Price$35.00
Media TypeDVD
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedMay 11, 2009
New York Coin Seminar #5
Various
Reels in Motion
(Based on 1 review)
PENETRATIONS begins with Rubinstein's Coins Through the Table, revealing for the first time his startling kicker ending. Roth shows a classic version of Coin in the Bottle, with some beautiful touches of Slydini. International Penetration and Coins to Expresso Cup come out of Gallo's professional repertoire, and Spectator Boy Dan Watkins is back to help! Closing this section is a World Premiere performance of Cylinder and Coins by none other than special guest Giacomo Bertini, the Italian coin Maestro.
Twelve routines might be enough for some, but not the New York Coin Guys! The BONUS section starts off with a performance of Rubinstein's professional act, utilizing routines taught in all of the Seminar DVD's. Roth follows with an in depth discussion of the Classic Palm. In a snippet from his New York Coin Magic Seminar workshop, Rubinstein teaches the wave change and a few NEW variations. Closing out the DVD is a performance by Gallo called The Bottomless Cup.
Running Time Approximately 168min
Reviews
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I've given pretty decent ratings to other volumes of this set. However, this set wasn't as impressive to me. Unfortunately after some of my comments I'll likely be hung (on an invisible sky hook) as a heretic.
Also, I have a question . . . Why does Harbottle always start each effect with four coins spread in his right hand followed by his left hand touching his chin followed by "Hmm . . . Four Coins . . . What to do with them?"
I really liked Rubinstein in Volume 8, but I didn't care for his work in this one. In just about every routine on this DVD, the handling of the coins in the performance was overly complicated and confusing. For example, in the various Hanging Coins routine the handling was so muddled that it didn't look very magical at all. It felt more like a puzzle. A routine like that should be very slow, clean and deliberate. You're taking a coin from your hand and hanging it invisibly on a sky hook. There should not be any muddy confusing handling of the coins, yet there was, even in Roth's hands. In fact, his was the most confusing.
Harbottle's variation was a little better, and his Pendulum Hanging Coins was ok, but it felt more like he was performing the effect for himself to prove to himself how clever he was.
Gallo's stuff was even kind of weak. His international penetration started of decent, but then just went downhill after the first two transpos. The final was very weak and awkward.
His two coins through cups routines were weak and his timing was horribly wrong. The method is pretty decent, and if you practiced it to get the correct timing then it has potential to be a good effect.
I had to suffer through yet another version of Ramsay's Cylinder and Coins with very little changes. However there is a move that Bertini uses that is worth learning for other effects. However (again), this is actually taught on volume #6 in great detail, so I'd go with that volume if you're interested in one of the few highlights of this DVD.
The bonus section on this DVD is even pretty weak. However there is a decent section with Roth's workshop on the Classic Palm.
All in all it's hard for me to recommend this one, especially considering that some of the others in this set are much better.
Final Verdict 2.5 Stars with a Stone Status of Grubble (little bit of gem and whole lot of rubble).
Also, I have a question . . . Why does Harbottle always start each effect with four coins spread in his right hand followed by his left hand touching his chin followed by "Hmm . . . Four Coins . . . What to do with them?"
I really liked Rubinstein in Volume 8, but I didn't care for his work in this one. In just about every routine on this DVD, the handling of the coins in the performance was overly complicated and confusing. For example, in the various Hanging Coins routine the handling was so muddled that it didn't look very magical at all. It felt more like a puzzle. A routine like that should be very slow, clean and deliberate. You're taking a coin from your hand and hanging it invisibly on a sky hook. There should not be any muddy confusing handling of the coins, yet there was, even in Roth's hands. In fact, his was the most confusing.
Harbottle's variation was a little better, and his Pendulum Hanging Coins was ok, but it felt more like he was performing the effect for himself to prove to himself how clever he was.
Gallo's stuff was even kind of weak. His international penetration started of decent, but then just went downhill after the first two transpos. The final was very weak and awkward.
His two coins through cups routines were weak and his timing was horribly wrong. The method is pretty decent, and if you practiced it to get the correct timing then it has potential to be a good effect.
I had to suffer through yet another version of Ramsay's Cylinder and Coins with very little changes. However there is a move that Bertini uses that is worth learning for other effects. However (again), this is actually taught on volume #6 in great detail, so I'd go with that volume if you're interested in one of the few highlights of this DVD.
The bonus section on this DVD is even pretty weak. However there is a decent section with Roth's workshop on the Classic Palm.
All in all it's hard for me to recommend this one, especially considering that some of the others in this set are much better.
Final Verdict 2.5 Stars with a Stone Status of Grubble (little bit of gem and whole lot of rubble).