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The Illusionist's Destination?

posted 13 years ago by Eponymous-too
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From the movie are we supposed to be able to tell where the illusionist is going at the end or is it not supposed to matter because it is all a big metaphor?

Are we supposed to infer that he is old and his purpose in life is gone, so his story becomes irrelevant, while the story of the young woman and her new love is all that matters?

Some people have said that the picture he was looking it was an estranged daughter and he was going to visit her, but I think that is a bit of a leap, based only on what we saw in the movie. (Yes, I know Tati had an estranged daughter in real life.)

Your thoughts?

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[–] Naldoman 13 years ago

I noticed he kept the picture with him in every dressing room, so at the end when they FINALLY showed what the picture WAS, I figured the girl was his daughter he'd neglected for years while he was on the road. When she was young, she though magic was real.

Either that, or this new girl was just a surrogate for a daughter the Illusionist left behind and never saw again. I kept wondering why he was being so nice to her when she just kept taking and taking and taking....