Great insightful interview. Been a fan of Derrens work for over a decade now and was nice to hear his recent thoughts! Can't wait for his next TV work.
I doubt Derren Brown will ever read this... An interesting theme for his show would be what makes us fight with each other. The theme's timely, but sadly it always is. I can imagine the kinds of tricks he could do: get different audience members to see the same thing differently, do something related to Milgram's experiment on authority (as he did in one of his TV shows) , etc. To dramatise the show, he could somehow make it seem like some conflict between audience members can't possibly be resolved, but then surprisingly - and magically! - change that for the grand finale. This could be really moving and dark and dramatic.
Interesting… Theres also a routine in Michael Weber’s “Lifesavers” book in 1991 called “Thoughts on Tom Jacobsen” which is also the piano card trick with socks.. 🤷♂️
In this interview, and Notes from a Fellow Traveler, Derren speaks out against the use of electronics in mentalism. For a long time his go to was 'Which Hand,' and unless I'm very much mistaken we all know the electronic prop he clearly used to achieve that effect. There's videos of him doing it. Am I wrong? If so, please correct me, if not then why does he say that?
There are ways to do that trick without electronics, though, of course, we all know the particular commercial effect you are referring to. Banachek talks in PS 1
I've been wondering exactly the same thing. Also to this day I have no explanation for his Kurotsuke effect in "Something Wicked" other than electronics. However, I have seen some of his recent shows live and it is absolutely astonishing the things he achieves with non-electronic methods where other magicians (especially mentalists) would have used tons of electronics. So perhaps it's a case of "exception to his rule" or that he did this effect long ago. On the other hand in "Showman" the card in box trick uses a very elaborate setup involving large-scale camera trickery so I guess it all depends on how you define "electronic".
@@AgeCreationTutorialsThe Kurotsuke effect in Something Wicked is actually quite transparent…you can literally see what he does on camera. I don’t want to spoil it here, but let’s just say that the ‘shaking’ of the bag really helps.
@@Tuelis97 I know which method you are referring to but I don't think it's the one being employed in this case. If you rewatch it you will see that he actually lets go of the bag for the final two candidates. At that point the bag still contains one white and one black ball. Candidate 4 takes the bag from Derren, takes a (white) ball and passes the bag to candidate 5 who takes the black ball. However, having re-watched the footage now after a longer break I realize for the first time that there is actually a different method in play. I still don't know how he manages the last two candidates but you could say the penny has dropped.
Why is it that pretty much everyone who is interviewed from their home, always makes sure that they are in front of their bookcase? Do they want to show off their vast collection?
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Great insightful interview. Been a fan of Derrens work for over a decade now and was nice to hear his recent thoughts! Can't wait for his next TV work.
Love the questions. Derren Brown is one of the reasons I got into Magic. Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Loved the interview! Glad to hear Derren's back at it. Hope he gets to feeling better soon! :)
Thanks for your kind words!
Thanks for sharing this interview. Inspiring questions and answers.
Very glad you enjoyed it
best magic interviewer with the best mentalist !!!
That’s very kind of you to say.
"It's not a theory book either" is such a great observation.
Thanks!
I doubt Derren Brown will ever read this...
An interesting theme for his show would be what makes us fight with each other. The theme's timely, but sadly it always is. I can imagine the kinds of tricks he could do: get different audience members to see the same thing differently, do something related to Milgram's experiment on authority (as he did in one of his TV shows) , etc. To dramatise the show, he could somehow make it seem like some conflict between audience members can't possibly be resolved, but then surprisingly - and magically! - change that for the grand finale. This could be really moving and dark and dramatic.
Love that idea.
What an interesting and unique person.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am on road doing 25 Halloween Shows in Oct and reading his Notes and loving it!
Awesome
YES!
Couldn't agree more!
11:50 Socks routine was John Lenehan STWR
Thanks man! Yes, that sounds right. Must have seen him do it at Monday Night Magic!
Interesting… Theres also a routine in Michael Weber’s “Lifesavers” book in 1991 called “Thoughts on Tom Jacobsen” which is also the piano card trick with socks.. 🤷♂️
That's a beautiful looking book. Maybe for Christmas. Lovely interview too. Happy Halloween to you both. And to Satan, obviously.
Thanks for commenting. Glad you enjoyed it.
That's great.
Glad you enjoyed
@@VanishingIncMagic On your website I changed the currency to China. Why does it show the United States?
I think it was Penn and Teller who did it with socks.
It's Michael Weber. It's in Lifesavers!
Matching shirts almost !
we coordinated before hand!
Prediction, I guess 🪄
Hello all
In this interview, and Notes from a Fellow Traveler, Derren speaks out against the use of electronics in mentalism. For a long time his go to was 'Which Hand,' and unless I'm very much mistaken we all know the electronic prop he clearly used to achieve that effect. There's videos of him doing it.
Am I wrong? If so, please correct me, if not then why does he say that?
There are ways to do that trick without electronics, though, of course, we all know the particular commercial effect you are referring to. Banachek talks in PS 1
I've been wondering exactly the same thing. Also to this day I have no explanation for his Kurotsuke effect in "Something Wicked" other than electronics. However, I have seen some of his recent shows live and it is absolutely astonishing the things he achieves with non-electronic methods where other magicians (especially mentalists) would have used tons of electronics. So perhaps it's a case of "exception to his rule" or that he did this effect long ago. On the other hand in "Showman" the card in box trick uses a very elaborate setup involving large-scale camera trickery so I guess it all depends on how you define "electronic".
@@AgeCreationTutorialsThe Kurotsuke effect in Something Wicked is actually quite transparent…you can literally see what he does on camera. I don’t want to spoil it here, but let’s just say that the ‘shaking’ of the bag really helps.
@@Tuelis97 I know which method you are referring to but I don't think it's the one being employed in this case. If you rewatch it you will see that he actually lets go of the bag for the final two candidates. At that point the bag still contains one white and one black ball. Candidate 4 takes the bag from Derren, takes a (white) ball and passes the bag to candidate 5 who takes the black ball.
However, having re-watched the footage now after a longer break I realize for the first time that there is actually a different method in play. I still don't know how he manages the last two candidates but you could say the penny has dropped.
Why is it that pretty much everyone who is interviewed from their home, always makes sure that they are in front of their bookcase? Do they want to show off their vast collection?
It’s makes for a nice background
I imagine every room in Derren's house is full of books!