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Hidden in Plain Sight
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ISBN: 0813572568 9780813572567 9780813572550 081357255X 9780813572543 0813572541 9780813572536 0813572533 Year: 2015 Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ

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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 understanding filmmaking, especially now that so much of the cinema rests on the use of computers? To answer these questions, Colin Williamson situates film within a long tradition of magical practices that combine art and science, involve deception and discovery, and evoke two forms of wonder-both awe at the illusion displayed and curiosity about how it was performed. He thus considers how, even as they mystify audiences, cinematic illusions also inspire them to learn more about the technologies and techniques behind moving images. Tracing the overlaps between the worlds of magic and filmmaking, Hidden in Plain Sight examines how professional illusionists and their tricks have been represented onscreen, while also considering stage magicians who have stepped behind the camera, from Georges Méliès to Ricky Jay. Williamson offers an insightful, wide-ranging investigation of how the cinema has functioned as a "device of wonder" for more than a century, while also exploring how several key filmmakers, from Orson Welles to Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorsese, employ the rhetoric of magic. Examining pre-cinematic visual culture, animation, nonfiction film, and the digital trickery of today's CGI spectacles, Hidden in Plain Sight provides an eye-opening look at the powerful ways that magic has shaped our modes of perception and our experiences of the cinema.


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Le cinématographe des magiciens : 1896-1906, un cycle magique
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ISBN: 9782753573178 2753573174 Year: 2018 Publisher: Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes,

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Ce livre propose une étude des relations entre l'art magique et le cinématographe. Aux débuts du cinéma, les prestidigitateurs, illusionnistes ou manipulateurs ont projeté et parfois produit des films étonnants; chaque genre se retrouve dans leur manière de penser cette nouvelle machine, qui s'amalgame à leur spectacle. Partant des origines des escamoteurs, l'évolution de la prestidigitation à la fin du XIXe mène à l'illusionnisme. Les créations de Buatier de Kolta implantent ce paradigme scientifique qui régénère la magie optique, tel son brevet du théâtre noir qui propose en 1888 une écriture lumineuse de l'espace. A partir de 1900, les représentations françaises de Leopoldo Fregoli empruntent une autre voie et repoussent les limites des pièces magiques. Son spectacle ne repose plus sur l'altération des identités précédemment mises en oeuvre, mais sur le choc des attractions propre aux music-halls. Finalement, la figure du manipulateur, qui s'insinue entre autres lors des tournées de Gaston Velle, interroge les magiciens sur la place que doit tenir l'habileté manuelle. Paradoxalement, ces numéros divisent autant qu'ils structurent les premiers groupements corporatifs. L'ensemble de ces évolutions techniques et esthétiques peut s'appréhender en cycle, dont on retrouve les fondements dans la filmographie de Georges Méliès et plus généralement dans la pensée et l'écriture magique du cinéma

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