tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post1928943821036317870..comments2024-03-27T22:25:44.006-05:00Comments on Ennyman's Territory: The Instant Orange Tree Trick in the Illusionist Wasn't Just a Hollywood FictionEd Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-42607422365132434202021-08-30T01:52:16.532-05:002021-08-30T01:52:16.532-05:00Kus_halthakare9Kus_halthakare9Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272012055748292949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-51577616644919476622015-08-01T06:36:10.175-05:002015-08-01T06:36:10.175-05:00Such a beautiful movie. I've watched it again ...Such a beautiful movie. I've watched it again and again and cry buckets each and every time.<br />The score is deeply emotional, bitter sweet and moving. Even the opening piece leaves one with a sense of longing and a twist in the stomach, that feeling of loss before the film even begins.<br />The cinematography is beautiful, so well done that one is left feeling they alone are being shown the deepest secrets of Eisenheim's heart. <br />AlchemistNZ SoapmakerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-55481324703607685982014-02-13T13:32:14.274-06:002014-02-13T13:32:14.274-06:00Thanks for the comment... and yes, it may well hav...Thanks for the comment... and yes, it may well have originated with Houdin. My recollection of the incident was that he learned that even with an amazing trick it takes more than that to make a name for oneself. People gather, then walk away... "Oh that was interesting."<br /><br />Thanks for pointing that out. As for the other films you cite, maybe I should have suggested "Best Hollywood Film on magc." I am not familiar with the Kurosawa one you cite (I know of some of his others) ...Ed Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-77409035056949220692014-02-13T11:45:55.876-06:002014-02-13T11:45:55.876-06:00Agree with you that The Illusionist is far better ...Agree with you that The Illusionist is far better than The Prestige and certainly a contender for best film ever on magic. (How about Bergman, Fellini & Kurosawa, though?)<br /><br />But about the orange tree - didn't Robert-Houdin do this long before Houdini?DAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.com