THE ENGELBERG EXPRESS
Directed by Jason Mannings
CREDITS
Writer: Jason Mannings
Production Company: Alt BC
Director of Photography: Jason Mannings
Athlete/Skier/Model: Johan Jonsson
Location: Engelberg, Switzerland
Edit/Color/Sound: Jason Mannings
Sound Mix: Jeff Yellen
Client: Personal Project
Professional skier, Johan Jonsson, takes a train on a romantic adventure to Engelberg, Switzerland — a formerly monastic ski town in the Alps, that is to Swedes what Whistler is to Aussies — and stays at Ski Lodge Engelberg, just like any ski tourist would, albeit any ski tourist with decent tastes and relatively deep pockets; this is Switzerland after all. The Ski Lodge gave us a few nights in their tiniest room in exchange for Instagram posts — the only currency we could pay in — which may or may not have been worth it for them. No one wanted to sponsor this video, but we made it anyways, mostly to create the illusion of success.
***Originally produced in 2016 — under the working title A Skier Like Me — we didn't think the edit quite nailed it, and it was set aside. Revisiting the old project file in 2019, it felt like it probably should have been released after all ... so here it is, a few years late: the long lost Engelberg Express.***
