A Documentary, ‘The Hermit of Treig’ Tells the Story of a Man Who’s Lived Off the Grid for Decades
The environmentally minded will take a shine to the subject’s fortitude and his back-to-the-land sense of wonder, but few of them are likely to take up a life in which convenience is in such short supply.
Filmmaker Lizzie MacKenzie adores Ken Smith for a number of reasons, and one of them surely is his patrician profile. Mr. Smith is the title subject of Ms. MacKenzie’s new documentary, “The Hermit of Treig,” and, notwithstanding Mr. Smith’s scruffiness, he cuts a striking figure. The director repeatedly sets off her subject’s high cheekbones, sharply crooked nose, and weighted brow against the farther reaches of the Scottish Highlands. Tidy Mr. Smith up a bit and he might pass for a Roman orator of yore.
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