no computer graphics!

Rating: 7/10 (27 August 2006)

first off, fantastically compelling film, if a little full of itself (though it has the right to be), a truly GOOD big Hollywood picture. The accents bothered me a bit, as they were half German, half British, but norton was quietly captivating, giamatti showed his versatility (though plenty of times i half expected him to break into his funny, grumbling, American-accented mutter), and biel held her own. Anyways, i read a review in Elle magazine that said the director wanted it to be like the real illusionists and used NO COMPUTER GRAPHICS, only the real things enhanced by the camera. how did they do things like the hand passing through the little boy and the orange tree and the things floating in the air if not with high tech computer graphics???