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I Know Where I'm Going

Writer AL Kennedy discusses the inconveniences of love in the 1945 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger film I Know Where I'm Going, set on a remote Scottish island.

Continuing the Sound of Cinema season, writer A L Kennedy contemplates the inconveniences of love in the 1945 Powell and Pressburger romance 'I Know Where I'm Going!', set on a remote Scottish island.

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, together known as The Archers, were one of the most influential and audacious film-makers of the 1930s and 40s. Their groundbreaking works include: 'The Red Shoes', 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp', 'A Matter of Life and Death' and 'Black Narcissus'.

A L Kennedy is an award-winning writer and stand-up comedian.

Producer: Justine Willett.

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Fri 27 Sep 2013 22:45

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