The main character, the magician ‘Tatischeff’ is based on Tati himself, particularly on a character Tati himself played in one of his own films which is shown briefly in a scene during the Illusionist. Chomet has therefore dedicated this film to Tati’s daughter. The Illusionist was a film Tati planned on producing but never got a chance to make, and Chomet saw it as a story written by a father who wanted to reach out to his daughter whom he never got to be with due to his obsession with his work. Tati, I’ve since learned, is a well renowned filmmaker and comedian though he made very few films, and in the end died penniless. The story is based on a script by Jacques Tati, whom I must confess I had never heard of until I first heard of Chomet’s Illusionist. So pleased is he by her attention, that he goes to great lengths to keep this illusion alive by dazzling her and using any hard earned money he has to buy her lavish gifts. It follows an aging magician struggling to find work, when one day he encounters a young girl who believes that he really can do magic. The story outline for the Illusionist is a simple one.
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Sometimes we get quite a few animated films, sometimes none at all… This year, we got one, and it was one I’d been looking forward to quite a bit! So on Sunday afternoon I found myself waiting in the Rush ticket line at the Elgin Theater in downtown Toronto to check out ‘The Illusionist’ by director Sylvain Chomet whom you may remember directed ‘The Triplets of Belleville’ which was in the running for Best Animated Feature Film in 2003 beside Pixar’s ‘Finding Nemo.’ Those of us in the rush line to get tickets for the film were treated to a last minute surprise when it was announced that we would all be getting free tickets! So I want to give a shout out to the good folks at Mongrel Media for treating us to this great movie! (L’Illusionniste) directed by Sylvain Chometīeing an animation fan I always look forward to checking out anything that comes my way during TIFF.
Toronto Film Festival: Review for ‘The Illusionist’ Column by Scott Green Before getting into the regular AICN Anime business, this column is thrilled to present a review of Sylvain Chomet's 'The Illusionist' from Talkback regular/great Johnno, who caught this new work from the creator of The Triplets of Belleville at Toronto Film Festival.
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