Dai Vernon The Spirit of Magic (2017)

In addition to the insight provided by performers who knew Vernon including Max Maven Herb Zarrow John Carney Jackie Flosso Ricky Jay Steve Freeman and Persi Diaconis it was an important opportunity for Vernons children Edward and Derek Verner to share their own thoughts and feelings about their father the magician It also featured blackandwhite silent footage of a younger Vernon demonstrating sleightofhand which we had converted and professionally retouched for the film While the film was very well received it was only available briefly for purchase as a VHS cassette which was subsequently pirated The film pops up regularly online always lowquality copies of copies shared without any credit to those who made the project possible