Danny MacAskill's Imaginate
Directed by Stu Thomson8.08.5
Imaginate' is trial biker's Danny MacAskill's most ambitious project so far. The engaging Scotsman's earlier spectacular videos - 'Inspired Bicycles' and 'Way Back Home' - set street trial benchmarks, turning him into a cult idol far beyond the free ride community. His web-based clips have had 30 million hits and counting. 'Imaginate' sees Danny re-inventing the bike video genre yet again. The plot: in his nursery young Danny (played by a child actor) is playing with a toy cyclist. The colourful toys scattered about the room transform themselves for real-life Danny MacAskill to run a trial parcours with and among them. The set allows MacAskill to show off his new tricks as he jumps and whirls across gigantic building blocks, enormous crayons, playing cards and a model railway station. Even toy soldiers suddenly jump alive to play their tricks on him. This is the most imaginative stage set for a bike trial - ever.
