Hidden in Plain Sight : : An Archaeology of Magic and the Cinema / / Colin Williamson.
What does it mean to describe cinematic effects as "movie magic," to compare filmmakers to magicians, or to say that the cinema is all a "trick"? The heyday of stage illusionism was over a century ago, so why do such performances still serve as a key reference point for understan...
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