I Know Where I'm Going! - Criterion Collection
by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
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Actor: Finlay Currie, George Carney, Pamela Brown, Roger Livesey, Wendy HillerDirector: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion
Movie Reviews of I Know Where I'm Going! - Criterion Collection
Movie Review: a movie worth many viewings
Summary: 5 Stars
My mom never bought a DVD in her life, but she asked me to buy this one for her, even though it cost over $25.00. I confess I thought her nuts, when I first watched it. I thought some parts were rather booring. I had trouble hearing some of the dialogue, or fully understanding some of the scenes. Many questions came to my mind, but I was determined to discover what appealed to my mom. Why was so much time spent filming the train? So I will watch it again, and perhaps a few more times. I agree with my mom that the acting and cinematography are high quality. The themes are deep, and include an examination of soial class, behavior, as well as love, among other themes. There is ample symbolism to please any English teacher. The film is well thought-through, so that every story and every song has a place. Again another reason to watch this film over and over. And if you'd like to hear Gaelic or see some beautiful landscape shots, this film is for you. Some beautiful songs, humor, tension...
Summary of I Know Where I'm Going! - Criterion Collection
In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's stunningly photographed comedy, romance flourishes in an unlikely place-the bleak and moody Scottish Hebrides. Wendy Hiller stars as a headstrong young woman who travels to these remote isles to marry a rich lord. Stranded by stormy weather, she meets a handsome naval officer (Roger Livesey) who threatens to thwart her carefully laid-out life plans.Assured, headstrong Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller) knows exactly what she wants and how to get it, until she's stranded in a rough, windswept Scottish village--in sight but out of reach of an island where a rich fianc?e, a lavish wedding, and a loveless marriage await. While a raging storm prevents her crossing, a quiet, modest, and penniless Scottish laird named Torquil (Roger Livesey) slowly wins her cheerfully mercenary heart and upsets her carefully arranged plans with messy emotions. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's much-loved romantic drama is a handsome work full of vivid, offbeat characters (Pamela Brown is especially striking as an earthy villager always accompanied by a pack of bloodhounds) living in a world that's part tradition and part myth. Villagers work and celebrate with the simple spirit of common folk ("We're not poor, we just haven't any money," Torquil admonishes the materialist Joan). Powell brings his lively manner and bold visual invention to the creation of his beautiful but harsh primal paradise, culminating in the awesome spectacle of a massive whirlpool that could be the work of the "legend of Corryvreckan" or the stormy embodiment of Joan's hysterical heart. Awash in mystic power of ancient castles and chanted legends, I Know Where I'm Going is one of the most romantic visions of Britain's most magical director. --Sean Axmaker
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