Posted by: Jenny Date posted: Sat Nov 7 2:06:48 2009
Message:
Ok, I just had to know, so I googled. Here's the answer, according to someone else. I was right about the fake hand. I watched the clip again and I saw that when he lunged toward his right that he could have removed the fake hand right before he threw down the staff.
Here's the answer:
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There are several "tricks" in Jerome Murat's incredible and beautiful piece. At the beginning, his right hand is inside the second head and there is a fake arm/hand attached to the staff he seems to be holding. At the point when he begins shoving the head out of his way (to see more clearly) he cleverly removes his hand from the second head, removes the fake hand from the staff, and takes the staff with his real hand. He releases the staff very soon thereafter and it appears as if he has been holding the staff the entire time. (At this point he is manipulating the second head from the outside, with both hands.) When he opens the lid to the box he slyly attaches a pole to the head, which he uses to show the head trying to fly away; it extends how far he can push the head away. Next, when he brings the head close again, he removes the pole and attaches invisible string/wire from the ceiling to the head, wires controlled by someone in the rafters. Then the lightning strikes and the lights go out, and he begins to "remove" his own head. At the same he pulls the headpiece from his own head he pulls a black stocking over his head/face and it appears that he has removed his own head (since the stocking is the only thing not glowing in the black light). The person in the rafters floats the second head (which is also a mask) over to him and he pulls it over his stocking-covered head, so it seems as if the second head has replaced his original head. I hope that explains it well enough for you. It's an absolutely brilliant work of art, a combination of mime, magic, and poetic art and symbolism. The beauty of the piece is not diminished at all by knowing how he acheived it. Bravo, Jerome Murat, Bravo!
3 years ago
Posted by: Gail M Date posted: Fri Nov 6 12:53:32 2009
Message: Wow! I first thought I saw ''her'' leg around him in front once and was thinking one was in front and one was in the back. Unless it was trick lighting I can't figure it out?????
Posted by: Torri Date posted: Fri Nov 6 8:42:48 2009
Message: Whoa, that was amazing and I want to know how it was done.
Posted by: Jenny Date posted: Fri Nov 6 0:10:36 2009
Message:
It's a great...... ventriloquist, whose dummy never talks. The taller figure's right hand doesn't move from the staff. The person inside the taller figure uses his right hand for the "mini me's" facial expressions. Just a guess, cuz I couldn't watch the whole thing. I was like charl, it creeped me out......