Volume 2 - Mentalism for the Casual Performer - Part 2
Make the value of a spectators playing card slowly appear on your arm in
blood red . . . anywhere, anytime! Reveal a thought-of number from across the
distance separated by phone lines. Engage two people in a fun routine where the
performer predicts a page number and a word seen by a volunteer on an
invisible Palmtop computer. Become a human lie detector in a thrilling and
comical adventure. This DVD continues from Part 1 with close-up, stand-up and
stage mentalism and mental magic with additional routines including anywhere,
anytime effects plus staggering psychological ploys. Learn a multi-phase routine
weaving audience direction and sleight-of-hand into one smooth effect. Also,
learn the inside secrets of what Banachek considers one of the most powerful
tools in the mentalists arsenal Pocket Writing. This DVD includes Banacheks
discussion of his Buried Alive escape, his Bullet Catch illusion now used by
Penn & Teller, the difference between mentalism and mental magic plus
comical anecdotes about blindfold drives. You will also see a television clip of
Banacheks Buried Alive escape hosted by William Shatner and TV footage of one
of Banacheks early Blindfold Drives.
EFFECTS & EXPLANATIONS
Ring of Truth
Phone Psychs
Word of the Ring
Number Reversal
Stigmata
Invisible
Palmtop
Picture Duplication (Stage)
Bonus Explanation of Q & A
Routine
INTERVIEWS
Buried Alive
Bullet Catch