The Edge of the World
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to be used again
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after another strong shot
of the boots marching on the...

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on the wooden causeway.
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The up-angle underneath the coffin
revealing Peter Manson,

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so movingly.
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Again, repetition
of the same shot here,

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probably because the editor felt
it would be stronger to have that

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and then cut to
this reverse shot of the men

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carrying the coffin.
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(Christie) There is a real sense
of the physicality

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of standing in the driving rain
at a funeral.

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In that sense it looks forward to
the importance of footage like this

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in Italian neorealism,
in the 1940s.

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That's exactly the kind of feel
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of working men
having to stand in the rain

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that we get very strongly from
the Italian films of the late '40s.

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Here we have it, a very rare
and interesting example,

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in British cinema,
as early as 1937.

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(Day-Lewis) As the last, sad shot
of the funeral fades away,

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the audience is suddenly
transported to a different world.

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The sun gleams on the sea,
there are distant cries

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and the bleat of sheep
and rapid movements of tiny figures.

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It is the perfect contrast.
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(Whooping and bleating)
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(Whooping continues)
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Hardly have the audience seen
enough of the sheep-run sequence,

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but enough to see that every soul
on the island is busily engaged,

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when they are switched to
the meeting of the two lovers,

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a tranquil, glowing scene among
running waters and yellow iris.

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Another contrast,

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