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"A work of demented genius…insidiously clever!"-Seattle Times
When director Peter Jackson discovers a cache of ancient nitrate in a neighbor's shed he realizes he has found "the most extraordinary collection of films I had never heard of.Imagine if Citizen Kane suddenly came out of the blue!"
So begins this insidiously funny, yet utterly believable "mockumentary" which uncovers the life of one Colin McKenzie, film pioneer and inventor extraordinaire in early 1900s New Zealand.The young genius McKenzie had invented motion picture cameras, color film, sync sound, tracking shots, and many other important cinematic techniques -- before the likes of D.W. Griffith and the Lumiere brothers.His Biblical epic Salome, for which he recreated ancient Jerusalem in the New Zealand jungle, is now recognized as a masterpiece of early cinema.
Featuring actor Sam Neill, film critic Leonard Maltin, and a cast of thousands, Forgotten Silver is "endearing and hilarious…a devilish ride straight into the heart of movie love!" (LA Weekly)
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