A Holiday Treat: The Devil's Playthings
December 24, 2017Body
One last devilish addition to the Screening Room for 2017...
December 05, 2017
Produced by Reel Time Images & Magicana
Directed by Daniel Zuckerbrot
"Call To The Colors" is described in Bill Simon's Effective Card Magic (Louis Tannen, 1952).
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
November 27, 2017Body
Nearly twenty years ago, I was able to collaborate with my friend, filmmaker Daniel Zuckerbrot, on a profile of Dai Vernon for Canadian television. At the time, I believed that Vernon was the most influential magician of the twentieth century...
November 23, 2017
This documentary from 1999 was produced to explore the life and magic of Dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner, 1894-1992), the most influential magician of the twentieth century—possibly of all time.
Directed by Daniel Zuckerbrot. Narrated by Patrick Watson.
Take Two #1: Cigarette Paper Tear
October 28, 2016Body
Welcome to the debut of Take Two! Every Friday, Jamy Ian Swiss will be posting a pair of magic performance videos, accompanied by commentary. Here is the first post which looks at the Torn & Restored Cigarette Paper.