Exclusive Featurette: SAM KLEMKE'S TIME MACHINE, My, How Time Flies

Is it outsider art or home movie flotsam and jetsam? Directed by Matthew Bate, Sam Klemke's Time Machine is a documentary revolving around a man who recorded himself every year for 38 years.

While that may immediately remind of Richard Linklater's Boyhood, a fictional project daringly filmed over 12 years, or the Up series of documentaries, which has shot a new chapter every seven years, Sam Klemke was not a professional filmmaker. He was just 19 years of age when he decided to document his life.

It was 1977, and the best consumer equipment available was an 8mm camera. Movies and television were almost entirely closed systems; still, Klemke plunged ahead with his desire not only to record his life but to share it with the world, a revolutionary idea at the time. Eventually he switched to video, and still later he was one of the first to become a YouTube star.

To provide a taste of what lies ahead for viewers, and to celebrate the coming end of the year, Mr. Bate has put together a very unusual, unique featurette that shows Mr. Klemke at various ages. It's wryly funny, and very much worth a few moments of your time. You can watch it below.

Sam Klemke's Time Machine is currently available to watch via Vimeo.