Visiting from Portland, Oregon, filmmaker Carl Diehl presents his 65 minute documentary, Painless Magic. This kaleidoscopic account of creativity, camaraderie, and curiosity begins with the life and times of the late, great magician, vaudevillian, & comedy emcee, Werner “Dorny” Dornfield (1892 -1982), then splinters prismatically into a mosaic of riddles and revelations about artist-led initiatives, elsewhen & elsewhere!

Painless Magic shimmers with ephemera from the Golden Age of stage magic and intrigues with anecdotes from magicians, historians, & Dorny’s oldest surviving relatives. Misdirections abound as insights from experimental filmmakers, musicians, performance artists, and philosophers reveal suggestive correspondences across contexts of art, magic, and everyday life!

Q+A with filmmaker Carl Diehl after screening

At Brewvies Cinema Pub: 677 South 200 West Salt Lake City, UT 84101

more information about Painless Magic  at electronicelsewhere.com