Pursuit

Rating: 9/10 (31 March 2020)

Magic is the art that not allowed to be debunked. But Borden and Angier kept trying to debunk each other. Angier and Borden, one chose the inhuman technology and since then kept wondering whether he is real or a substitute, and the other chose the inhuman life, living two people into one person. In the values of this movie, the greatest sacrifice should be to endure the life, not to die. Once people get caught in the excessive obsession, it is equivalent to the active exposure of their weaknesses. Borden made use of Angier's obsession with magic to send him to the US. Angier made use of Borden's obsession to trick him into the background and completed his murder. In my opinion, when one's pursuit of art completely overrides one's love for life, the art is no longer art, and one's dedication is not worthy of praise.