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Plot:
A darkly comic fictionalised documentary following the dealings of Ray, a Melbourne-based hitman, as seen through the eyes of his ex-neighbour and friend Max, an Italian film student. Max and his came...( read more 
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MCT:April 27, 2008
Entertaining, low-budget, Aussie drama - great performance non-Hollywood actors and clever use of limited funds.
An inspirational independent movie, which is pretty funny, dramatic, scary and very well written.
PS: It may get boring for the majority of the people out there. -
MCT:January 5, 2008Man, I have no idea if this movie is fiction or not... had me on the edge of my seat & biting my nails. Damn crazy. ;)
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MCT:January 3, 2008
Good, low-budget, Aussie drama with great performances from unknowns and clever use of limited funds. This is inspiration for all aspiring indie filmmakers. It's funny, dramatic, scary and very well written.
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MCT:December 26, 2007now this looks interesting THE MAGICIAN catchy name lol. although its a documentary i wouldnt mine seeing this
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MCT:October 2, 2007
Genuinly funny film with some really sharp moments. Brilliant view into the mind of a 'hitman'. Well worth a watch.
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MCT:September 30, 2007
Fascinating, low budget mockumentary about a Melbourne hitman and his shady goings on. Gritty and often hilarious with some almost Tarantino-like dialogue throughout. Was wondering just how real or fake this was throughout thanks to some convincing performances. A great example of Indie film and ambition. Don't miss the 'was Clint Eastwood in The Dirty Dozen?' conversation.
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MCT:February 22, 2007
This is a ultra-low budget Aussie mockumentary that follows a man named Ray Shoesmith (Scott Ryan), a hitman who makes a living making people "disappear" (hence the title), he is followed around by a documentary filmmaker named Max (Massimiliano Andrighetto) who watches Ray's every movie with his camera. This is a smart, intense and darkly funny debut that is a great example of DIY filmmaking. Scott Ryan (who also was the films' writer/producer/co-editior and director) gives a really great performance as "Ray" and the supporting cast are also solid. While the look and tone of it could have easily have felt very superficial but they made it in a way that it feels absolutely real and you think that you were watching a real doco. Check this film out if you can.
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MCT:February 12, 2007
Unbelievably good film, normally i wouldnt bother but it made me laugh and the acting was great, not bad for an indie film!
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MCT:February 11, 2007
'He makes people disappear'. An excellent example of DIY filmmaking and what can be done on a budget of virtually nothing. Some very good, very natural performances
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MCT:February 9, 2007What an absolute load of crap, i gave it a chance, but honestly it is one of the worst things i've ever seen... i understand the mock-umentary nature if it, but it's too over played, and he has to be one of the most annoying actors ever. I didn't realise it was an australian film; unfortunately only the 2nd australian film seen recently, and either on a run of bad luck or just that australians can't make a good film, this was no better than the first and is quickly making me not want to watch any more australian films ever. As it says on the box 'Leon' meets Blair Witch... aye if you can't tell the difference between an awesome movie and a load of rubbish, prolonged torture should be inflicted on whoever even thought to consider it on a par to leon and blair witch gave me a head ache within about 5 minutes. don't watch it, the advert breaks on itv are more interesting.
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MCT:February 5, 2007
The mock-u-mentary genre has a reputation for not quite fitting in with the widely accepted ideal of film cannonisation because of it's adamamence to straddle the line between fiction and non-fiction drama. This pricipal is heavily emphasised in this piece of true blue gorrilla film making from debut director Scott Ryan. Best described as a cross between Leon: The Professional and The Blair Witch project, Ryan plays Melbourne hitman Ray Shoesmith who goes about his daily business whilst being filmed by his budding film maker neighbor, Max. As with Blair Witch, The Magician has the strange tendacy to conceal the line between fantasy and reality. If we were not previously made aware of it, we as an audience would quite naturally assume that Shoesmith was a real person and not a character. And what a character Shoesmith is. Coming across as a mixture of Chopper and Mr. Blonde, Ryan constucts his protagonist as quite possibly the most malevolent psychopath this side of Hannibal Lecter, with Shoesmith switching between jovial irreverence and marose viciousness with the sort of versitility that many professional actors find difficult to achieve. Ultimately, the Magician's biggest kudos should go to the fact that, as with Blair Witch and Tarnation before it, the film is symbolic of how a good engaging piece of drama can be made on the smallest of budgets and that is something that all film students and critics can appreciate. I await Ryan's next project with baited breath.
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MCT:December 15, 2006omigod!!! this was amazing!!!!! man, scott ryan is a bloody genius! he did such a great job making this, and he himself is really good in it!! just goes to show to make a great film, all u need is a camera, and a great idea!! and man was it funny!! if u liked chopper.....u'll love this!!!
oh, and look out for the part where they have the argument over the dirty dozen, weither clint eastwood was in it or not, its comic genius! -
MCT:October 16, 2006
Anyonewho saw "Man bites dog" will know that making mockumentaries of this, the finest of professions, is dangerous ground. Unfortunately, as there is also only this film and Man bites dog, its impossible not to draw comparrisons - so this film immediately loses out on the "unoriginality" grounds.
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MCT:July 26, 2006
Great low budget mock-umentary. Consistently funny (in a darkly comic way), and not without a heart.
