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Reflection by Bill Goodwin DVD

An exquisite selection of eleven ingenious effects from one of our era's finest card magicians, Bill Goodwin. Included is material culled from his hard to find lecture notes as well as several effects never before published. This is the first time a collection of his secrets has ever been released on DVD.

Using only an ordinary pack of cards, discover the secrets of a true sleight of hand artist and experience the deviant card magic of Bill Goodwin.

Oxnard Split: A highly visual handling of Paul Harris' "Las Vegas Split." A Four transforms into two Twos followed by each of the Twos transforming into two Aces.

One Off: The magician attempts to find a selected card, however, he is off by one. To remedy the situation, the magician splits the card into two cards to reveal the selection.

Off Balance Transposition: A three-phase routine where a selected card and the four Aces repeatedly switch places culminating with a visual transformation of the selection into the four Aces.

The Paint Brush Change: Roy Walton's wonderful full face visual change of one card into another happens instantaneously as you "wiggle" the card.

DL Unload: A deceptive technique for unloading the lowermost card of a double so that it appears as if the card never goes flush with the deck.

About Face: A card held at your fingertips turns over visually with just a stroke of your thumb. A handling for Alex Elmsley's "Turn-About Card."

Twisting the Kings: A direct handling of Dai Vernon's classic "Twisting the Aces: finishing with all four cards turning over simultaneously.

The Mirage Trick: The magician offers to show the audience a mirage. A selection is produced between two cards, but immediately vanishes proving that its appearance was just a mirage. Included in the explanation is a handling of the Bluff Pass.

Spectator Cuts to the Aces: A clean and direct handling of this classic plot. The method highlights a versatile unloading technique that can be applied to other effects.

Mistaken Sandwich: A card is produced between two others. Realizing that it is not the selection, the magician causes it to change into the correct card. The three cards can be examined.

Reciprocity: The four Kings and the four Aces change places instantly. Two handlings are included.

Hold the Mayo: The four Aces are produced one at a time from between two Jokers.

With over 2.5 hours of performances, in-depth instruction and the complete history behind each routine and sleight, Reflection is not simply a DVD on tricks, but an important course for the advancement of your card magic. Shot in High Definition with multiple camera angles. Includes a 10 page booklet for reference and complete history of each effect.

Cost £26.99 from Magic World

Difficulty(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)

Overall

This is a wonderfull collection of routines from a true card expert.
As far as difficulty is concerned, this dvd is not aimed at beginners, but anyone who has an intermediate
knowledge with cards will master most of these moves pretty quickly, with a little practice.
Mr Goodwin's teaching tutorial is detailed, & precise, & all of the teaching comes with slowed down performances.
All of the routines are given a full history as to the creator of the trick, & Mr Goodwin adds some of his own handlings
on to most of the slights. Which I might add, is some of the best I have seen.

With over 2.5 hours of performances, in-depth instruction, & a 10 page booklet to accompany the dvd.
This is an important course in advance card magic.

The "Paint Brush Change" is one of the best handlings I have seen, & Bill's "Twisting The Kings" is just brilliant.
Everything on this dvd is fantastic, & anyone who is serious about the advancment of there card artistry should consider adding this to there collection.

This really is stunning magic, & scores a 10 out of 10 from me.

CArl...

Nice review CArl, and high praise indeed! Looks like I'll be investing in this one.

The off balance transposition sounds particularly good.