A Thing of Wonder: The Mind + Matter of Jerry Andrus

Overview

This elegantly crafted and inspiring profile is affectionately devoted to magician, inventor, poet and polymath Jerry Andrus, best known as one of the world's greatest 3-D illusionists. Andrus, who died three years later in 2007 at the age of 89, was a polymath and autodidact whose restlessly inquisitive and spritely mind finds generous expression throughout the film. The film follows Andrus through his “Castle of Chaos” home in Albany, Oregon, where he shares his inventions, muses philosophically about the nature of human fulfillment, and articulates a kind of ethics at work in his magic-making. “I can fool you,” he says, “because you’re human.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 2002

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Jerry Andrus

Director

Adrienne Leverette

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3475262