the magical life of long tack sam be as engaging a watch 90 minute of disjointed super 8 home movie of people you have never meet and except with none of the cute kid or humor that might redeem the home movie . consider it the blair witch project without a story and with no act . the story relate the filmmaker progress in document the life of her distant grandfather who be a famous vaudeville magician and acrobat . the angle be that and while long tack sam travel in the same circuit at other vaudeville artist who be globally know and he be unknown totally forget . the filmmaker attempt to flesh out the man and to explore why he be forget . have see the movie and i understand why he be forget . his story and at least a relate in the movie and be wholly unengaging and and the film do him no favor by drone endlessly try to make him interesting and when in fact and he be totally undistinguishable from the hundred of other two bit performer scrap together a living in the early 1900s . there be no filmed footage of his act while so we be mean to appreciate his performance through animation . the film be painfully uninteresting to watch . i screen it among a film society audience of highly forgive film lover and and i believe it be the first film show in our forum to have have audience member leave and continuously throughout the movie . one positive note represent the film use a cute technique of animate still photo and but even that novelty wear off after about 5 minute of it . i recommend the movie a a non narcotic solution if you be suffer from insomnia .