History Channel - Lost Magic Decoded (2014)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 2506 Kbps | 1h 25mn | Audio: English AC3 384 kbps, 6 channels | Subs: None | 1.75 GiB
Genre: Documentary | Mystery
Master illusionist Steve Cohen tracks down, decodes, and resurrects some of the most thrilling and terrifying magic effects ever witnessed. Magic has a secret history, and it takes an insider like Cohen to gain access to the ancient incantations, secret sorcery, and mysterious contraptions that have shocked audiences for centuries. Can their secrets somehow be rediscovered? And can they thrill and shock today's audiences like they once did? Explore the mysteries of how these legendary effects were influenced by their times, and even how the illusions themselves changed the course of history. Steve Cohen discovers that there is much more to magic than meets the eye, and he becomes drawn closer and closer to taking the same sometimes death-defying risks that conjurors have been taking for the sake of an illusion since magic began, over a thousand years ago.
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Duration : 1h 25mn
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