:02:04
on what would be
a difficult location shoot.
:02:07
It was particularly difficult
because they weren't able to shoot
:02:11
on the original island of St Kilda.
:02:13
The owner of St Kilda had decided
it was going to be a bird sanctuary,
:02:18
so he didn't want a film crew
invading the island.
:02:24
(Daniel Day-Lewis as Michael Powell)
All this was my doing.
:02:26
From Elstree to Foula,
over 800 miles of land and sea,
:02:30
many people's lives
were being transformed
:02:33
because seven years ago
I had read a paragraph
:02:36
in a Sunday newspaper.
:02:38
A little interest item stuck
in my head and became a story.
:02:42
Because of that idea,
24 intelligent men,
:02:44
who had never been
very far away from a pavement,
:02:47
were going to be dropped down
on an extremely isolated island,
:02:51
there to live and work
:02:53
for five months.
:02:55
(Dialogue) Your book was right
when it was published, Mr Graham.
:02:58
But you were wrong when you said
nothing changes on these islands.
:03:01
There is not a living soul now
on Hirta.
:03:04
(Schoonmaker-Powell)
The island itself is very isolated
:03:07
from the mainland,
:03:09
way out in the Atlantic,
:03:11
really probably the last part
of the United Kingdom.
:03:16
It's interesting how, early on,
:03:18
with these images of an eagle
about to pounce on a young lamb,
:03:23
how Michael Powell lays down
the rigorous
:03:27
and dangerous life of an island.
:03:51
(Dialogue) Got it.
:03:56
(Schoonmaker-Powell)
Michael Powell began in silent movies
:03:59
and in those days