was expecting something great, but was instead, greatly disappointed. I found it tedious--lots of shots of people walking, here and there, walking up steps, going door to door with lots of unnecessary details. I kept watching it and reminding myself that this film was made before the George Lucas/MTV revolution which rightly said that editing is a good thing and just because you spent a fortune setting up a shot doesn't mean you have to linger on it and try to get your money's worth. Cut out the tediousness, please. It only creates boredom and anguish in the viewer. You could easily have cut out a half hour of this film and preferably more.

I first found out about this film by hearing about the sex scene and all the hoopla about whether it was real or not. Well that made me curious, but when I saw all the glowing reviews, it sounded like it was worth watching. Sorry folks, that sex scene was completely unerotic for me, especially with all the disabling cutaways. Give me Omar Shariff and Julie instead anyday, even without the skin. By today's standards this famous sex scene rates an R, but not an R bordering on X at all, more like R bordering on PG-13. And what's it doing there? What's the need for a graphic sex scene? Well, it gets people like me to watch the film. Seemed unnecessary. They could have easily done it with their clothes on and it probably would have been a lot more erotic if they had. Was it real? Was what real?

As for the surprising twist of an ending. Am I psychic? I saw that ending coming a mile away. 90% of horror films will tell you exactly what to expect at that ending. I was so disappointed. I thought, no, they're not going to say that this is all that this has been about. Yep, they did. No real lasting thoughts about death and life and love. Just plot. And talk about milking the horror. I kept thinking, get it over with already. And the epiphany? Huh? Weren't we being told that all the way through the film? Weak on horror, not particularly great acting, and some shots which today look campy, especially the ones with the two sisters. Sorry, I don't get what's the big deal.

Had To Watch It Twice..........2007-01-05

If I'd reviewed DON'T LOOK NOW immediately after seeing it the first time, I would probably have given it about three stars. Why? Not because it's an average movie, but because it had to settle in and nag at me for a while. I kept thinking about it's many subtle hints and portents. I kept seeing different scenes in my head. Yep, I was haunted by this movie! It came to the point where I simply had to watch it again. I now consider DLN a dark and brooding masterpiece of horror and supernatural dread. Both Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie are perfect in their roles as shell-shocked parents, forced to face both the realities of death and the possibility of what lies beyond it. I highly recommend this movie. If you don't love it the first go round, wait a while and see if it doesn't grow on you...

Dragon Hunters - Don't Look Now (Vol. 4)

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Dragon Hunters - Don't Look Now (Vol. 4)
Starring: Dragon Hunters
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
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Release Date: 2006-11-21

La Grande Vadrouille (Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot At) - PAL DVD

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La Grande Vadrouille (Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot At) - PAL DVD

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This is very rare PAL DVD (EUROPEAN TV VIDEO STANDARD) region 5, officially released in Russia by studio "RUSCICO". DVD has two soundtracks: original FRENCH and RUSSIAN (voice-over), it also has unremovable RUSSIAN subtitles. CUSTOMERS FROM NORTH AMERICA and JAPAN: Please, make sure your DVD player supports PAL DVDS (Europe, Australia, and Asia) before bidding; otherwise you can watch PAL DVDS on computer with DVD-ROM. ....................................... Paris 1943. Three Allied parachutists land unexpectedly and turn upside-down the peaceful lives of Stanislas, a conductor, and Augustin, a decorator. The only way to get rid of their unwanted guests is to lead them to the free zone. This was the highest-grossing film in France for more than thirty years!

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In the company of the grim reaper
Supernatural horror art film with a twist
PUT THIS OUT ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!
Death in Venice - A scarlet Scare...
THE MASTERPIECE OF FILM EDITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't Look Now [Region 2]
Starring: Julie Christie , Donald Sutherland , Hilary Mason , Clelia Matania , and Massimo Serato
Director: Nicolas Roeg
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In the company of the grim reaper.......2002-06-13

On a bright autumn day a little girl drowns in a pond near her home. Her unsuspecting parents, John (Donald Sutherland) and Laura Baxter(Julie Christie) are discussing idly when suddenly, and against any logic, John, overcome by a feeling that something is wrong, bursts out of the house. He finds the small body floating and drained from life; his howl of desperation signals the tragedy and absurd terror that are only just beginning to unfold.
Still grieving the loss of their daughter, the Baxters go to Venice where John is working as an architect in charge of a church restoration. They are still trying to cope and collect the pieces of their broken lives when they meet two strange sisters, Heather, who is blind and claims to be a medium, and Wendy. Laura collapses when Heather tells her that she has "seen" her dead daughter and that she is happy. When Laura comes round she is in a state of abnormal elation, convinced that the spirit of her daughter is still with her. John has none of that but much to his frustration Laura falls under the spell of the two sisters. Heather warns the Baxters that something terrible will happen to them. Her prophecy is partly fulfilled when John has a near fatal accident in the church. At the same time the Venetian police is puzzling over the identity of a murderer dispatching bodies in the canals. John and Laura have an intimate if rather brief encounter back in their hotel. But bliss and happiness will not last. Not for them, not any more. Their relation strains under the combined weights of paranoid fear, guilt, anxiety and death. The ending of the film is the missing bit of the puzzle - merciless, unforgiving, shocking. And all that is left is the desperation of a lonely tragedy.
"Don't Look Now", based on a Daphne Du Maurier story, is a multilayered masterpiece and arguably Roeg's finest film. This is one of the select few films where the form informs the content and the content is reinforcing the narrative structure and the formal vision of the director. Roeg weaves an almost experimental narrative where illusion takes over from reality. His editing makes deliberate use of subliminal images that surface meaningfully only at the end. Against any conceivable cinematic convention, Roeg shifts freely from present to past and then to future events. Flash-backs and flash-forwards succeed in conveying a sense of psychological disorientation, reflected in the labyrinthine structure of Venice. The film is superficially about premonitions and faith. But the leitmotif is the fleeting nature of love and the omnipresence of death. Death is the dark companion that walks with John and Laura in the foggy Venetian alleys. Their genuine love and understanding for each other cannot save them from the certainty that all you love will one day perish. But it is their love scene that ultimately lingers in mind; Roeg interspersed masterfully this scene with routine daily tasks (Laura taking a bath, John brushing his teeth, both dressing to go out) thus conveying the intimacy that governs the married life of John and Laura. Time and again people have noted that the love scene looks and feels authentic (without ever being gratuitous), so much so, that some are convinced that Sutherland and Christie were actually making love. Be that as it may, it is Roeg's directorial mastery that imbues the scene with flesh and blood and brings it to life: John and Laura are genuinely in love. Very rarely before or after this film has a director ventured so successfully in romanticising married life.
The poignant use of Venice as a backdrop to the drama is a masterstroke. Roeg treats the old city, as many others have observed, as an additional character. The cinematography is brilliant, Venice is shot in a Caravaggio-like chiaroscuro, winter colours bringing to the fore a dark and sinister character surely not to be witnessed by summer visitors. This is a dreamy, quasi-magical world, complete with mirrors, carnival masks, dwarfs and crumbling churches. At the end of the day, Venice is reflecting the emotional state of the Baxters. John and Laura loose themselves in Venetian alleys in the same way they loose their grip on reality. The emptiness of the city during the winter mirrors the emotional vacuum and desolation in their hearts after the loss of their daughter. The additional subplot of the murders in the city is crucial as it creates an ever tightening noose of suspicion, anxiety, fear and death.
Pino Donagio's score is spot on, evocative and haunting at the same time. Sutherland and Christie are impeccable, offering understated, sensitive and nuanced performances. Christie has an outstanding autumnal beauty and kindness, ever so slightly teetering on the edge. Sutherland, in a great male tragic role, is resigned to the facts of life, and provides a performance which is difficult to be matched (as indeed is the wig he is wearing throughout the film).
Without a shadow of a doubt this is a difficult film to watch, what with the shattering ending or the complex narrative. Yet it is crystal clear that it has the rare profundity only to be found in a handful of films. It rewards multiple viewings and I warmly recommend it.

Supernatural horror art film with a twist.......2002-03-06

I must say, this movie definately falls under the same category as other excellent films about the supernatural (i.e. The Sixth Sense and What Lies Beneath). And like those films that would come nearly three decades later, this film has an unexpected plot twist that makes you think and takes you by surprise. Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie are nothing but excellent in the roles they are given, and the plot is definately, and enjoyably ambiguous. Not only are there plenty of twists and turns in this film, there are plenty of shocking moments that are just unexpected. Truth be told, I think the lovemaking scene between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie was really the real thing. Much like the ones depicted between Sir Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret in Magic and Bruce Dern and Maud Adams in Tatoo. Overall, Don't Look Now is a very suspenseful horror art film. One that is not only a classic, but one that is truly bound to make you jump and think about a few things.

If you like this film with Donald Sutherland, you will also like his roles in MASH, The Dirty Dozen, Kelly's Heroes, Bear Island, Revolution, and Ordinary People.

PUT THIS OUT ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!.......2002-02-08

I agree with the other reviewers who praise the movie's virtues. I just wanted to scream PUT THIS MOVIE OUT ON DVD!!!!!! That's all.

Death in Venice - A scarlet Scare..........2001-07-18

"Wenn ich ein anderes wort für musik suche, so finde ich immer nur das wort Venedig"

These immortal words by Nietzsche conserning on of Europe's most beautiful and picturesque cities must have been conceived on a bright summerdag buzzing with vibrant citylife.

The Venice portraied in this movie is the flip-side of the coin; Venice in the off-season period, void of tourists, desolate, sombre and almost menacing; in short the complete antithesis to the above "tourist-brochure" version of Venice.

"Don't Look Now" is loosely based on a Daphne du Maurier thriller and is the movie equivalent of a jigsaw puzzle, with the added twist that some of the peices seems to be missing, leaving it up to the veiwer to "fill in the blanks", and therein lies the real genious of the directing-style of Nicolas Roeg.

Roeg had already proved himself to be a master with a camera as director of photography on such stylistic extravaganzas as "Casino Royale" and "Farenheit 451", but as a director he was criticized for sacrificing a coherent storyline in favor of his idiosyncratic, incomparable camerastyle.

And sure enough, "Don't Look Now" is full of almost subliminal imagery where the clues go by in split-seconds, but to my mind that is just what makes this movie such a thrill to watch. Roeg's use of the color red and the alternating between the surreal and the mundane is in a league of it's own...

On a surface-level, the movie deals with the couple of Christie and Sutherland and their grieving-process after the tragic death of their daughter, while Sutherland works on the restauration of a Venice church, but the real clues as to understanding the truly spooky climax to the movie is actually to be found in the events going on underneath the aforementioned surface-level storyline, and although you admittedly have to keep your eyes peeled to catch all the necessary clues, the famous missing peice of the puzzle actually falls into place in the most exquisitely wicked way in the closing frames.

Failing to catch these necessary clues will in all likelihood result in the viewer being frustrated and dismissing the movie as being disjointed and pointless, while the alert viewer will be grinning slyly form ear to ear from having just experienced an esoteric, gothic movie masterpeice.

Donald Sutherland was never better than in "Don't Look Now" and Julie Christie is positively radiant, grief-struck and exquisitely understated sexy at the same time. The much talked about sex-scene, ingeniously mixed with images of their post-coital mood while they get ready to go out, is one of the most believable and intimate ever captured on film.

Pino Donaggio's beautiful score also has to be mentioned....

This movie is the result of the unique vision and talent of Nicolas Roeg, and result is pure magic ....

THE MASTERPIECE OF FILM EDITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2001-02-03

I could give this film 1000.00 stars! it's the finest piece of direction and editing i have ever seen. The director has succeded in creating a piece of art that is so discriptive in how the mind visually and uncounciously sees and how our thought process in one flash can bring everything togither from a lifetime of recolected memories and images. Genius is an over used term, but it holds true for this piece of cinematic history. This film is a visual delight and enchantment. The power of director, over actor as a tool for the creator, is so apparent in this masterpiece of film. If you are in any way a film connoisseur of film as a fine art, you will have already have known of this film. And if you have not then, you have missed a piece of film history!!!!!!

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In the company of the grim reaper
Supernatural horror art film with a twist
PUT THIS OUT ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!
Death in Venice - A scarlet Scare...
THE MASTERPIECE OF FILM EDITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't Look Now [Region 2]
Starring: Julie Christie , Donald Sutherland , Hilary Mason , Clelia Matania , and Massimo Serato
Director: Nicolas Roeg
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In the company of the grim reaper.......2002-06-13

Supernatural horror art film with a twist.......2002-03-06

If you like this film with Donald Sutherland, you will also like his roles in MASH, The Dirty Dozen, Kelly's Heroes, Bear Island, Revolution, and Ordinary People.

PUT THIS OUT ON DVD!!!!!!!!!!.......2002-02-08

I agree with the other reviewers who praise the movie's virtues. I just wanted to scream PUT THIS MOVIE OUT ON DVD!!!!!! That's all.

Death in Venice - A scarlet Scare..........2001-07-18

"Wenn ich ein anderes wort für musik suche, so finde ich immer nur das wort Venedig"

These immortal words by Nietzsche conserning on of Europe's most beautiful and picturesque cities must have been conceived on a bright summerdag buzzing with vibrant citylife.

Pino Donaggio's beautiful score also has to be mentioned....

This movie is the result of the unique vision and talent of Nicolas Roeg, and result is pure magic ....

THE MASTERPIECE OF FILM EDITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2001-02-03

Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot at [Region 2]

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A complete outrage!
I finally found it
Yes, it is the greatest French movie
Wonderful & Top rate
A movie I have loved and will love forever.

Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot at [Region 2]
Starring: Bourvil , Louis de Funès , Claudio Brook , Andréa Parisy , and Colette Brosset
Director: Gérard Oury
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Louis De Funès, Terry-Thomas, Bourvil--if these names don't mean anything to you, your credentials as a cosmopolitan might be extremely suspect. Three of the biggest figures in the history of European filmed comedy signed on to Gérard Oury's La Grande Vadrouille (The Big Stroll) , and the resulting alchemy brought forth box-office gold: $17.2 million in ticket sales, a French national record which stood for 30 years until Titanic, the very symbol of the ugly American film industry if there ever was one, knocked it from its perch. Terry-Thomas sparkles as an English pilot lost in occupied France during the Second World War; Bourvil and Louis De Funès play Parisians who somewhat involuntarily aid the ubiquitous Resistance by smuggling a British major across German lines. De Funès, best known for his portrayal of the wacky French police officer in the highly popular series of Gendarme films, is a manic, elastic comic genius, a proto-Rowan Atkinson with a rubbery face and a knack for physical humor. Here, his portrayal of conductor Stanislas LeFort remains alert, witty and moving--even when he's spazzing out. The antic script, cowritten by the intelligent and able Danièle Thompson (Cousin, Cousine), plays more like Hogan's Heroes than any war movie really ought to--the stodgy, autocratic Germans are perpetually undermined by those scruffy, resourceful French scalawags--but humor is Vadrouille's, and Oury's, justification, and almost all of the jokes work. It would be another few years before French cinema could muster up the courage to treat the Vichy period, and France's wartime complicity, with anything like genuine honesty. Released in America as Don't Look Now ... We're Being Shot At. -- Miles Bethany

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A complete outrage!.......2004-06-08

I simply cannot believe that almost none of Louis de Funès' films are available with English subtitles! This, despite the extreme popularity of this actor in France, and in other countries where his movies have been translated such as Russia (where he is perhaps even more widely known than is Charlie Chaplin).

When I visited Russia two years ago, a quick check in the TV Guide showed three of his movies on in the next week, all superbly dubbed in Russian (whereas the English-speaking world is apparently too poor to afford even subtitling them!). I remember two of the movies that I saw that week; one was La Grande Vadrouille and the other one was L'Aile ou la Cuisse (this was actually my favourite one of the two, although I enjoyed them both).

After this, I tried for two years (back in Canada) to find the names of the movies or the actors that I had just seen, to no avail. When I finally found some information about L'Aile ou la Cuisse, the website stated apologetically that the movie is not available with English subtitles because the humour is "French humour" and "does not translate well into English humour".

So then, am I to believe that the humour is translatable into RUSSIAN, but not into ENGLISH?! What complete BS!

Anyways, I finally settled on ordering a copy of La Grande Vadrouille (unsubtitled) from the Toronto library and watching it with my limited understanding of French. I STILL enjoyed it, even though I didn't understand what the characters were saying 60% of the time. The movie is perfectly edited, and the actors all play their parts well (although de Funès is the best of them). De Funès plays the stereotypical arrogant orchestra conductor ("Very good, very good! ... I mean, very good for me, YOU are not quite so good" when talking to his orchestra) who mostly involuntarily helps some English pilots reach England again.

The movie follows the characters from one unlikely place to another in WW2 France, so that there is always adventure to keep you excited when watching the movie even when there is no humour... But there IS humour in the movie, and it is a very funny brand of humour. It something of a mix between Chaplin slapstick and the "sophisticated" humour that is predominating in French movies of today. As I said before, the whole film is perfectly edited, and the screenplay is simply brilliant- it features everything from chase scenes to sleuth operations to prison escapes. Also worth noting are some of the stunts seen in the film; they look pretty realistic. The ending, in particular, is very fun to watch; it is very original, to say the least.

Another facet worth mentioning is the orchestral score, which is mainly by Wagner fits the film very well. This movie is certainly not a realistic depiction of war, but it's such a good film that it's hard to find much else to complain about.

To sum it up, if you know some French and like good comedy, I strongly suggest that you see this movie if you can obtain a copy.

If you are NOT French-speaking, The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob is (I think) the only film of his that is currently available with English subtitles (it's out of print on Amazon.ca, so check Amazon.com). I haven't seen it myself, but the reviews of it are all positive.

P.S. if you don't think that it's fair that famous French comedians such as Louis de Funès are being given the snub in the English-speaking world, please write a review of one of his movies, or perhaps send a letter to a company that does international DVD releases (Kino International may be a possibility, although I'll admit that I'm completely clueless on these things). Perhaps somewhere, sometime, somebody will notice, and these great films will finally be available for those of us who do not speak French!

I finally found it.......2002-07-15

I love this movie. I went to see it in the cinema 4 times (in Europe, of course). Too bad that nobody seems to know about this movie, or M. de Funes for that matter, in the USA :(

The only slight (very slight) minus are the subtitles. It seems that they do not translate everything that is said. But even that can not stop you from enjoying this movie :)

Yes, it is the greatest French movie.......2001-10-11

No doubt. a good movie can be kept in your mind for the
whole life, and you may metion it to people often. This
is the best movie that I have watched more than four times
in the past twenty years. From cinema, TV, and video tpae.
I do like it very much, and all of the normal humans too.

Wonderful & Top rate.......2001-10-10

It is the best French movie that I have seen.
I talked to my Chinese friends before, all of them
watched this movie. more over, all their relatives and
friends watched it too. unbelievable.

A movie I have loved and will love forever........2000-07-30

I watched this movie originally in China when I was a kid. It was translated into Chinese. People grew up with me can't say they don't know this movie. The language in the movie, the acting skill of the actors, and the story line are just perfect. I am so glad I eventually found it. I am not a movie goer, but this one is one of the very few that stays in my mind. It makes me wonder, why do we bother producing so many movies that will disappear in your mind right after you watched it, OK, almost I mean. I wish every movie was made to the level this movie is at. After all, this is the way movies are supposed to be, I mean to stay with you, not like a meal. Watch it, you can't excuse yourself from not doing this favor to yourself if you have watched so many other possibly 'worthless' ones. I have and I will watch it countless times.

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