Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)

Name: Penn & Teller Get Killed
Director: Arthur Penn
Released: 1989

The "bad boys of magic" go over the edge in this mind-blowing, role-switching comedy murder mystery set in the dizzying world of Atlantic City casinos. In a TV interview, Penn mentions his idea of a fun practical joke: "I wish someone were trying to kill me. It would give focus to my life, excitement. I'd be like James Bond." Twenty million people hear him. One decides to deliver a punchline he'll never forget. Made by people who thought Psycho was a comedy, Penn & Teller Get Killed (they also wrote the piece) features Caitlin Clarke as the femme fatale and David Patrick Kelly as the Edgar Allan Poe-esque nutcase with a new mission. Arthur Penn, known for hip masterpieces like Bonnie and Clyde, Alice's Restaurant and Little Big Man, directs with roller-coaster pacing and subversive intelligence.

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Now You See Me (2013)

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Therefore, if a movie dealing with magic is to have any chance of working at all, it has to do one of two things-it has to either figure out an interesting way to acknowledge the fact that magic of this type generally doesn't work when not seen live, as was the case with the brilliant and underrated "Penn & Teller Get Killed," or it has to come up with a story so spectacular and engrossing that viewers will be too involved with the narrative to pay much attention to the artificial nature of the illusions.

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