Love flourishes in the Scottish Hebrides in this windswept enchantment from British cinema’s most passionate visionaries, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. “I know where I’m going!” declares headstrong, upwardly mobile Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller) en route to her marriage to a wealthy industrialist—until her carefully laid plans are blown away by a raging storm that leaves her stranded on an island off the Scottish coast with a dashing naval officer (Roger Livesey). Shot in ethereal black and white that enhances the almost mystical air of its setting—a folkloric world where legends and curses still hold sway—this beloved romance is one of cinema’s most stirring expressions of the eternal conflict between the head and the heart.
DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
Digital master, supervised by cinematographer Erwin Hillier
Audio essay by film historian Ian Christie
Behind-the-scenes stills, narrated by Thelma Schoonmaker Powell
I Know Where I’m Going! Revisited,a documentary by Mark Cousins
Excerpts from Michael Powell’s 1937 featureThe Edge of The World,with optional audio commentary
Return to the Edge of the World,a documentary from 1978
Photo essay byI Know Where I’m Going!aficionado Nancy Franklin, who explores the locations used in the film
Home movies from one of Michael Powell’s Scottish expeditions, narrated by Thelma Schoonmaker Powell
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
