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Feb 20, 2024 · The Amazing Johnathan captures his attempted comeback through four years of filmed footage, according to a Tweet from Szeles, while battling his drug addiction and cardiomyopathy symptoms...
- Candace Ganger
Aug 16, 2019 · Ben Berman Set Out To Make a Documentary About a Dying Magician—Then Learned His Latest Trick. The director talks on-camera meth use and the mystery of John Szeles. John Szeles parlayed his ...
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Aug 15, 2019 · When first-time feature filmmaker Ben Berman set out to make a movie about the magician John Edward Szeles — a.k.a. the Amazing Johnathan — it’s safe to say he had no idea what was going to...
Aug 24, 2019 · ‘The Amazing Jonathan Documentary’ quickly becomes less about its subject and more about director Ben Berman struggling to keep up with his hijinks — but can it be trusted?
Nov 4, 2019 · “I did go mad, and not just on camera, tonnes of stuff behind the scenes too, with me just feeling like shit, being confused, not knowing what to do next,” says Ben Berman, when I ask him how he survived filming with magician John Edward Szeles – better known by his stage name The Amazing Johnathan – for nearly two and a half years ...
- Thomas Curry
Nov 21, 2019 · Conceived over three agonising years, the project endured its fair share of head-scratching moments as Berman struggled to come to terms with the magical, mercurial entity that is Johnathan Szeles AKA The Amazing Johnathan – cult magician-cum-standup whose gonzo-style live shows saw him appear to eat his own eyeball and skewer his tongue with ...
Nov 19, 2019 · We sat down with Berman to discuss his pursuit of the project, the reasons behind the film’s autobiographical twist and his relationship with Johnathan throughout the filming process.
