(August 7, 2014 at 12:55 pm)Blackout Wrote: Is it about what? And is it interesting? I didn't even know Woody Allen had accusations against him, but I couldn't care less, even a criminal can produce a good work of art.
I thought it was interesting with out being enlightening. The movie is set in the south of France in the 20's or 30's, but all community seems mainly to consist of wealthy people from England. The main character is a stage magician with an impressive reputation. He is a perfectionist, seemingly critical of most people, a skeptic and certainly an atheist. Without giving away too much, he takes up an offer from a friend to debunk a beautfiul, young American medium. Our hero magician ends up baffled and convinced that she -somehow- is the real deal. You could say it is mostly about his struggles to maintain or integrate his skepticism given his reaction to her. On a broader level, it might be about how much reason should influence what we allow ourselves to feel/experience .. especially for those of us who consider ourselves not to be easy marks for the irrational.
