Last night the Filmhouse audience was treated to two films about cycling in Scotland. The main film, Home, was a look at a few of the top class Mountain Bike and Trials riders in Scotland in the natural environment and hanging out in their natural environment – anywhere to ride and race.
The short was the fabulous Inspired Bicycles, the amazing YouTube sensation (currently nearly 7M hits) shot by Dave Sowerby featuring the ‘unbelievable’ skills of Danny MacAskill. Just before the show started it was announced that (unexpectedly) he would be turning up.
After the films, Chris Ball of Dirtschool (he appeared in Home) went on stage to talk about encouraging more people to ride and improving their skills – and therefore enjoyment. He was joined by the remarkably modest Danny Macaskill who described how he mostly rode around in Edinburgh without getting into trouble – unlike in his native Skye where he was reported to the Children’s Panel twice for his cycling activities!
In answer to a question from the audience, Dave Sowerby (also in the audience) said he had no plans to make his film available other than by YouTube. “Who would buy a 5 minute DVD?”
Perhaps some of the people who saw the quality and detail displayed on the big screen and many around the world who want something better than YouTube quality on their big screen TVs…
