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  • Thus he was hoist with his own petard, doomed to sit and wonder for the next six months when his illusionist's trick would come back to haunt him, as inevitably it would.

    The Magician Has His Trickery Exposed 2008

  • Thus he was hoist with his own petard, doomed to sit and wonder for the next six months when his illusionist's trick would come back to haunt him, as inevitably it would.

    Archive 2008-06-22 2008

  • It's the basic tool of the illusionist's art: misdirection.

    Jonathan Richards: Misdirection 2010

  • It's the basic tool of the illusionist's art: misdirection.

    Jonathan Richards: Misdirection 2010

  • It's the basic tool of the illusionist's art: misdirection.

    Jonathan Richards: Misdirection 2010

  • When we come back, we're going to talk about illusionist's David Blaine's latest feat.

    CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2008 2008

  • That would be the summit of the illusionist's art: through one of his fictive creations to truly delude us.

    enowning enowning 2008

  • That would be the summit of the illusionist's art: through one of his fictive creations to truly delude us.

    Archive 2008-03-01 enowning 2008

  • Part of the fun is learning the tricks of the illusionist's trade.

    Snap Judgement: Movies 2007

  • At one level, the illusionist's art stands in for filmmaking itself: Eisenheim's special effects, which apparently erase the borders between reality and imagination, even death and life, all ultimately rely on a combination of technological know-how and visual mastery.

    The Illusionist 2006

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