Friday, May 25, 2007
Magic
There's a magician on Craig Ferguson's show at the moment, Rick Thomas. I don't remember being so struck before by the horror of the woman being sawed in half which must mean this guy makes it seem even more real than most. I know there are mirrors or she folds herself in tiny tiny halves and doesn't really get hurt, but I have no idea how he does it. Not to mention turning scarves into batons or batons into birds or birds into girls. He's fabulous.
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Somewhere out there is a movie called Women in Boxes: it's a documentary about magicians' assistants, who do a lot (perhaps most) of the work and never get any credit. No word on screenings or DVDs yet, though there's a trailer posted at womeninboxes.com.
I am, as you might have guessed, a major fan of illusion, optical and otherwise; I once spent three weeks tracking down an obscure indie film about a glum guy whose life improves markedly when he meets a girl no one can see. (And of course he's too dumb to realize how much it's improved.) I eventually got a DVD-R from the director.
I am, as you might have guessed, a major fan of illusion, optical and otherwise; I once spent three weeks tracking down an obscure indie film about a glum guy whose life improves markedly when he meets a girl no one can see. (And of course he's too dumb to realize how much it's improved.) I eventually got a DVD-R from the director.
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"Saw her in half lengthwise."
Darnedest thing I ever saw.
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