Jonathan is posing as a camera operator
It's called a Steadicam. It eliminates jerks.
So does Clint Eastwood, I wouldn't want him strapped to my chest.
My big passion. The golden age of illusion: Robert Houdin, Makelyne, Devant. I was born a hundred years too late, basically.
[Seeing Jonathan's collection] I take it this is a disease that struck in childhood?
I never wanted to be a magician as such; swanning about with silk hankies. It was... I dunno... The ingenuity at the back of it. Always fascinated the hell out of me.
People beg me to explain something; it's the last thing they want to hear, 'cause you're disproving a miracle. Houdini walked through a wall two bricklayers had built onstage: People swore he had the power to dematerialise. You find out he he used a trapdoor under a carpet, it's too mundane: you feel cheated. That's all magic is, an illusion.
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