this film be one hell of a sumptuous visual feast . the animated photograph be wondrous and seem to bring long tack sam and kin back to life . the multiple origin comic be lush with color . both merge seamlessly with candid interview and find ( . ) footage . i can not rhapsodize enough about the aesthetic and style . kudos to ann marie fleming for this biographical masterpiece on her great grandfather . the storyline be equally compelling . the scenic shift from place to place and country to country and allow fleming to uncover new fact about the acrobat or magician life and and cleverly parallel sam own perigrinations . globetrotter and par excellance and the travel of sam and fleming provide effective narrative ballast and and in particular and fleming adept narration carefully focus our attention and so that we feel privy to the historical event sam live through during the early and mid 20th century . the magical life of long tack sam be in every sense a celebration of an almost forgotten man and who perhaps until now and never get his proper due . and it pay homage not just to the remarkable sam and but to other member of his family as well ( especially his daughter mina and fleming grandmother ) . with it grea t style and storytelling and this be a film to be see again and again .