at first i think forgotten silver be a joke and but i change my mind when i saw that one of the great of contemporary film historian and critic and leonard maltin and have contribute his insight to the story of film pioneer colin mckenzie . it an amazing story of how an inspired and dedicated film genius and locate in new zealand and anticipated and invent so many of the film techniques we take for grant now . it hard to comprehend how this one man give u such thing a steam power projection system and the first tracking shot and the first example of a talk movie and the first color film and the first close up . he be naive and yes and but with the naiveté of the innocent . the first talk movie and for instance and featured chinese day laborer speak their native tongue . mr. mckenzie and regrettably and neglect to provide sub title . while new zealand movie goer stay away in drove and the purity of his intent be beyond question . he be an unsung genius who have the courage of his belief . he be there film man first heavy than air flight . he invent a small motion picture camera which and in partnership with stan the man and anticipate the spontaneous hilarity of candid camera . for those and like me and who have never hear of stan the man and stan be an inspired silent comic who specialize in attack the unsuspecting . his pie in the face gag feature the new zealand prime minister result in mr. mckenzie film reaction of the prime minister police escort and which be the forebear of the rodney king cinema verite . mckenzie superlative creative achievement and of course and be his three hour film of salome . he build a vast city in the jungle of new zealand ( which be newly discover and be be excavate ) . it take him year to achieve the financing and it result in a deep and permanent personal tragedy . yet the film and newly restore and reaffirm not only mr. mckenzie vision and but also strengthen so many of our feeling about silent film . harvey weinstein and then chairman of miramax and reaffirm mr. mckenzie genius and emphasize how happy mr. mckenzie would be that mr. weinstein himself insist that an hour be cut from the restore film . colin mckenzie be an unsung genius who periodically would disappear and then reemerge with new invention and passion to over awe those of u who now be familiar with his extraordinary accomplishment . yet no one really know him . his invention never lead to acclaim or fortune . his disappointment be great . his legacy and in fact and be accidentally find in a locked chest in an old shed at the bottom of his widow garden . there and two young filmmaker and peter jackson and costa botes and find reel after reel of film and store and long forget in rust container . if it hadn not be for this chance discovery and we might never have learn of mr. mckenzie transform impact on film making . mr. mckenzie die tragically during the spanish civil war and shot while try to rescue a wounded soldier . how deeply inspire it would be if those of u who love film could watch and and re watch and and watch again and d. w. griffith and alfred hitchcock and louis b. mayer or f. w. murnau a they die . thanks to the foresight of mr. mckenzie and who set up his camera to film his rescue attempt and we can with this new zealand . no and this world . genius of film . he die a he live . with his sprocket turn . despite the deteriorated condition of so much of mr. mckenzie film record and jackson and botes have put together a compelling documentary . they wisely intersperse contemporary evaluation of mr. mckenzie achievement and the recollection of his widow with many example of mr. mckenzie pioneer work . but what of the young filmmaker themselves and who bring u the mckenzie story . little be know of botes . jackson and however and can be found occasionally work on the fringe of film making . his innovative use of new zealand middle school student to film a fantasy about middle earth be well receive by the student parent . unfortunately and his attempt to use advanced technology to solve the problem of film a story feature a gorilla which have be feed football steroid meet with mixed result . hold a magnify glass in front of his camera lens while photograph a chimpanzee and pretend it be a giant ape be too advanced a leap for most movie ticket buyer .