The Edge Of The World [Blu-ray] [1937][Region Free]

Shot over four arduous months in the wild, windswept Shetland Islands, Michael Powell's first independent production establishes the daring techniques and experimentation that would later become familiar hallmarks of his career. The Edge of the World tells the moving story of a remote island and its inhabitants, whose traditions and way of life are threatened by a rapidly industrialising world.

This brand new digital restoration has been created from the original 35mm negative and personally supervised by Powell s widow Thelma Schoonmaker Martin Scorcese s long -time editor.

Extra Features:

• Daniel Day-Lewis reads extracts from 200,000 Feet on Foula, the book that inspired the film.
• Commentary featuring Thelma Schoonmaker (Michael Powell's widow, Martin Scorsese's editor) and film critic Ian Christie
• Michael Powell's home movies
• Documentary: Return to the Edge of the World (1978)
• Travelogue: St Kilda - Britain's Loneliest Isle (1928)
• Biographies of Michael Powell and producer Joe Rock
• Subtitles for hard of hearing
• Fully illustrated booklet with newly commissioned essay by Professor Ian Christie, reviews and notes on the film.

I hope everyone who can will make a point of seeing The Edge of the World --C A Lejeune, Observer

Thrilling… The Edge of the World is a great British film --The Telegraph

United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Linear PCM ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Alternative Footage, Black & White, Booklet, Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: A key film in the career of director Michael Powell, The Edge of the World was his first original idea to be realized onscreen, and its success attracted the attention of producer Alexander Korda. Korda's bankrolling of Powell's next several films catapulted the filmmaker into the first rank of British directors. Powell was attracted to the idea of building a dramatic story around the evacuation of St. Kilda, an island north of Scotland, whose aging population could not sustain life there. Forbidden from filming on St. Kilda, Powell and his crew journeyed farther north to Foula, an island whose sheer cliffs play an important role in the story. Two young men, Robbie Manson (Eric Berry) and James Gray (Niall MacGinnis), disagree on their island's economic future. James loves Robbie's twin sister Ruth (Belle Chrystal). The rivalry between the two men and their strong-willed fathers threatens to tear apart the island community, but an unexpected pregnancy and a rescue in dangerous seas serve to unite the islanders in common purpose. Powell took full advantage of the magnificent locations to tell this simple but affecting story of survival and adaptation to changing times. A restored version of the film, available on video, also includes the documentary Return to the Edge of the World. ...The Edge of the World (1937) (Blu-Ray)