1:06:00
the sense of its tragic conclusion,
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means that he's going to his death as
we see him head up this Ionely road.
1:06:06
It's an astonishing shot:
As this tiny figure disappears,
1:06:09
his dog breaks free,
1:06:11
and races after him.
1:06:19
Michael Powell knew, as he finished
his film, that there was no guarantee
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that the film would achieve
any kind of immortality,
1:06:30
although it had meant so much
to him and the team who made it.
1:06:32
And he wrote at the end of his book,
1:06:34
a book written to ensure that
the film reached a wider public,
1:06:37
about an old cook
in their family,
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who had the perfect answer
to those who wanted the last word.
1:06:45
(Day-Lewis) We once had an old cook,
1:06:48
a great hand at elaborate pastries.
1:06:51
I watched her in the kitchen putting
the final touches to a huge pie.
1:06:54
Vine leaves, scrolls
and curly bits of pastry,
1:06:58
all brushed over with a feather
dipped in yolk of egg.
1:07:01
A final flourish
and "There, Master Michael."
1:07:04
"A pie fit for a king," she said.
1:07:08
Then, as she slid it
into a hot oven,
1:07:11
the disillusionment of a true artist
swept over her
1:07:15
and I heard her mutter darkly
"And then you eats it,
1:07:19
and it's all done."
1:07:22
If her audience praised her work,
she beamed.
1:07:25
If they were indifferent,
she would say scornfully
1:07:28
"Not a bit of good cooking
for some folks."
1:07:31
She is still making pies
1:07:34
and I am still making films,
1:07:36
but for a long time,
none can be so near my heart
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as The Edge Of The World.
1:07:41
I wish I were as sure
of its perfection
1:07:43
as the old cook was of her pies.
1:07:45
At any rate, like her,
I can always have the last word.