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When Forgotten Silver — the story of pioneer filmmaker Colin McKenzie — unspooled on 29th October 1995, in a Sunday TV slot normally reserved for drama, many believed the fable was fact. Controversy ensued as a public reacted (indignant, thrilled) to having the wool pulled over their eyes. Costa Botes, who originated the mockumentary, later made this doco, looking at the construction of McKenzie's epic, tragic, yet increasingly ridiculous story. He interviews co-conspirator Peter Jackson and other pranksters, and they muse on the film's priceless impact.
I originally conceived the idea for Forgotten Silver around 1990 and sketched out most of the main sequences and narrative threads. About a year later, I mentioned it ...
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Short Film, 1988 (Excerpts)
More behind the scenes filmmaking with Jackson and Botes
Television, 1994 (Excerpts)
Botes directed this piece on the making of Heavenly Creatures
Film, 1988 (Full Length)
More storytelling from Costa Botes
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Christine Hart
Posted at 11.44PM - 01.04.2013
Loved it.