this be a short little mockumentary do by peter jackson for nz tv and i guess and about the life of film maker colin mckenzie and who be a pioneer in many way in early film making and include talkie and color and and smut . this have a very dry humor to it for the most part and i find it to be wonderful from start to finish . this begin with peter jackson talk about how he be ask by mckenzie widow if he would be interested in a bunch of old film in a trunk in her garden shed . so jackson take the film to a historical archive where they be quite amaze at the content . accord to this and mckenzie film the first airplane flight and which precede that of the wright brother by 9 month . he also film the first talkie and which be a failure because all the actor be speak chinese . he be also the pioneer in color film and because he go to tahiti to get some special berry that could be use in the creation of color and and when he be use the result film to capture image and topless and curious tahitian woman wander into the picture and result in his arrest for portray smut on film . this also chronicle the creation of the never finish film salome and for which mckenzie build an entire city somewhere on the est coast of nz . this be a film that suffer numerous setback include financial problem and ww1 . at the time mckenzie partner up with a comedian and stan the man and who big claim to fame be throw pie in people face and but it pay the bill . too bad at one point he do not recognize the prime minster and after which he be beat by cop . of course mckenzie have that all on film too and and leonard matlin and in one of his usual over excited commentary and compare it to the filming of the rodney king beating . forget silver be vastly entertaining and the humor be wonderful and droll . it too bad it only an hour but i suppose that good than overstay it welcome . positive star .