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Magicians: Life in the Impossible (2016)

Magicians: Life in the Impossible (2016)

GENRESDocumentary
LANGEnglish
ACTOR
Jon ArmstrongBrian GillisDavid MinkinJan Rouven
DIRECTOR
Christoph Baaden,Marcie Hume

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Magicians: Life in the Impossible (2016) is a English movie. Christoph Baaden,Marcie Hume has directed this movie. Jon Armstrong,Brian Gillis,David Minkin,Jan Rouven are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2016. Magicians: Life in the Impossible (2016) is considered one of the best Documentary movie in India and around the world.

"MAGICIANS follows four world-class magicians on stage and off, exploring how and why these characters so passionately dedicate their lives to the craft of illusion. Their journey takes us from the most humbling of road gigs to grand performances on the biggest of stages, from finding love to terrible personal loss; and to the prospect of losing everything for a dream others don't understand. As we come to understand why each is obsessively chasing his own dream, we'll discover the unhidden secret: far more fascinating than the magic are the magicians themselves."

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  • FAKE Reviews - Beware

    mendzel2017-01-17

    You know what film is an 8/10 or a 9/10? Wolf of Wallstreet. You know what film is not? Documentary on Magicians. Yet, judging by all of the high star ratings and glowing reviews, you'd think this film may win an Oscar(and one fake reviewer even suggested it!). Wrong. Fake reviews....they are plaguing IMDb. Many of these reviewers have ONLY reviewed ONE FILM (This film!). The one reviewer who has multiple previously-reviewed films gives an unbiased, low rating. Surprise: 3 out of 4 people said his review was Not helpful. Weird right? A very insightful, unbiased review is met with such universal disagreement. I'm guessing These fake reviewers can't help but also sabotage legitimate reviews too. Pathetic. Note to fake reviewers: at least pump in a few reviews for other films so you can appear to be a film fan and not affiliated with the film you are reviewing. If anyone involved in the film (aka the fake reviewers) is reading this, please take note: YOU ARE RUINING IMDb! It has become a biased, fictitious ratings-land where the average consume cannot get an objective review of a film. My suggestion: move along to a film that stands on its own merit and doesn't need to trick you into viewing.

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  • Marginal because it missed number of opportunities

    beeblebrox-22017-03-07

    One has to rate movies like this against other documentaries. Its certainly better than the bevy of Netflix NAZI documentaries out there and it manages to hold up without a narration, which can be a test of documentary storytelling. So kudos for that. It's well shot and has a modestly coherent story line following 3 "magicians" and one "illusionist". The movie has 3 major problems however: 1. It's a slice-of-life documentary, 75% of which could have applied to anyone in any occupation. Relationship problems, bankruptcy, dogs needing to be put down, living on the road, hustling for the next job, etc. Pretty boring and uninteresting stuff given that we're ostensibly following the lives of "magicians" who might have something interesting up their sleeves. But no. 2. The most interesting questions raised as we follow each of these guys is largely, if not completely ignored. How did the guy who was "Johnny Carson's favorite magician" manage to end up broke, living in a studio apartment while his ex-lover/female assistant lives in a castle? Why did the close-up card trick magician only really perform in magic shops and, although managing to "reach all his dreams" was dropped by his wife after only 2 years of marriage? Did she not know he was a road warrior? Why didn't we get to watch all the preparation needed by the other close-up artist as he prepped for his breakout TV appearance - and then be treated to how it all came out? We don't. And finally, what was with the whole idea of including a popular, gay illusionist in the line- up amongst the loser card trick magicians? Since he was the only one who had made it big, we have to assume the moral of his story is either a.) choose big production illusionist gags over close-up work to make it big or b.) maybe best to shack up with an aging ex- illusionist who can produce your shows? Who knows. One thing that really irked me about the illusionist storyline was that we learn that apparently a rival stole his prestige illusion but had evidently never thought to protect the IP related to the trick. He and his "partner" go see a lawyer who nonsensically tells the pair that an illusion is only "owned" if it gets associated with a particularly big personality. Obviously this is ridiculous. Everyday, famous Hollywood producers have to pay off nobody screenwriters after stealing their intellectual property and making a pant load off of their screenplay. How is the illusionist biz any different? Just because someone is more famous doesn't mean they can steal then claim as their's, someone else's IP. But the documentary makes no effort to follow up on this obvious intrigue. One is left to assume that our subject illusionist gave it up because he, himself stole the trick from yet someone else and that's why he didn't pursue the lawsuit. All this to say, a whole lot of interesting subject matter was left unaddressed while we followed each magician from sad venue to sad venue and meanwhile, watched the rich illusionist and his lover do a great impression of the two gay guys in Best In Show. Blech. All in all, could have been a solid 8 in the genre but it got caught up in the mundane and ended up a weak 6. BTW, whoever rates most ANY movie a 10 much less a maudlin docudrama like the "Magicians" is just being dishonest. Only a few movies rate a 10 (or a 1 for that matter) and this isn't one of them.

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  • The sad lives of professional magicians

    mccloskey-838-8012912017-02-27

    Rather depressing but realistic look at the hardships and loneliness of performing as a professional magician made even more sad by recent revelations about Daryl Easton (not featured in the movie) who just committed suicide at the Magic Castle before a performance. 3 out of the 4 magicians show well known performers eeking out a living, with no partners except for dogs. The one performer who seems to be a success and at the end of the film gets a gig at a major Las Vegas showroom, was arrested after filming ended and is now in jail facing 30 years for child pornography.

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  • All Hat and No Rabbit

    dennis_chiu12016-11-12

    "Magicians: Life in the Impossible" is a documentary that fails to pull a rabbit out of its hat. The film follows several professional magicians over a couple years. This approach to documentary filmmaking can capture both magic and the mundane. Unfortunately, "Magician" captures more mundane than magic. It never elevated the material beyond the myopic "day in the life" to capture a larger epiphany on the human condition. We see the individual magicians hustle for bookings, have relationship issues, and have moms that are proud of them, like non-magicians. The filmmakers also make a possibly necessary but unfortunate choice to not show how magic is done. We hardly ever see the magicians slaving in the workshop creating new tricks, nor do we ever receive more than a simplistic understanding of why these individuals became magicians. It appears most magicians get their start because they are given magic tricks as a gift when they are young. However, were they trying to disappear from a difficult home life, bullying, to become popular, or impress a significant other? What is the psychology of becoming a magician. The interior life of the subjects are never illuminated to a degree that provides real insight.) There is one noteworthy relationship captured in the film between a young magician in Las Vegas and his patron, who takes him from north strip to south strip. The filmmakers should have probably focused on the two of them, because their snippy, quirky, and funny repartee accentuates that the other featured magicians lack lives that depict anything new about the human condition. All films must reveal truth, and documentaries more often do than other films, but sometimes the truth captured on film is not that magical.

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  • The world of magic is not so magical

    snagssharkteeth-237852017-02-07

    I was always fascinated by magic as a child because it was something different and it was something people do not understand. I was young and naive then and my perception on magic has changed. Magic is not a world of innocence or astounding confusion but magic is dog eat dog world. Criss Angel got his bite in this show but that is not to say other magicians have done the magic they did in this show. I can not recall the names of other magicians who did the same trick as the guys in this show. This documentary does not point out the beauty in magic but the malicious hatred and the hopeless ambition of synthetic wealth. Its a miserable industry and the idea of making friends through mystical talent is an elated cover up for a more sin sinister truth.

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