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Alright, so hands flat. The first technique will be misdirection
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Derren Brown: Miracle

Alright, so hands flat.The first technique will be misdirection

Alright, so hands flat.
The first technique will be misdirection

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Alright, so hands flat. The first technique will be misdirection.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:38
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Vaudeville Productions

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Movie Summary

Illusionist Derren Brown reinvents the concept of "faith healing" through a series of stunts that debunk the confines of fear, pain and disbelief.
Misdirection, classic misdirection. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
Misdirection, classic misdirection.
Lower your hands a little bit. You understand what we're doing? - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
Lower your hands a little bit. You understand what we'r...
-Classic misdirection, erm... -[applause] - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:06
-Classic misdirection, erm... -[applause]
Your attention's on the wrong side. It's a very well-known technique. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
Your attention's on the wrong side. It's a very we...
The second technique though is not as well known. It's called an offbeat. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:05
The second technique though is not as well known. It's ...
Now do you know what an offbeat is? It's that! It's a timing thing, alright? - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:05
Now do you know what an offbeat is? It's that! It'...
Offbeat. There's another one. Same thing, but we won't count it. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
Offbeat. There's another one. Same thing, but we won�...
That's an offbeat. The third technique is conditioning. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:05
That's an offbeat. The third technique is conditioning.
Conditioning, which essentially means that by this point - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:11
Conditioning, which essentially means that by this point
[laughter] - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:05
[laughter]
Just back a bit into your palm. Great. So the next technique is compliance. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:05
Just back a bit into your palm. Great. So the next technique...
I realise there's a whole bunch of stuff you're trying to do at the same time here, - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:09
I realise there's a whole bunch of stuff you're tr...
You're also trying to deal with the rising aggression that I know you're feeling, - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:08
You're also trying to deal with the rising aggression t...
So would it be easier for you, and I imagine it would be, - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:06
So would it be easier for you, and I imagine it would be,
Suddenly, we're the best of friends and you forget that you hate me - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:08
Suddenly, we're the best of friends and you forget that...
[laughter and applause] - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:07
[laughter and applause]
You're doing great, and don't tell yourself you're going to fail. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:05
You're doing great, and don't tell yourself you�...
It's just a story and this idea that those stories define us, - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:10
It's just a story and this idea that those stories defi...
This all goes back to a Roman philosopher called Epictetus. - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:04
This all goes back to a Roman philosopher called Epictetus.
2,000 years ago. And Epictetus also gave us another great piece of advice, - Derren Brown: Miracle 00:09
2,000 years ago. And Epictetus also gave us another great pi...