Within the limitations of a documentary with no professional cast and minimal speech this does its subject - Edinburgh and its people - proud, so too its director Eldridge. Very atmospheric, much is shot at night with subtle lighting. Centered around a railway station in the age of steam and apparently shot in Autumn/Winter where human breath leaves a vaporous trail, it makes the very most of these opportunities. The camera-work and lighting is always inventive and very pleasing. Pioneering too with the sound editing which leads the sound from the next scene. It smoothly inter-cuts between small stories, scenes and events.
Either well-resourced or a driven very hard-working director, this is an impressive piece of work
Either well-resourced or a driven very hard-working director, this is an impressive piece of work
