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Illusion, I think?
Sep 23, 2014 16:27:48   #
hamtrack Loc: Omaha NE
 
You may find this deliciously disturbing, but definitely entreating.


http://www.youtube.com/embed/i5gK2MxGR0M?feature=player_detailpage

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Sep 23, 2014 16:54:15   #
SNicker317 Loc: North NJ
 
Actually, it's not an illusion...

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Sep 23, 2014 16:55:27   #
Don Craig Loc: Saranac, NY
 
That didn't look like no illusion. Just too weird. Thanks for giving me nightmares :)

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Sep 24, 2014 01:36:16   #
GARGLEBLASTER Loc: Spain
 
hamtrack wrote:
You may find this deliciously disturbing, but definitely entreating.


Entreating?

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Sep 24, 2014 03:11:26   #
hamtrack Loc: Omaha NE
 
I have asked that you watch the video.=entreating
GARGLEBLASTER wrote:
Entreating?

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Sep 24, 2014 04:36:08   #
GARGLEBLASTER Loc: Spain
 
hamtrack wrote:
I have asked that you watch the video.=entreating


Personally I don't find it entreating at all. Intriguing maybe but not entreating.

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Sep 24, 2014 06:25:44   #
Nickey Loc: Arizona
 
Ha... Ha... Interesting!

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Sep 24, 2014 07:32:30   #
richosob Loc: Lambertville, MI
 
hamtrack wrote:
You may find this deliciously disturbing, but definitely entreating.


http://www.youtube.com/embed/i5gK2MxGR0M?feature=player_detailpage


Excuse me, I have to go change my underwear.

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Sep 24, 2014 07:52:25   #
New York Steve Loc: St. Augustine, Florida
 
Of course it's an illusion. It's Cris Angel...

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Sep 24, 2014 08:08:31   #
Nickey Loc: Arizona
 
Just a coincidence... the benches are painted green?

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Sep 24, 2014 10:01:09   #
JamesCurran Loc: Trenton ,NJ
 
Keep in mind that there's no reason to believe the crowd isn't made up of actors, or that this was shot continuously.

Once you start thinking of it as a movie and not a documentary, it becomes fairly ordinary movie special effects.

While the two people are cut in half, we never get a good look at either's face -- the man is wearing sunglasses and the woman always has her hair blocking her face. It would be easy to substitute amputees for them and then cut that out of the finished video.

Similarly, although we "see" the man being joined with the woman's legs, if you look closely, that actually happens while the bodies are completely blocked by Angel's back, so it could be two separate shots edited together.

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Sep 25, 2014 12:56:06   #
Rich2236 Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire
 
hamtrack wrote:
You may find this deliciously disturbing, but definitely entreating.


http://www.youtube.com/embed/i5gK2MxGR0M?feature=player_detailpage


Everyone makes a valid point, but the fact still remains, that this is one great illusion and if you think of it as such, you marvel at how the illusion was done.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Rich

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Sep 25, 2014 13:02:39   #
dljen Loc: Central PA
 
Rich2236 wrote:
Everyone makes a valid point, but the fact still remains, that this is one great illusion and if you think of it as such, you marvel at how the illusion was done.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Rich


Yes, I agree, and you want to know how, but deep down, you're glad they keep it to themselves, preserves the mystery! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Sep 25, 2014 13:10:08   #
Rich2236 Loc: E. Hampstead, New Hampshire
 
dljen wrote:
Yes, I agree, and you want to know how, but deep down, you're glad they keep it to themselves, preserves the mystery! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:


Agreed!!!!!
Rich

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