[UA] (OT) Forgotten Silver

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

There's a spoiler for a fantastic flick in here,
Forgotten Silver, which, if you haven't seen, you
should.  Especially just in case Lord of the Rings
turns out to be crap.  I'm not saying it's going to
be, but, just in case.


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--- Timothy Toner <thanatos at interaccess.com> wrote:
 I'm
> thinking specifically of a
> wonderful Peter Jackson movie called Forgotten
> Silver, which presents a
> hitherto unknown New Zealander who read about the
> _idea_ of motion pictures
> in the early 1900s, and managed to single-handedly
> invent almost every major
> film innovation, from the tracking shot to the
> biblical epic.  His films
> were locked away until recently, when his
> far-sightedness was finally
> discovered, and he at last received his due too
> late.  It seems that he
> wandered off, and was never seen again.  I like the
> idea of THAT GUY joining
> the IC.  No one knows who the hell he is, but like
> Ed Wood, he's too
> passionate for the universe to ignore, and that's
> gotta count for something,
> right?
> 
I thought the protagonist of forgotten silver got shot
during the Spanish Civil War.  It's one of the last
things in the film.  (In doing so he accidentally
innovates both snuff films and war documentaries.) 
You actually see him rush forward to save a fallen
comerade and get kacked.  It's tragic and funny
simultaneously.

I also thought the bit where he has to turn to a
Fundamentalist Bible Thumper (who gets taken over by
the Mafia) and then the Soviets to finish "Salome" was
something that could be used in UA.  I like the idea
of a backstory where someone has been desperately
trying to fund a magical project by disguising it as
another project to these various groups.

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-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
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