What begins as a documentary following the final tour of a dying magician - "The Amazing Johnathan" - becomes an unexpected and increasingly bizarre journey as the filmmaker struggles to separate truth from illusion.
Direction
Berman turns documentary on its head—literally becomes the subject.
Editing
Masterful misdirection; you never know what's staged.
Writing
Reality rewrites itself scene by scene.
Director
Ben Berman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ben Berman was Johnathan's former opening act—this started as a favor to an old boss, not a feature doc.
The film sparked debates about 'documentary truth' at Sundance; some critics called it brilliant, others called it unethical. Berman's response? 'Welcome to magic.'
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