I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) is widely regarded as one of Michael
Powell and Emeric Pressburger's most remarkable achievements and a
cinematic tour de force. A simple moral tale set in the wild
Scottish Highlands, it follows the journey of a headstrong young
woman forced by her encounter with this magical, mythic world and
its exotic customs to revise her materialistic priorities. Pam Cook
traces the film's production history, exploring its place in Powell
and Pressburger's canon and showing how it wove into its narrative
the memories and aspirations of an international group of
film-makers working in 1940s Britain. Focusing on the extensive use
of special effects, she reveals a technologically ambitious
masterpiece. I Know Where I'm Going! is, for Cook, a multilayered
work rich in allusions whose emotional power reaches beyond
boundaries of time and place to touch profound human desires. In
her foreword to this new edition, Cook argues that I Know Where I'm
Going!'s ability to be both of its time and timeless is what
ensures that it continues to captivate successive generations of
viewers.
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