{"id":41235,"date":"2023-09-12T07:36:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T00:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magicstore102.one\/?post_type=product&#038;p=41235"},"modified":"2024-01-07T14:12:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T07:12:52","slug":"deceptive-practice-by-ricky-jay","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/magicstore102.one\/?product=deceptive-practice-by-ricky-jay","title":{"rendered":"Deceptive Practice by Ricky Jay."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Movie HD\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KtVEj86Vmzo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Plus almost 2 hours of bonus features, which I have put in a separate folder in case you don&#8217;t want to download the documentary.<\/p>\n<p>What happens when documentary filmmakers\u2014whose mission is to probe, explore, and reveal\u2014take as their subject one of the world\u2019s greatest living magicians, whose life and art are basically off limits to probing, exploration and revelation? More than a decade in the making, Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is the captivating result of this curious conundrum: a mesmerizing journey into the world of modern magic and the small circle of eccentrics who were its perpetual devotees.<\/p>\n<p>At its center is the multitalented Ricky Jay, a best-selling author and historian, an acclaimed actor, a leading collector of antiquarian books and artifacts, but above all a conjurer capable of creating a profound sense of wonder and disbelief in even the most jaded of audiences. In his extraordinary\u2014and extraordinarily popular\u2014one-man shows, Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants and Ricky Jay: On the Stem, he proved himself to be the contemporary embodiment of an elite lineage, offering audiences not only exhilarating entertainment, but also a rare glimpse of a secret, lost world.<\/p>\n<p>Told largely in Ricky\u2019s own inimitable voice, Deceptive Practice traces the story of his achievement, from his early apprenticeship, beginning at age 4, with his grandfather Max Katz, an accomplished amateur magician, as well as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini, Francis Carlyle, and Roy Benson, all of whom were among the best magicians of the 20th century. Above all it celebrates the remarkable lives of Ricky&#8217;s two primary mentors of his young adulthood, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. Of the latter, Ricky recalls: \u201cFor Charlie a good evening could be asking you to do the same shuffle 16,000 times \u2026 It was just endless the variations and the craziness, but it was often as close to pure joy as anything I can imagine.\u201d The film weaves together stunning performance footage from his one-man shows and classic TV appearances, and also includes friends and collaborators such as Steve Martin (who joins him in a hilarious turn on a &#8217;70s vintage Dinah Shore TV show) and David Mamet, who says of Ricky: \u201cHe\u2019s devoted to that theater that he alone sees. He has the ideal of magic in his mind to which he\u2019s devoted his life: to teaching it, to performing it, to perfecting it, to researching it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the film, viewers not only have a deep appreciation for the arduous and arcane demands of the magician\u2019s craft, but also for the use of language and storytelling central to the art. And of where this ancient tradition is headed, that shall remain a mystery&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell structured and dynamically edited &#8230; This thoroughly engrossing, highly entertaining doc should delight fans and newcomers alike.\u201d &#8211; Ronnie Scheib, Variety<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most compelling characters in magic gets his due&#8230;\u201d- John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWonderfully engaging&#8230;\u201d- New York Magazine (10\/8\/12)<\/p>\n<p>Credits<br \/>\nMolly Bernstein, Producer\/Director\/Editor<br \/>\nAlan Edelstein, Producer\/Co-Director<br \/>\nAlicia Sams and Philip Dolin, Producers<br \/>\nCathy Greenwold and Terry Gross, Executive Producers<br \/>\nMark Singer, Peter Block, Ronald Guttman, Co-Executive Producers<br \/>\nEdward Marritz, Ben Wolf, Joey Forsyte, Camera<br \/>\nOlivier &amp; Clare Manchon, Original Music<br \/>\nMichael Weber, Creative Consultant<\/p>\n<p>Special musical contributions by<br \/>\nBob Dylan<br \/>\nDavid Grisman<\/p>\n<p>Narration by Dick Cavett<\/p>\n<p>Ricky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor (often a mischievous presence in the films of David Mamet and Paul Thomas Anderson) &#8212; and a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Deceptive Practice traces Jay&#8217;s achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age 4 with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. Featuring rare footage from his 1970s TV appearances (doing 3-card Monte with Steve Martin on The Dinah Shore Show) and told in Jay&#8217;s inimitable voice, this is a remarkable journey inside the secretive world of magic and the small circle of eccentrics who are its perpetual devotees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus almost 2 hours of bonus features, which I have put in a separate folder in case you don&#8217;t want to download the documentary. 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