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stine Regular user TN 152 Posts |
I have seen this book offered and it is fairly pricey. Does anyone here have the book and can you tell me what type of material it covers and if it is worth the investment? Thanks
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stine Regular user TN 152 Posts |
No one seems to know whats in the book or at least haven't responded. I would be interested in what it contains. Anyone?
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David Nelson Elite user San Mateo, CA 404 Posts |
It's been quite a while since I read the Rezvani book and, at the time, I mostly focused on card material, but here's what I remember about it.
Rezvani was a Persian magician that toured the world and was tremendously skilled at sleight of hand. This book was first published in in another language, I think French, and then translated by Fitzke which may explain some of its shortcomings. It has some really good stuff in it but it's somewhat terse and some would argue that it's mostly of historical value. The descriptions are fine and comparable with other books of the time but not nearly as precise and well written as Erdnase. When Rezvani came to america, he managed to impress a lot of the american magicians and there are several well known, published items that were inspired by his stuff. That's one reason the book is valuable, it's the original source for some great stuff that is considered classic today. As an example, the Benson bowl is Roy Benson's handling of the Rezvani's signature piece, the tomatoe trick. Rezvani was known as the 'master of the tomatoes' because he used a bowl and small bean bags he called tomatoes and Benson replaced the bean bags with sponge balls and suddenly had his own signature piece. What showed up in one of the Vernon books as the New Theory second deal is really just the Rezvani second deal. Rezvani had a good description of how to cover the pass using a cascade or a riffle that predates others. He described a hop that later showed up in Buckley's card control. He also had a really nice false over hand shuffle that you don't see done much these days. The main thing I remember about this books is that everything in there was stuff he had honed over the years so it was all practical, solid material. Every trick was good, every sleight was well thought out and there was no filler. Now that I think about it, it kind of reminds me of the lepaul book because it's got so much good stuff in such a small package. That being said, most of the information from Rezvani's book can be found elsewhere if you dig around. |
stine Regular user TN 152 Posts |
Thanks so much for the info David!
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stine Regular user TN 152 Posts |
Thanks RiffRaff!
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