The arrival of a new Scannerman film on YouTube is always a bit of an occasion. His stuff is very stylish: it's different. But it certainly grabs your attention and holds it. A good Scannerman (e.g. his Achill movies, wicklow mts-climbing croaghan moira, Climbing Carrauntoohill-MacGillycuddy's Reeks, wicklow mts-art's lough and many many more) has a whiff of the exotic about it. The music is what you'd expect in a very modern mid eastern bazaar. The energy pulsates through the piece. The young lady star brings human perspective and a certain calm presence in counterpoint to the monstrous mountain backgrounds.
Climbing Brandon was filmed almost entirely in rain if not cloud. Believe me I've been there, and it's like the gates of hell, with mist rising and falling, as if the omnipresent rock was spewing smoke and steam. Somehow, our director has managed to capture the extraordinary business of climbing Brandon in such conditions. Usually attempts to film Irish mountains without good lighting result in bland brownish screens devoid of excitement. Scannerman just keeps filming anyway, and the result, effectively "Brandon in the Rain", shows you what it's really like on one of our iconic mountains 90% of the time. Wild, windy, wet, wacky and wonderful.
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