:07:01
Um, beautiful, beautiful shot
:07:04
of a bell ringing.
:07:05
Maybe it was done the same way
the previous shot was,
:07:09
which is, they would have
shot the bell at a 50% exposure,
:07:13
then rewound the film,
:07:15
taken the bell down,
put up a piece of rope,
:07:18
a frayed piece of rope,
:07:20
signifying that the island
is no longer occupied,
:07:23
and shot again, at 50% exposure,
:07:26
getting this beautiful, simple image
:07:29
indicating so much
about the death of an island.
:07:36
(Bell rings)
:07:44
(Christie)
As the islanders make their way
:07:47
across the landscape
towards the church,
:07:50
which is the focal point
of their existence, really,
:07:52
a communal existence,
:07:54
we see Kitty Kirwan,
:07:56
the oldest actress involved
in this extraordinary production,
:08:01
who plays
the Mansons' grandmother.
:08:04
She wasn't only the oldest actor
in the film,
:08:06
she was also the one who had to wait
longest to shoot her few scenes.
:08:11
(Day-Lewis)
At last we arrived at Loban,
:08:13
and in 8 hours made 40 shots,
:08:16
completing the entire
Sunday sequence at the croft,
:08:19
with all the pictorial angles
:08:21
and also every one
of Kitty Kirwan's scenes,
:08:24
for which she had been
patiently waiting 12 weeks.
:08:28
12 weeks on the island
for one day's work.
:08:31
She has the north wind to thank
for that hectic day,
:08:35
which started with her
listening to church bells
:08:38
and finished with her
dead on the grass.
:08:41
Kitty was sent for by cable
as soon as we had fixed our schedule.
:08:45
She was told to hurry.
:08:47
She caught the night express,
grabbed a plane at Aberdeen,
:08:50
raced across Shetland in a car,
jumped onto the waiting Vedra
:08:55
and arrived at Rock city
in 27 hours from Rock studio.
:08:57
An all-time record.