A scene from Swordfish 2001
Gabriel

Have you ever heard of Harry Houdini? Well he wasn't like today's magicians who are only interested in television ratings. He was an artist. He could make an elephant disappear in the middle of a theater filled with people, and do you know how he did that? Misdirection.

Stanley

What the **** are you talking about?

Gabriel

Misdirection. What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes.

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