Presto

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Reviewed by: Andrew Robertson

Presto
"Rabbit versus magician may be an ancient and arcane struggle, but rarely has it been so kinetically depicted."

Presto is the tale of a magician (the titular Presto DiGiotagione), and his rabbit Alec. Presto has a magic hat, Alec is the rabbit who is pulled out of it. A dispute about a carrot becomes grounds for a ruck between them, and it's an amusing one.

Rabbit versus magician may be an ancient and arcane struggle, but rarely has it been so kinetically depicted.

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The particular nature of Presto's magic hat (or rather hats), which work something like a cross between a portable hole and the real stars of Valve's videogame 'Portal', lends itself to slapstick; up is down, down is left, left is funny.

Presto goes on general release as a supporting feature to WALL·E.

Reviewed on: 02 Jul 2008
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A stage magician's rabbit rebels. Showing with WALL·E.
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Director: Doug Sweetland

Writer: Doug Sweetland

Year: 2008

Runtime: 5 minutes

Country: US

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