The Illusionist 魔術(shù)師
The film begins in medias res as Chief Inspector Walter Uhl (Paul Giamatti) moves to arrest Herr Eisenheim (Edward Norton) during what appears to be necromancy passed off as a magic show. He then begins to recount the story of Eisenheim for Crown Prince Leopold.Eisenheim was born the son of a cabinetmaker in Vienna, Austria- Hungary and is seen training for this same trade. One day when he was a teenager, Eisenheim (played as a young man by Aaron Johnson) meets a traveling magician along a road. The magician performs several tricks for him and then, according to various accounts, both the magician and the tree he was sitting under vanish. Eisenheim becomes obsessed with magic tricks after this...
1900年,科學(xué)的發(fā)展還未能遮蓋魔術(shù)的神秘感,維也納的人們對(duì)艾森海姆(愛德 華·諾頓 Edward Norto飾)的魔術(shù)更是達(dá)到了癡迷的狀態(tài)。這個(gè)神奇的魔術(shù)師總是能把現(xiàn)實(shí)和虛幻的東西混為一體,讓人墜入云里霧里,懷疑他是否真的具有超能力。 而臺(tái)下的烏爾偵探,更是想從艾森海姆每一場(chǎng)的表演里看出幕后的真相。一 天,一位上臺(tái)接受挑戰(zhàn)的女子令艾森海姆大為震驚——她就是自 己往日的戀人蘇菲(杰西卡·貝爾 Jessica Biel 飾)。他們?cè)?jīng)因?yàn)榈燃?jí)門戶之被迫分開,而如今,蘇菲將成為王儲(chǔ)的妻子。盡管這樣,二人還是舊情復(fù)熾,無(wú)法自拔。當(dāng)蘇菲打算放棄一切跟愛森海姆私奔時(shí),悲劇卻發(fā)生了,她離奇死去,所有證據(jù)都表明兇手就是由愛生恨的王儲(chǔ)。真相似乎已經(jīng)大白,但是魔術(shù)師的世界亦真亦幻,實(shí)情也隨之撲朔迷離。
推薦理由:愛情唯美,結(jié)局讓人回味。