The Magus (1968)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.4/10   

Director:

Guy Green

Escritores:

John Fowles (novel) and
John Fowles (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

10 diciembre 1968 (USA)

Género:

Fantasía

Plot:

A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Mind Game | Tarot Card | Female Nudity | Flashback Sequence

Premios:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Best there is!

Reparto

Michael Caine	...	Nicholas Urfe
Anthony Quinn	...	Maurice Conchis
Candice Bergen	...	Lily
Anna Karina	...	Anne
Paul Stassino	...	Meli
Julian Glover	...	Anton
Takis Emmanuel	...	Kapetan
George Pastell	...	Andreas
Danièle Noël	...	Soula
Jerome Willis	...	German Officer
Ethel Farrugia	...	Maria
Andreas Malandrinos	...	Goatherd
George Kafkaris	...	2nd Partisan
Anthony Newlands	...	Party Host
Stack Constantino	...	3rd Partisan

También conocida como:

The God Game (UK) (working title)

Duración:

117 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

UK:X | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Compañía:

Blazer

Trivialidades:

Final film of George Pastell.

Citas:

[Nicholas hands a book to Conchis]
Nicholas Urfe: I came to return this.
Maurice Conchis: You came here to meet me. Please, life is short. My name is Conchis.
Nicholas Urfe: My name is Urfe. From the school. I find life long.

Best there is!

This movie, contrary to the Woody, Allen, is extremely testy and requires that you understand the title. It is only magic if you let it, and try to follow it, rather than just enjoy it as a prank. From that perspective, it really catches you entirely off guard and it cannot be made sense of - kind of like most magic tricks. I saw it in 1968, by accident, and being the type to always be looking for "meaning" to most things, got completely taken in. If you just watch it without trying to find a plot, you see rather quickly, that there is none and none will be found and THAT will drive you and Woody and the previous teacher, mad. I loved it because it got ME, and I did not get IT. Not until years later!