2024-04-14 17:28:41
Today (April 13th)EBS1<세계의 명화>Director Neil Berger’s ‘The Illusionist’ will be broadcast.
It is a 2006 American film directed by Neil Berger, starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, and Rufus Sewell. Running time: 108 minutes, suitable for ages 15 and older.
◆ summary:
Eisenheim, the illusion magician of the century. Word spreads quickly about the extraordinary performances he puts on, and even the crown prince comes to see the performances. However, the person who came with the crown prince was Sophie, whom Eisenheim loved as a child. Sophie was engaged to the Crown Prince simply for political reasons, and Eisenheim and Sophie became attracted to each other again. Meanwhile, Inspector Wool of the Vienna police station, who is loyal to the Crown Prince, is following Sophie and notices her relationship with Eisenheim. However, the Crown Prince, who married Sophie and was planning to oust the current emperor with the support of the family, cannot allow his coup to be in vain because Sophie runs away with another man. And she crawls after Sophie, who turns away saying she will not marry her, but the next day, Sophie is found cold. And then the performance surrounding her death begins…
◆ subject:
The questions that Eisenheim asks the audience who come to his magic show, such as what is the boundary between ‘fantasy’ and ‘reality’ and what ‘death’ is, are in fact questions that this work asks the audience. At a time when people were just waking up to the power of scientific civilization, its incredible potential, and greed, the illusionist Eisenheim showed people a rather superstitious magic, drawing them into an unknown world that could not be explained again. The film consistently shows the love story of the male and female protagonists along with mystical magic scenes and the power struggle of the imperialist era intertwined with it. The plot seems a bit complicated, but at the end of the movie, the line between fantasy and reality is blurred enough to make you feel like you’ve just watched an elaborate magic show. To Eisenheim, everything was magic and fantasy, but one thing was clear to the enigmatic man: his feelings for Sophie. In an era when the belief that science would solve everything was growing, Eisenheim, the last illusion magician, once again inspired people with dreams, illusions, religion, and superstitions, drawing them into the world of magic. And when the final curtain falls, the audience will face the ambiguous border between fantasy and reality.
◆ Impression points:
The complex story is easily felt thanks to the passionate performances of talented actors such as Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti. The actors play each character three-dimensionally, clearly conveying each person’s motivations and creating anticipation for the plot to unfold in the future. The fantastic magic graphics and performance scenes are also something to see. Above all, it is fun to look back at the elaborate foreshadowing that the director and writer planted for the final twist at the end of the movie. As it is based on an original novel, the strong story is also one of the factors that led to the film’s favorable reviews.
◆ director:
After graduating from Yale University, Neil Berger worked on several experimental films in the 1980s, and also worked with MTV and produced advertisements for major companies such as Mastercard and IBM. First feature-length directorial work <인터뷰 위드 더 어쌔신> Afterwards, the next work <일루셔니스트>It had the honor of being invited as the opening film of the Sundance Film Festival. In 2008, he worked on an indie film about the aftermath of the Iraq War, and in 2011, he worked on a fantasy thriller starring Bradley Cooper. <리미트리스>He went back and forth between indie and mainstream, experiencing popular success with . after <다이버전트> trilogy, <디 업사이드>, <언터쳐블>supervised, etc. Although his filmography is not large, his major works convey complex genres such as fantasy, action, and thriller in a balanced way to the audience.
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2024-04-14 17:28:41