Lewis Furey's Night Magic was ahead of its time and might be more in fashion and appealing for today's audience. The story co-written by Leonard Cohen and Furey is a kind of dreamy fairy tale for teenagers and adults, dealing with excessive artistic ambition, love and angelic creatures. The music is excellent throughout but sounds muffled in the movie mix because of technical and budget limitations. Carole Laure especially never looked and sang more beautifully. All in all Night Magic would greatly benefit from a proper DVD release with a remastered sound in stereo, completed with some bonus.
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cfc_can10 August 2004
This movie involves a fair amount of talent, both in front of and behind the camera but little of that transcends to the finished product. The movie has no real coherent narrative. It deals with a man, Mancuso, putting together a show at a theater. He receives inspiration from a trio of angels. One of these angels, Laure (who looks great, as usual and is probably the best part of the movie)falls in love with him and becomes human so that she can be his wife (echoes of "The Little Mermaid") The movie is basically a rock opera with little spoken dialogue. Most of the music isn't even that memorable and the general tone is more European than Canadian. Night Magic seems so offbeat and experimental, that it makes you wonder what sort of audience the film makers were hoping to attract.
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