Above The Below
September 5 - October 19, 2003
David Blaine confined himself to a glass box over London’s river Thames for 44 days and nights, surviving on pure water alone.
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Empty Box
September 27, 2003
"Fomenting domestic strife, challenging the class system, pulling nations apart and bringing others together: not bad going, for a man in a box."
A Magician Seeking Simplicity In a Cage
Jesse McKinley, August 19, 2003
"I believe it is completely possible to exist peacefully with absolutely nothing, as it was in the beginning and as it will be in the end."
Blaine Cage Attack Drama
Alexis Akwagyram and Graham Culliford, September 16, 2003
"Go home David, go back to America. We don't want you here..."
How the hecklers have now become disciples
Howard Jacobson, October 16, 2003
"Sceptics suggest that what we're looking at is in fact a hologram, a projection of a shyster who is right now tucked up in his New York bed gorging himself on chocolates and champagne."
Out of his box
James Langton, November 6, 2003
"I would jump up because I was sure they were shooting a gun at me."
"I don't really know why I did it"
December 4, 2003
"He is an extraordinary and generous performer...he makes deprivation sound great."
Illusionist and the facts of life
October 20, 2003
"864 assorted missiles have been aimed at Blaine’s box, including eggs, bananas, tomatoes, cauliflowers, kebabs, pots of pink paint, bottles and fireworks."
Refeeding David Blaine — Studies after a 44-Day Fast
Marta Korbonits, David Blaine, Marinos Elia and Jeremy Powell-Tuck, November 24, 2005
"Blaine’s sensation of hunger, which he did not have during the first few days, increased considerably on day 3; this increase had been immediately preceded by an elevation in plasma levels..."
First full day in a box for Blaine
September 6, 2003
"I'm not worried about the first three weeks, I'm worried about the second half of this when I start to lose my mind and everything gets really bad."
Blaine suffering, with 2 days left
October 17, 2003
" It's already been bad, my vision's really blurry, my head is always throbbing, I black out a lot, I'm just trying to conserve and make it to the end."
