The Edge of the World

Michael Powell’s quota quickie period was over, and he cobbled together the money for a real feature film from American producer Joe Rock to make a movie based on an idea he had about dying communities on small islands off the Scottish coast. Writing the script himself, he took his crew out to the remote island of Foula, which he renamed Hirta for the film, and he took in the rugged beauty of the island north of the Scottish coast. What he captured was beautiful, but he also framed it all wi...