Friday, January 10, 2014

I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING! (1945, GREAT BRITAIN)

Doesn't it seem like British movies have a distinctive air of, for lack of another word Britishness? 
But exactly HOW British are they?

How British is it? Month (Post 4 of 10)

I Know Where I'm Going!

Powell and Pressburger's romance may be best remembered for bringing to life a most dreamlike place called Killoran...whether we ever manage to get there or not. 

But how British is it? Answer: Really not very British at all. But with the films emphasis on fog, mist, castles, bogs, lochs, moors, myths, legends, falconry, lairds, plaid skirts, a rousing ceilidh with bagpipes a'playin' and blokes and lassies speaking in Gaelic, it's damn sure Scottish!

Rating for Britishness from 1-10: Only about a 3 or 4
Rating for Scottishness from 1-10: Definitely a 10! 

2 comments:

  1. I would say there is an element Brittishness versus Scottishness here. That should add a point or two to the Brittishness, no?

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  2. I just think the Scottishness overwhelmed the Britishness here. I think the Scottishness romanticism is why many hold this film in high regard. I really like Pamela Brown, too-which I mention for no reason other than I forgot to mention it before.

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