It landed on top of the blockbuster list on its first week of showing in the U.S. The Prestige surprisingly appeals to the lay audiences as well. In the end, the hatred between them leads to plotting each other’s death and even to murder. Mix these flaws in a kettle and stir it with an accidental killing of Angier’s wife by Borden during a performance, and you get a rivalry so vicious that they actually sabotage each other’s shows at every opportune moments. Angier lusts for the secret of Borden’s teleportation trick, while Borden keeps his secret so closely to himself that he opts to live a duplicitous life with his twin brother. All this can lure a viewer to other thoughts or sweep him off his feet.īoth Angier and Borden have tragic flaws that embroil them in a deadly feud. Take for example the film’s eye for period details, authentic looking costumes, and rich tapestry. A tall order I should say, since director and co-writer Christopher Nolan’s intricately complex storytelling has many things going on at once apart from its engaging plot. You have to watch it closely lest you miss something.
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At the movie’s end, the rivalry completely ruins the life of one and liberates the other.Ī movie about magic and magicians, The Prestige is itself like a magic trick. The story revolves around the vicious and deadly rivalry between magicians Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) in turn of 20th century Victorian era London. But that definition launches the movie into a puzzling yet engaging narrative that skips forward and back in time like a skylarking teenage girl.
I had a hard time understanding the explanation, so I doubt if the girl even had an inkling what in the world it meant. Illusion builder Harry Cutter (Michael Caine) opens the movie by explaining the meaning of the magic parlance, the prestige, to a small girl.Ĭutter says, “All great magic tricks are composed of three acts: The Pledge, where the magician shows the audience something ordinary, but is probably not The Turn, where the magician makes the ordinary act extraordinary and The Prestige, where there are twists and turns, where lives hang in the balance, and you see something shocking you’ve never seen before.” That the story happens to two renowned magicians of their time is a bonus for us lovers of magic. Despite its out-of-sequence story telling, it’s a stylized movie about rivalry and deception. Right off the bat, I’d say go see the movie.
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