The Magician Comments

  • Hilton 2023-08-03 03:45:04

    Samsung's semi-virtuous drag...

  • Lizzie 2023-07-23 09:16:33

    People worship masks. People sneered at the...

  • Dana 2023-07-07 04:58:58

    3.5/5, the characters and faces are interesting, the story is not very coherent, I like the wife of the police commissioner... I think Erland Josephson was very similar to Ming Wong when he was...

  • Aurore 2023-06-23 03:19:31

    [The Faces] is the most overlooked masterpiece of Bergman's work, and one of the most remarkable in his focus on the artist's struggles. Artists who know their own hypocrisy hide behind the guise of silence, like actresses in [Masquerade], while scientists, representing audiences and critics, have launched a fierce attack on this illusion created by art, and they can tell when they come up. The truth is the mirror image of the dying artist. Yes, everything is false, but we still have to work...

  • Danielle 2023-06-15 15:34:40

    The actor's beautiful and mysterious face makes everyone have the love of admiration and the evil of...

  • Davonte 2023-06-15 01:26:02

    8. The backstage scary part is...

  • Armando 2023-06-06 00:59:39

    God's silence is discussed in...

  • Marcel 2023-06-03 07:08:37

    I still like this kind of group portrait performance, the life and death of sexual desire, the confusion and worry of young people, whether the science of husband and wife relationship is supreme, the struggle for power, the mockery, and the victory of romanticism in the...

  • Elsa 2023-06-01 01:47:50

    3.5 Is this thing really made by Bergman... If it weren't for those casts that have been unchanged for thousands of years, I would really start to doubt (ps. max's little shape in it is really gothic). And it is not an early work in comparison, the sense of fable has been diluted a lot, but why is the taste of preaching so heavy... I can see the continuation of some summer smiles and light comedy styles, including the hobby of men and women who are forced to match children in big houses , I...

  • Aron 2023-05-31 03:14:28

    The long dialogue is annoying, but if you don't have that feeling at all after watching it for the second time, Bergman has this kind of power ^O^ Why is the name I watched "Magician" so I searched for a long time >O

Extended Reading

The Magician quotes

  • Johan Spegel: [Vogler has come across a sick man lying in the forest near the road] Good day, sir. My name is Johan Spegel. I am very ill, as you can see. Would you alleviate my suffering with a little brandy? For brandy is my infirmity, but its remedy too.

    Johan Spegel: [Vogler gives the man some brandy, which seems to revive him] I am an actor. In fact, a member of the famous Stenbourg troupe. But my illness has put an end to my career.

    Johan Spegel: [Vogler helps the man to his feet, whereupon Spegel takes a closer look at Vogler] Are you an actor too?

    Johan Spegel: [Vogler mutely shakes his head "no"] Then why the disguise? Your beard is fake, and your eyebrows and hair are dyed. Are you a swindler who must conceal his true face?

  • Tubal: [the magician Vogler and his entourage have been detained at Consul Egerman's residence for an informal questioning before they will be allowed to perform their act in the town] All of you keep quiet. I'll do the talking.

    Tubal: [goes and sits down by Granny Vogler] I must especially ask Granny to keep her trap shut. And another thing: Granny can make things jump around. Granny knows what I mean. Tables go flying, chairs fall over, lights go out. We all know Granny's tricks, but be good and behave... for all our sakes.

    Granny Vogler: Yes, I understand... perhaps.

    Tubal: God, this woman makes me nervous. Remember what you did in Ostend?

    Granny Vogler: No, I don't believe I do.

    Tubal: Granny's tricks are out of date. They're not amusing, and they can't be explained. Granny ought to be dead.

    Granny Vogler: [chuckling] Ah, those were merry times in Ostend.

    Tubal: I was thrown in the clink, Vogler was fined, and Granny was flogged in the town square. Yes, those were merry times in Ostend!