Derren Brown: Archive
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From: designforlife
Date: Wed Mar 5, 2003 1:57am
Subject: Re: losing faith.....
--- In a previous message Barry wrote:
> The method you describe is a very ancient memory system which
> was said to have been invented in Roman times, thus is called
> the 'Roman Room' system. It's described well in Tony Buzan's
> book 'Use Your Memory'.
>
> During the last Chat session (Message #2736) with DB, I asked what
> he thought of Buzan's books, but he hadn't read any of them.
> However, I'm sure most Magicians are well versed in this
technique.
>
> I also asked DB what his favourite holiday destination was and he
> replied Florence, though he hasn't yet been there.....now THAT'S a
> more obvious link with the world of Dr Lecter ;-)
>
> Barry
>
Hi. I had long thought that this was a trick well-known to memory
enthusiasts. You seem to confirm this. I doubt either Derren Brown or
Thomas Harris made this up, they probably just researched it. On
reflection, it seems like a good way to go about things.
As my mother said as she watched the 'Richard and Judy' show; he knew
it was Baker St. straight away, everything else (strange clothes,
something in his mouth) was just dressing.
Hmmm.
>
> > Yes. And if you read the book 'Hannibal', you will see that he
has
> > also robbed his memory trick as well. Lector uses an Italian
> > (Florentine?) mansion filled with rooms with objects as a means
to
> > recall tiny details at will. Derren claims the same feat when he
> > explains how he follows multiple card decks, and the
demonstration
> in
> > Mind Control is really lovely, exactly as I imagined Lector (or
> Dr.
> > Fell, as it were) doing it.
> >
> > I didn't know Lector was an idol of his as such, but he has
> > cultivated many other of his mannerisms, too numerous to go into
> here
