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Charles Calthrop wrote:It's very possible. See Cull-igula Triumph by Kostya Kimlat.

A truly amazing effect! An impromptu classic... Gotta love it! Great suggestion there Charles!

Also, the Cullfather is something everyone should own. I think it can help people who are new to culling as much as people who REALLY need to improve their culling. You may think your culling is good but wait until you see Ian in action...

It's simple... Get this, pay attention, practice what you learn and develop a perfect culling technique.

Take it easy,

P.H.

Thanks for that Peter. Got an email saying he has sent it out today so should be getting it soon! Need to learn more about culling seems like a very useful sleight!

LeftEye,

It can be a lifesaver during your normal effects when things go wrong... But there are countless miracle effects that can only be performed with culling as well! The possibilities are endless! Impromptu invisible decks... Was of the most useful sleights. And if you watch the preview on BigBlindMedia's site, they mention the countless sleights a GOOD cull can replace... It's so true.

P.H.

Ive just received it and watched it. Never really knew how useful it really is! Definately definately definately going to be using this beaut with enough practice. And it gets you out of those sticky spots. Card switches look amazing, really this DVD is great!

And not only will it get you out of trick spots but there are some effects which simply have to use culling and now you can do those amazing effects!

Ian teaching and BBM quality? Can't ask for much more huh?

P.H.

This really is an excellent DVD and worth every penny! The effects included are nothing short of genius, with my favourite being Concrete Sandwich which in my mind is worth the money alone.

The production is good throughout and the instruction is even better with Iain being so clear and concise it really is a credit to him. His teaching is just excellent and I wonder if his other works are as good?

If I had a criticism it would be that we could benefit from a few different more close ups of above the spread, which I think they neglected at times.

That aside this really is a great investment and I'd strongly recommend it to anyone who performs with cards!

Sorry for bumping an old thread but thought this was worth adding.

I got this DVD and love it. The teaching is very thorough and the cull is pretty easy to get down. However some of the tricks require quite a bit of practice to perform (I'm a beginner still so some of the tricks are a bit hard)

Just wanted all other beginners to know that the cull is fairly easy to get down but most of the tricks on the DVD are quite difficult to learn (for a newbie) Being able to cull though is worth more then any of the tricks because you can use it for almost any trick (and trust me you will)

Whereas, my not-yet-even-complete look at it so far has hammered home to me how poor my cull was and reduced me to a stoop of melancholy and self-loathing. The Cullfather gives with one hand, and takes away with the other.

I'm with you. I have a couple other sources from which I initally learned the cull and have (in the past 6 days since purchasing this product) realized how poor the instruction is on those in comparison. I think Iain's DVD is truly valuable. Although I "knew" the cull, I had not considered many of the applications that Iain teaches. I found the teaching to be first-rate, and although I am having to retrain some old habits, my cull is already better than it was.

I agree with the 10/10 review.

I just got this DVD and wanted to offer my own two cents about it.

I was struggling with the short (and in my opinion, fairly inadequate) description of culling in Card College, so decided to shell out the money for this DVD.

I have to say that it's really very good, but in some cases I also find it frustrating.

Most importantly, there are many specific things not covered in the instruction of the basic culling move. I feel like that section should be a lot more detailed, since he basically demonstrates three times and that's it. Many of the other little points to get it to look right I had to get from watching his demonstrations frame-by-frame on my DVD player. Several times.

This brings me to my second point. If you watch Iain cull frame-by-frame, you'll notice that he doesn't even quite do it the way that he instructs in the first part of the DVD! To be specific without hopefully divulging too much here, you'll notice that very often his left thumb plays no part in the cull. Very interesting.

This observation made me think that, while the DVD instruction is for the most part very good, the real value in this is being able to see someone do it well, and being able to deconstruct it using slow-motion or frame-by-frame playback. If you simply follow his instructions, there will be a lot of questions left when you go to try it.

I should disclose that this is the first magic DVD I've ever purchased, so I have no basis for comparison. But I think the things I've noted here hold true regardless of how other DVDs fare.

I find it strange that I am the only one who is not 100% for this. I got this DVD and actually returned it. It was my first purchase from BBM, and if not for having bought connected I wouldn't likely purchase from them again. It was a good DVD don't get me wrong, but I found the tricks to be repetitive and limited. My main concern is how much it built up the cull for me, but how I still can't grasp it too well. I suppose if I gave it more time I'd warm up to it, but it just wasn't what I expected it to be explanation wise I guess.

Can I just say this has got to be the worst DVD I have bought this year.
If you want a "Look what I can do I am marvellous" DVD then buy it.
If you want to learn the art of culling stay well clear.
What I cant understand is why it has been so well reviewed here at TM.
Without doubt it shows the potential which can be achieved when this art is fully practised and understood, but as far as instructional goes, I dont think I've ever seen worse in 30 years.
I hope I aint hurting feelings here because there is no doubt Mr Moran is well accomplished in the art of card skullduggery but I think 5 mins at the start of a DVD is surely not enough.
Someone mentions earlier that if you slow the moves down, he doesnt actually practice what he preaches, well low and behold I'm afraid thats true as I have actually been sad enough to try it.
BBMs offer of BOGOF seems they may well be struggling and if this DVD is anything to go by I'm not surprised.
I'm sure I am gonna get replies saying it is for the more advanced amongst us, and to that I agree, but please please please dont buy this if you think it will teach you to cull properly because it definately will not.

Out of interest, what would you recommend as an alternative culling resource? I've only read E.C.T's account of it , and I personally think that The Cullfather's pretty good. I'm not too experienced with that kind of thing, but I feel a noticable improvement having only had this for a week.

But nobody ever replies to my reviews, so what do I know?

Well I didn't know a thing about culling before watching this DVD, but now I can do it pretty well. It's not a DVD that you can pick up and after watching the explanation, be able to do it straight away. You're going to have to put the time into it.

Also, I didn't have this problem but people have said you may need to do some working out for yourself. But that goes for a lot of DVD's/books these days. You know the basic mechanics of the cull, so surely you can work out where to go from here?

And don't say you shouldn't have to work anything out the DVD should be teaching it. The DVD should be teaching the moves of the cull. These moves are probably how the teacher learned to do it, but after hours and hours of practice/performance, you may learn slight modifications that suit YOU. These are just habits, not necessarily bad habits, but just how you might perfer to do it.

Don't tell me every sleight you perform is done exactly to the book? I think personal preference plays a big roll in magic.

But hey I may be wrong

If you only watch the cullfather you will be at it for months. There is a book somewhere which details the moves but I dont think there is any other videos or dvd's