Yesterday I re-watched Prestige after a long time. I saw it for the 5th or 6th time, I think, and I liked it so much It's weird but I think I never understood the movie this much until now.
Better on a second viewing
Oh, and another thing. I noticed that Nolan made a reference in this film about The Dark Knight!
In one scene a character (I think Cutter but I can't remember) mentions the Moscow Ballet. Could this be a direct reference to his upcoming film, the TDK?
In one scene a character (I think Cutter but I can't remember) mentions the Moscow Ballet. Could this be a direct reference to his upcoming film, the TDK?
The Prestige definitely opens itself up for multiple viewings to really challenge yourself. After realizing that Alfred I have to marvel at Christian Bale in the film, he magnificently manages to play I suggest you give it a try!
I did the same thing, and I realized that
DHOPW42 wrote:I did the same thing, and I realized that
That's true.
There's one thing I don't understand.
There's that scene where Angier sees Borden performing The Transported Man the first time. The screen cuts to Angier telling Olivia what he saw, then it cuts to Borden doing his trick, this goes on and on, and at the end of the scene we see Cutter sitting and watching Borden's show. Then we hear the popping rubberball, but we don't see what happens on the stage. Why is that? What exactly happened there?
Angier says that it's the best magic trick he has ever seen, so it's clear that Borden performed it perfectly, but why can't we see that? Why do we have to see Cutter and hear the rubberball instead of watching Borden coming out of the other wardrobe? Does it have any significance anyway?
There's that scene where Angier sees Borden performing The Transported Man the first time. The screen cuts to Angier telling Olivia what he saw, then it cuts to Borden doing his trick, this goes on and on, and at the end of the scene we see Cutter sitting and watching Borden's show. Then we hear the popping rubberball, but we don't see what happens on the stage. Why is that? What exactly happened there?
Angier says that it's the best magic trick he has ever seen, so it's clear that Borden performed it perfectly, but why can't we see that? Why do we have to see Cutter and hear the rubberball instead of watching Borden coming out of the other wardrobe? Does it have any significance anyway?
I believe Nolan did that to create a mystery around the trick. We know what happend, but didn't see it good for our own. In this way, not only the character in the movie, but also the viewers of the movie begin to wonder how he managed to do that.
We are just as surprised as Angier.
We are just as surprised as Angier.
David emerges from the store slowly. He braces himself against a parked car and then keeps on walking in a nightmarish daze.
WE PULL BACK as David blends in with dozens and dozens of ordinary people, walking on an ordinary street, in an ordinary city.
WE PULL BACK as David blends in with dozens and dozens of ordinary people, walking on an ordinary street, in an ordinary city.
It is definitely odd that Nolan didn't show the actual trick until much later, but I think there are several reasons behind this. I think it reflects on Cutter's monologue at the end of the film, about how the audience WANTS to be fooled.
Angier is in awe saying that it's the best trick he's ever seen but the audience is shown to be quite unenthusiastic. This kind of creates a dialectic where one character is astounded but everyone else is unintersted. We WANT to know what the trick was, but we DO know what the trick is. We kind of fill in the blanks about the nature of the trick ourselves after we see Angier trying to duplicate it and through other factors.
When I first watched it, I immedietly thought that he must have appeared on the other side, even though it wasn't shown.
Angier is in awe saying that it's the best trick he's ever seen but the audience is shown to be quite unenthusiastic. This kind of creates a dialectic where one character is astounded but everyone else is unintersted. We WANT to know what the trick was, but we DO know what the trick is. We kind of fill in the blanks about the nature of the trick ourselves after we see Angier trying to duplicate it and through other factors.
When I first watched it, I immedietly thought that he must have appeared on the other side, even though it wasn't shown.
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Everytime when i watch the movie i found out more things,that's so good about the movie.
After realizing that Alfred I have to marvel at Christian Bale in the film, he magnificently manages to play
I started to do that when I bought the DVD and it's amazing what Christian Bale do with both characters. Now, everytime that I watch the movie I can't ignore the differences between the two brothers.
I started to do that when I bought the DVD and it's amazing what Christian Bale do with both characters. Now, everytime that I watch the movie I can't ignore the differences between the two brothers.