Magic and illusion in the movies /

"From top hats to top secrets, this book is a celebration of illusion technology and mechanisms of trickery through a genre-crossing selection of films. Heroes, villains, spies, con-men, and madmen, magicians all, have utilized complex constructs and trickery in thrilling cinematic adventures f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higham, George, 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024]
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface : the opening act
  • Introduction : a Greek tragedy
  • The first stage
  • Staged fright
  • Fooling all of the people all of the time
  • Light the fuse
  • About face
  • Slippery as sin
  • The art of war
  • Trades of the trick
  • The men behind the curtain
  • Mysterio's Magic lantern.