Archive for July 2011
Article from Genii by Richard Turner on Tree of Life
Richard Turner has an article in Genii, the Conjurer’s Magazine, about his experience in the movie Tree of Life with Brad Pitt. Read the article.
Read MorePodcast Interview with Richard Turner and Jon Racherbaumer
Podcast of an interview with Richard Turner and Author Jon Racherbaumer by Larry Bean and Michael Wilkinson at MagicRush.Net. The 90 minute interview covers many topics including “sight and insight and using the Mind’s Eye.”
Read MoreMovie Trailer for Tree of Life
Richard had the privilege of bamboozling Brad Pitt in the movie Tree Of Life, which won Best Film 2011 at the Cannes Film Festival. Director Terrence Malick wanted to make sure Brad Pit lost at the blackjack table so Richard was brought in to make sure Brad never won a hand. Don’t blink or you’ll…
Read MoreRichard Turner, Mentor to the Spirit?
The December issue of D. C. Comic “The Spirit” is all about magic, and The Spirit solves the murder of Ogden Thompson, a very famous magician/magic inventor. On the first frame (shown between the cover and full page image), Whit Haydn, Richard Turner, and Johnny “Ace” Palmer are named by The Spirit as the top…
Read MorePerfect Interlace Shuffle
DESPERATELY SEEKING PRECISION IN EXECUTION AND DEFINITION Jon Racherbaumer The action of perfectly alternating playing cards, 26 and 26, is not easily named if the goal is accuracy. Even the noun “shuffle” seems inexact because it suggests clumsy randomness and asymmetrical mixing. Sure, the relative positions of the cards change, but the changes are cyclically…
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