The Prestige, by Christopher Nolan, is an amazing film with some seriously dark undertones. It's a movie that examines how far one will go for the pursuit of perfection. It shows what happens when people live out their gimmicks. Just how far is too far? This movie was dope, and has some serious life lessons.
The Prestige aka Batman Vs Wolverine - Could you kill for your art?
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I need to re-watch this! I remember liking this but don't remember the movie much!
Def worth a rewatch. It's a total mind fukk of a film.
Nolans best
Or
Memento
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Memento
Memento is another dope film by Nolan. I have to go back and watch Insomnia. That's one of his I haven't really peeped.
King_Kamala61
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To me the movie was about obsession to best your rival. Nolan's best film if you asks me.
I would geaux to great lengths to produce the perfect masterpiece....and show up at my rivals art show drunk talking shyt.
I would geaux to great lengths to produce the perfect masterpiece....and show up at my rivals art show drunk talking shyt.
The Prestige is an allegory for filmmaking. The entire point of the thing is asking the question of how far or how many sacrifices one will make to pursue the excellence of the craft (embodied by the fishbowl story. To sell the act, the Chinese man had to live the role. The twins had to live as one person, giving up half of themselves to do so). Remember, we all know going into a film (or magic act) that it is not real. Yet, the best filmmakers and actors are constantly able to get us to suspend disbelief by totally embodying the role. This is the very concept that consumed Ledger. Definitely my favorite Nolan joint.
ShadowBroker
Born of the Night
My favorite Nolan film. Also the most overlooked of his, imo. What’s crazy is that the brothers were so committed to their trick that they basically drew the wife crazy bc of his “different personalities”. One was a loving husband and father and the other was in love with Scarlett’s Johannsens character.
Angier(Hugh Jackman) was so obsessed he couldn’t even tell for sure if he was the one in the tank that drowns or the one that continues the performance. The very ending frame when Borden kills Angier suggested to me that was the “original” Angier in the tank. That means Angier died a long time ago with the first time he performed the “trick”. Which means that his “clone” were the ones that survived every-time. That’s just my take.
Like, the last sentences is “you don’t want to work it out, you want to be fooled’. Is the audience being fooled and so was Angier by Borden. Angier didn’t want to study and figure out how Borden did the trick. He took the easy route, one that ultimately led him down a path to his demise. He went to all those lengths only for the original him to die and die again. He fooled himself.
Angier(Hugh Jackman) was so obsessed he couldn’t even tell for sure if he was the one in the tank that drowns or the one that continues the performance. The very ending frame when Borden kills Angier suggested to me that was the “original” Angier in the tank. That means Angier died a long time ago with the first time he performed the “trick”. Which means that his “clone” were the ones that survived every-time. That’s just my take.
Like, the last sentences is “you don’t want to work it out, you want to be fooled’. Is the audience being fooled and so was Angier by Borden. Angier didn’t want to study and figure out how Borden did the trick. He took the easy route, one that ultimately led him down a path to his demise. He went to all those lengths only for the original him to die and die again. He fooled himself.
Great breakdown.
TLR won't appreciate a thread on this movie. I'm pretty sure you can find great posts, threads and discussion around this film in The Film Room.
