Ricky J

Ricky J was about the magician, Ricky Jay, his climb to fame, and the heroes that inspired him. It is done in the genre of biography/portrait and the role of the filmmaker is chronicler. I really like biographies about magicians for some reasons. Also, I knew I recognized him from somewhere besides his own show. He played the camera operator on Boogie Nights. I thought that was kind of interesting. My burning question is what ever happened to Ricky J? I haven't seen him in a long time, and without doing any research, I'm assuming this documentary was made a few years ago. I thought the visual imagery was really cool. It felt like I was on in the front row of one of his magic shows. I also really liked the old footage with the older magicians. I think the theme was, or at least what I got out of it, was that we're never too old to stop believing in magic. Ok, maybe that was a little corny. Another theme could be, if you really want to achieve your goals, work hard and never give up. I'm not sure if there were any stakes. I mean, nothing worth calling a "stake" at any rate. Maybe, if he ever worries about his tricks becoming revealed. The editing style was done with a lot of flowing narrative that occurred chronologically. I want to know how did he perform those tricks, and will he ever reveal how he did them?