This Powell and Pressburger film is one which inspired Kate Bush to write Running Up That Hill, so for that at the very least, we should definitely be grateful. I'm guessing it inspired the song, as quite a few scenes in it have the main character, who is a woman of nature, running around on hills in the English countryside; so I would surmise that it is the imagery and feel which inspired the song, more than the content, after all Kate was inspired to write Wuthering Heights after only seeing the last five minutes of the BBC adaption, which strikes me as a kind of similar situation. This film is a romantic-drama and, like Powell and Pressburger films in general, it has a sumptuous Technicolor look. It ends on a particularly impressive final few minutes.
Review of Gone to Earth
