the illusionist

Today, The Uncle told me of a new film called The Illusionist, which is about a magician in 19th century Vienna. He goes on to tell it best:

so, all the Illusions in the film are real magic tricks, no cg bullshit.
and guess who supervised and meticulously researched all the illusions?
Your hero and Mine
Ricky Jay.

Readers of the site will remember my rant about Ricky Jay, and how amazing he is. Knowing nothing else about this film, I am now convinced that it must be seen.

In other news, Sam Jackson just gave an absurdly awesome interview on the Daily Show about, of course, the much anticipated Snakes on a Plane which will be released shortly. If you are able, catch the rerun Wednesday afternoon.
Posted by charlie on August 15th 2006
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