Chapter 695： deadly magic (1)

The short and psychedelic animated logo appeared and disappeared. On the seat, George's mood couldn't help surging. The complex feelings of anticipation and excitement made him a little restless, but he never looked away from the screen, for fear of missing any details.

Nolan's film is one of the directors who he feels has the strongest sense of picture. The "complexity" of the lens also makes people have to put a lot of energy into it, otherwise it will be easy to understand.

In other words, the director's style is very focused on the layout of the film, and he likes to start from the details, but it will make people ignore the characters.

This is very different from the director of Firefly, Lyman.

As an "amateur" film critic, George, who only occasionally contributes and has no column, has already noticed this director who is very spiritual in his opinion.

After the title, the film opens with applause. A magician wearing a round hat and a tuxedo is performing magic on the stage.

His technique is very skilled, and he seduces the audience's interest step by step, winning everyone's applause.

At the backstage, an old magician told a little girl about his understanding of magic. He said that every performance can be divided into three steps. A bird, a bunch of flowers, and no matter how the audience checks and stares at close range, can only be true, even if it will be false later;

The second is to steal the day, use "ordinary" things, or guide the atmosphere, or use props to make a superficially impressive performance, and let the audience find other keys, even if they understand it in their hearts, but they can't see it with their eyes. come out;

The last thing is to turn the ingenious into the magical - theprestige, the title of the deadly magic.

Stage, magic, cheers.

Just when the audience thought that the plot was still to be guided, the well-known magician Anjie (Hugh Jackman) fell into the water tank under the stage when performing a difficult escape trick, but the lock of the water tank props was replaced by a real lock. , unable to escape and drowned.

All of this was seen by Anjie's nemesis, another famous magician, Burden (Christian Bale), because the entanglement between the two and his motives behind the scene could not be explained. The police brought it to court as the biggest suspect.

Although the evidence could not show that he killed Anjie, it could not exonerate him. After the trial, Burden was thrown into prison.

It is said that because of his non-cooperation, he is likely to be sentenced to death to quell the death of the magician in full view.

In less than 10 minutes, one male protagonist died, and the other male protagonist also faced death after judicial trial, which really caught the audience a little off guard-too fast, just such a few scenes, "Wolverine" and "Wolverine" Batman" gone?

But, this is just the beginning.

A gentleman came to the prison to visit Burden. He claimed to be doing business for a jazz who liked magic. He wanted to buy Burden's famous work "Transfiguration" secret, so that this great magic would not disappear from the world.

That's what he said, but Burden was very stubborn, no matter how the man persuaded him, and even offered a large sum of money to lure him, he would not sell it.

The gentleman was very annoyed and threatened, after you die, your daughter will be sent to an orphanage or even become a child laborer. Do you want to see this result?

Burden disdainfully said that his assistant Fallon will take good care of my daughter, and you don't need to worry about it.

But the gentleman reminded, don't forget, he is just your assistant, even if you have cooperated for many years, he is also an outsider, and he cannot get custody.

After finishing speaking, the gentleman took out a notebook and gave it to Burden, saying it was a gift from the Sir, and asked him to think about it.

After the person left, Burden opened the notebook and found a set of anagrams in it. It was strange, and it always felt like something was hidden... Because Burden recorded the method of "transfiguration" and The process is also in the mode of anagrams and symbols, in order to prevent being stolen, to crack his famous work, and to uncover the mystery...

Seeing this, the audience was even more puzzled.

Jazz, Angel, Burden, what role did these people play in this?

Also, who killed Anjie?

As a somewhat suspenseful film, "Deadly Magic" raised everyone's expectations with just an opening transition.

Then, there is a flashback.

In fact, this film is a narrative mode that alternates between flashbacks and episodes. Compared with direct narratives, it seems to be more laborious, which is one of the factors that makes the film not very popular.

After all, watching this movie requires patience, but many people have lost patience in the complicated work and life, and spend an hour or two playing a routine like finding the answer, and it is normal not to be liked...

Time, back to England in 1894.

In the theater, both Borden and Anjie are just new magicians who have just debuted, watching the performance of a veteran magician.

During the period, the two took the initiative to act as staff members, looking for loopholes for the audience at close range, and also helping the magician to perform escape magic and tying up a beautiful woman.

During the preparation process, An Jie secretly kissed the beauty's thigh, and later, she became An Jie's wife.

After being tied up, witnessed by many audiences, the beauty was suspended in the air, and then fell into the water tank in the middle of the stage, and the curtain was covered. Will not die, and then confidently gestured to An Jie to open the curtain.

Sure enough, the performance was very successful, and the beauty stood on the stage again, except that she was soaked, without a trace of damage.

The audience was surprised at how they got out of the big water tank, and they applauded in admiration.

Magic is like this, you know it's fake, but you can't see it, it's still shocking.

The veteran magician took off his hat and returned to the backstage in applause.

At this time, An Jie and Borden began to talk and laugh with the magician. It turned out that the two of them were just care of the performance just now. They deliberately pretended to be passers-by in the audience, but they actually knew how to cooperate with this magic.

After all, the water tank has a secret door that can be opened, but the method of tying the rope is equally important. If it is tied into a dead knot, there is no way to escape, and this cannot let the audience who does not understand at all cooperate.

Afterwards, the group drank to celebrate the success of the performance.

However, Burden said that it was nothing new and would be seen through by the audience. At that time, the magic would be abolished, and it would be very embarrassing.

He thinks that they, as magicians, should be constantly innovating, not just playing these clichés.

Anjie and the old magician mocked Burden aside, and said that the principle of magic is deception. How to deceive the audience is the most important thing. Can you invent a magic trick that others can never see through or imitate?

Burden was not convinced, and vowed that he would be able to do it in the future.

Then, he proposed to improve the knot of the escape magic and use a stronger Lan's knot, because in the performance just now, due to the mistake of the stage staff, the actress who was hanging in the air almost fell in advance. too dangerous.

But the old magician warned him that the rope is strong, but it is difficult to break free. What should I do if there is an accident in the water tank? Still using a slipknot.

No one paid much attention to this, except for Burden.

One day Burden and Anjie went to observe another magician's performance, this one's unique skill is that he can conjure up large utensils, such as water tanks and teapots.

But Angel and Burden soon discovered the secret of the magic.

But knowing is knowing, it is very difficult to imitate.

Because this magician made a lot of sacrifices for the performance, and set himself as a person with inconvenient legs and feet. Whether it was during the performance or at the end of the performance, he walked with a limp to hide the large costume. In between, prepare to hide the props in the crotch in advance...

In prison, Burden couldn't help laughing when he saw the note that Sir said about sacrifices for magic, which reminded him of something.

At that time, as an assistant, he performed in a small theater, dressed as a nurse.

That magic trick is that a birdcage is covered with cloth, then disappears, and then the birdcage reappears.

The technique is very simple, the difficulty is to set the atmosphere, after all, it can be done by using props and space to hide, but how to win applause also requires a little skill in words.