When you see a magician do something in a live show that seems impossible, you know there's a trick to it. Either he didn't actually do the thing he pretended to do, or he did it by some method other than the impossible method he pretended to use. You may not be able to figure out how the trick works, but there's no question that it IS a trick. When you see a movie about a magician who seems to do the impossible, the explanation is much simpler: it's a movie. They have editing, camera tricks, and special effects at their disposal. That's why movies about magicians, if they want to be credible, have to stay within the realm of illusions that can (or could...
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