since the magus be a confusing puzzle that really have no solution and one should sit back and enjoy the scenery . set on a remote greek island and it star a very uptight michael caine a a teacher work at a school for boy who get catch up in mind game with local wacko or mystery man anthony quinn and his daffy girlfriend candice bergen . quinn and look like pablo picasso with white hair and strip sailor shirt and be actually pretty good but caine look like he ready to explode . bergen and although stunning and should not put on a british accent ever . she not very good at that type of thing . guy green direction be fine and but unless you have infinite patience with the circular logic of the film and you will not enjoy it . a real sour note be the casting of the effervescent anna karina in the completely joyless role of caine girlfriend . after see her in the like of a woman be a woman and a band apart and her presence here be quite jarring .