3 cinephile hot spots in Scotland
Looking for a film tour with a difference? Kevin Fullerton aims his clapperboard at some remote locations across Scotland that will make even the most ardent cinephile ditch the silver screen for a day and lace up their walking boots
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Pennan
This sleepy coastal village in Aberdeenshire, which stood in for the fictional village of Ferness in Local Hero, loses none of its charm in real life. The film’s famous red telephone box is still there, and many a cinephile has visited the village to use it. It’s even got status as a listed building.
Visit the Aberdeen Tourist Board site.
Corrour Station
Danny Boyle crafted plenty of iconic shots in Trainspotting, but few beat the sight of its four troubled scallies hunched on the platform of Corrour Station. It’s a short walk from the station to Leum Uilleim, the grand vista where Renton exclaimed ‘it’s shite being Scottish!’ while swigging a quarter of Glen’s.
Visit Corrour Station’s official site.
Hopsitalfield
Guillermo del Toro heavily features this former hospital-turned-arts haven (which offers tours of its vast grounds) in his upcoming adaptation of Frankenstein featuring a gorgeous, floppy-haired Oscar Isaac in the title role. Beat the del Toro buffs and sample its house, garden, memorial chapel and café before the gothic odyssey comes out this winter.