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(Dialogue) Is this true?
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Yes.
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Andrew Gray's child?
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Yes. And you can't take that from me.
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Poor lassie.
:47:35
(Schoonmaker-Powell) Beautiful piece
of acting here by John Laurie,
:47:39
changing from the stern, stern father
:47:43
into a sympathetic human being.
:47:47
I've always loved this sequence.
:47:49
A very long pan from the sea
:47:54
over the blowing vegetation,
:47:59
to reveal the baby.
:48:02
Beautiful way to segue
:48:05
into the birth of the child.
:48:08
The use of light
and the faces of the islanders
:48:11
in this sequence
are beautifully done.
:48:16
Again the humour.
Always in Michael Powell films,
:48:20
the unexpected humour.
:48:21
The women all knitting away
:48:23
for the only child who's been born
on the island probably in years!
:48:27
Always trying to find moments when
the wind is blowing people's hair,
:48:32
or the sun is highlighting
their faces in a very evocative way.
:48:37
And then again, the blowing
of the smoke from the wind,
:48:41
the powerful mountain behind
:48:45
and the music, again the music.
:48:48
...brought you a dream, my dear
:48:55
List' to the curlew...
:48:57
(Christie) This sequence is among the
most successful in terms of lighting.