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As competing movies about 19th-century stage magicians, released within months of each other, turn 20 this year, Brian Raftery considers the lasting spell of Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige and Neil Burger’s The Illusionist. Read the full Deep Impact appreciation on Journal: boxd.it/k9C

Illusionist is the lesser film BUT it looks fucking amazing and, more importantly, Giamatti is the secret protagonist, kinda

I’ve never seen The Illusionist, though I’ve watched The Prestige about 8 times. Will put that right this week