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An Honest Liar
Comedy, Documentary, History
An Honest Liar tells the incredible story of the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James 'The Amazing' Randi. The film brings to life Randi's intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy intellectually playful documentaries about exposing fraud, challenging belief, and the complicated private lives behind public crusades.
- Tone
- cerebral, satirical, warm
- Payoff
- revelation, inspiration
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- skepticism, deception, truth-seeking, identity, devotion
- Setting
- late twentieth and early twenty-first century, theaters, lecture halls, and investigative media spaces
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