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The Unreliable Narrator

2019-09-14 en 11m
A short film in which a magician performs close magic and cardistry to camera. The title of the work, The Unreliable Narrator, could be understood simply as a warning to be cautious, like a pre-emptive nudge signalling that care should be taken as to who or what is believed. As someone whose stock in trade is the art of deception the magician conjures a narrative that we knowingly enter into even though we understand it is false. However, throughout the film the position or identity of the named narrator is left ambiguously open, bringing attention to the sleight of hand and potential duplicity of not only the magician but also the filmmaker.

Director

Sarah Forrest

Editor

Sarah Forrest

Sound Mixer

Richey Carey

magic trick

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

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