Here's How David Copperfield Made The Statue Of Liberty Disappear
Copperfield isn’t a pimple on the ass of the likes of Doug Henning or Harry Blackstone Jr.
Those men are incredibly skilled at sleight of hand and legerdemain. Their tricks work because they lay hands on common objects and make them do things no one would imagine possible.
Copperfield’s tricks work with mechanical gimmickry. The trick works either all by itself or with a flip of a switch or turn of a knob. He doesn’t even have to be there for it to work. Which really isn’t much different from CGI.