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Film-makers Peter Jackson and Costa Botes’ ground-breaking documentary about Colin McKenzie, the handsome young lost hero of early New Zealand movie-making, screened on TV One in the Montana Sunday Theatre slot. The documentary was later revealed as the biggest Kiwi film hoax of the century. The programme was backed by a lengthy interview in ...
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888. Forgotten Silver (1995) directed by Peter Jackson, Costa Botes • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd
Mit seinem nüchternen Reportagestil weist der Film ein dokumentarisch-seriösen Stil auf, der es dem unwissenden Zuschauer nicht immer einfach macht, Forgotten Silver auf den ersten Blick als Parodie zu entlarven. Natürlich ist die gesamte Geschichte höchst unwahrscheinlich, aber sie könnte sich theoretisch eben doch genauso zugetragen haben, zumahl sich immer wieder ausgewiesene Experten ...
With this film, if you don't know in advance that it isn't a real documentary, you'll almost certainly be bamboozled, and, in the process, miss some of the most subtle humor. Taken at face value, Forgotten Silver is mildly entertaining, but, for those who recognize its true nature, it's nothing short of brilliant.
Colin McKenzie and his remarkable films are, in fact, the subjects of a delightful spoof from New Zealand made by Peter Jackson and Costa Botes. ''Forgotten Silver'' is a splendid tall tale. Like a combination of Woody Allen's ''Zelig'' and Rob Reiner's ''This Is Spinal Tap,'' this rich comedy manages simultaneously to position its hero in the ...
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- Costa Botes Lone Pine Films
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Forgotten Silver is a mockumentary which details the prodigious life of "lost" filmmaker Colin McKenzie and his incredible advances that were lost to history... until now. This supergenius filmmaker, posthumously inducted into the pantheon of cinema greats, made incredible advances in filmmaking technology, supposedly making a talkie in 1908 and using color film in 1911, but madness and ...
