Comments on: The Man Who Stole The Mona Lisa http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/ The official Derren Brown Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Emily http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-96640 Emily Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:30:02 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-96640 This is amazing, throughout the whole of my studies, I never knew that the Mona Lisa had ever been stolen ! I am trying to look at your work because we are in graphic design, and remembering back a few years ago you did some work on channel 4 where you influenced people through shop window advertisements, and managed to have one gentleman give away a pair of his shoes. I am looking for a video of this because we're looking into subliminal advertisements, and I would really like to help share your view. I have seen your video with the two graphic designers, and it really made me think. I'm artistically creative, and want to produce original ideas, but from the video I saw made me think if we really can produce anything original ? This is amazing, throughout the whole of my studies, I never knew that the Mona Lisa had ever been stolen ! I am trying to look at your work because we are in graphic design, and remembering back a few years ago you did some work on channel 4 where you influenced people through shop window advertisements, and managed to have one gentleman give away a pair of his shoes. I am looking for a video of this because we’re looking into subliminal advertisements, and I would really like to help share your view.

I have seen your video with the two graphic designers, and it really made me think. I’m artistically creative, and want to produce original ideas, but from the video I saw made me think if we really can produce anything original ?

]]> By: Ming http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-92180 Ming Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:48:45 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-92180 Foolish humans and your petty, painty trinkets. When I steal THE LOUVRE they'll not wait a hundred years to document its audacity... Foolish humans and your petty, painty trinkets. When I steal THE LOUVRE they’ll not wait a hundred years to document its audacity…

]]> By: alan http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-92146 alan Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:21:07 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-92146  the theft of the Mona Lisa, by Leondardo da Vinci, from the Louvre in Paris. It was an opportunist event really. Seems he’d only popped in to the Louvre for a quick Pizarro.  the theft of the Mona Lisa, by Leondardo da Vinci, from the Louvre in Paris.
It was an opportunist event really. Seems he’d only popped in to the Louvre for a quick Pizarro.

]]> By: An Elephant's Child. http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-92134 An Elephant's Child. Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:04:44 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-92134 "New documentry" - It's taken a long time to finish then, because he was putting out trailers 2 years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgL2WT0UniU “New documentry” – It’s taken a long time to finish then, because he was putting out trailers 2 years ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgL2WT0UniU

]]> By: Flapjack http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-92120 Flapjack Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:36:02 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-92120 "August 21st 2011 marks the one hundred year anniversary of the theft of the Mona Lisa, by Leondardo da Vinci, from the Louvre in Paris" Vincent Perrugia must've been so gutted to go to all that effort to nick it just to discover that he'd stolen a knock off by a guy with a misleadingly similar name. Reminds me of the time I bought some 'Calgete' toothpaste whilst on holiday that tasted of mud. That looked like the real deal until I scrutinised the spelling too. “August 21st 2011 marks the one hundred year anniversary of the theft of the Mona Lisa, by Leondardo da Vinci, from the Louvre in Paris”
Vincent Perrugia must’ve been so gutted to go to all that effort to nick it just to discover that he’d stolen a knock off by a guy with a misleadingly similar name.
Reminds me of the time I bought some ‘Calgete’ toothpaste whilst on holiday that tasted of mud. That looked like the real deal until I scrutinised the spelling too.

]]> By: whodat http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-92112 whodat Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:23:01 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-92112 wish i would have known about those US screenings a few days back, man, always looking for a reason to hit NYC, this one woulda been legit, too. wish i would have known about those US screenings a few days back, man, always looking for a reason to hit NYC, this one woulda been legit, too.

]]> By: Fearglic http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-92088 Fearglic Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:34:39 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-92088 Isn't the real jaconde in a museum in St Petersberg? Isn’t the real jaconde in a museum in St Petersberg?

]]> By: roz http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-92081 roz Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:18:35 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-92081 this isnt exactly the story we saw on dr. who! :D this isnt exactly the story we saw on dr. who! :D

]]> By: Chris Redmond http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-92078 Chris Redmond Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:28:47 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-92078 It really is a depressing indictment of society to learn how even the looters from one hundred years ago were so much more civilised and discerning than they are now! Then again, perhaps if they had plasma TVs in those days, Vincenzo Peruggia might have been tempted to discover what size he could fit under his painter's smock? It really is a depressing indictment of society to learn how even the looters from one hundred years ago were so much more civilised and discerning than they are now!
Then again, perhaps if they had plasma TVs in those days, Vincenzo Peruggia might have been tempted to discover what size he could fit under his painter’s smock?

]]> By: Keith Mansfield http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2011/08/man-stole-mona-lisa/#comment-92076 Keith Mansfield Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:14:51 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=16867#comment-92076 While I hate to encourage criminality, you so should try to re-enact this as a TV special! A shame not to have done it for the centenary. Even more gripping television that Russian Roulette... While I hate to encourage criminality, you so should try to re-enact this as a TV special! A shame not to have done it for the centenary. Even more gripping television that Russian Roulette…

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