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Why 'The Look Of Love'?

posted 11 years ago by PrickWithAFork
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I know it's the done thing to name a period movie after a song from the era, but there's usually some logic, however tenuous, behind the decision. I can't see any reason why this title was chosen.

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[–] Zonkzelda 11 years ago

It's explained on trivia.

[–] todde53 11 years ago

No it's not...

All it says in the trivia is why it was not named " The King of Soho". It does not explain why the movie was called " The Look of Love"

Dumbass.

[–] 11 years ago

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[–] wireless-phil 11 years ago

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[–] lambiepie-2 10 years ago

I can't see any reason why this title was chosen.

In watching the movie, I can think of several reasons but I believe this one to be the best (for me at least): Because regardless of everything else you see, this movie is about his love for his daughter Debbie.

Youth is no guarantee for innovation. - Skyfall

[–] rubirub 8 years ago

It's a reference to the Dusty Springfield song Debbie sings at the end of the movie, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The connection between the movie and the song lies in the track's composition and the character of Honey Rider in the James Bond movie "Dr. No".

Bacharach was inspired by Ursula Andress in the movie "Casino Royale" to write this song while in "The Look Of Love" Raymond tells Fiona she would do a very good Honey Ryder, that he could imagine her like Ursula Andress emerging from the waves with a dagger strapped to her thigh.

It can also be taken as a love letter between daughter and father, since Debbie sings the song before the end credits like the final curtain for the movie and her character's final goodbye.

Here are the lyrics:

The look of love
Is in your eyes
The look your smile can't disguise
The look of love
Is saying so much more
Than just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard
Well it takes my breath away

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you

You've got the look of love
It's on your face
A look that time can't erase
Be mine tonight
Let this be just the start
Of so many nights like this
Let's take a lover's vow
And then seal it with a kiss

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don't ever go

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don't ever go
Don't ever go
I love you so