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Class Detail:
SP 2012 Screen Arts and Cultures SAC 366 - Topics in Film, Television and Popular Culture Section 101 Magic and Moving Image
Credits:	3
Waitlist Capacity:	unlimited
Lab Fee:	35.00
Repeatability:	May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit(s). May be elected more than once in the same term.
Primary Instructor:	Solomon,Matthew P
	(real time availability for all sections)

The “magic of movies” is among the oldest and most lasting clichés of the medium. This course takes the phrase literally in order to examine more than 115 years of moving images that have been directly or indirectly shaped by performed practices of magic and illusion — from the very first short films to cable television programs, recent popular films about magician characters, and contemporary special effects. Magician-filmmakers studied include Georges Méliès, Segundo de Chomón, Harry Houdini, Orson Welles, David Copperfield, Ricky Jay, David Blaine, Criss Angel, and others. Course Requirements: No data submitted Intended Audience: No data submitted Class Format: No data submitted

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ISBN: 9780252076978	Disappearing tricks : silent film, Houdini, and the new magic of the twentieth century, Author: Matthew Solomon., Publisher: University of Illinois Press 2010
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