:38:01
Many of those companies
that came into existence
:38:04
disappeared almost as quickly.
:38:05
In 1936,
:38:07
there was a big downturn
in the British film industry,
:38:10
and there were lay-offs
:38:12
and closures
right across the whole industry.
:38:15
It was in that climate
that Joe Rock,
:38:18
an American who'd come to England,
:38:20
and who was teetering
on the edge of bankruptcy himself,
:38:24
decided to back Powell's vision
of a film about the island.
:38:27
It was a brave thing to do.
:38:29
He was a man, Powell said,
with a passion
:38:32
for adventure location films
:38:34
and if he hadn't had that passion
they'd never have got started.
:38:37
Ironically, by the time
the film was completed,
:38:40
Joe Rock's company
was actually in bankruptcy.
:38:43
But the film had been made
and did eventually get released.
:38:53
(Dialogue) James...?
:38:56
Aye, it's all right, it's all there.
:39:37
Here, mind that box. They're eggs.
:39:39
(Schoonmaker-Powell) The point
of view always very strong here,
:39:43
the camera always placed
looking down into the boat,
:39:47
the way someone would if they were
about to leave and on the dock,
:39:52
or the strong angle
up from the boat,
:39:55
the point of view
of the person who's leaving.
:39:58
Again, it would be much easier