THE PRESTIGE Breakdown | Ending Explained, Every Twist Clue, Easter Eggs & Things You Missed

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INSANE DETAILS In The Prestige | Ending Explained, Every Twist Clue, Foreshadowing, Easter Eggs And Things You Missed. In the video, we breakdown The Prestige and talk about things you probably missed the first time around. The Prestige is one of Christopher Nolan's strongest movies and it's definitely a film that gets better and better the more that you watch it. Filled with easter eggs, hidden details, amazing foreshadowing and a lot of things you might have missed, I thought I'd take a trip through the film to discuss everything about it. Let's get into it!
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Ok so The Prestige is one of Christopher Nolan's strongest movies and it's definitely a film that gets better and better the more that you watch it. It's one of the only films I've seen where I finished watching it and immediately started it up again in order to see how everything was connected. Filled with insane details, amazing foreshadowing and a lot of things you might miss I thought I'd take a trip through the film to discuss everything about it.
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So the movie centres around the victorian magicians Robert Angier and Alfred Borden...and his twin. We watch as their rivalry escalates further and further and being someone who exists in the highly competitive landscape that is KZfaq, I'm ashamed to admit that I've even been pulled into vicous things like this too.
I'm sure lots of people have found rivalries similar to this and the characters in the film have one that develops into an obsession. Unintentionally this leads to the death of their loved ones and them being truly alone in the world.
The deaths of the characters wives actually foreshadown their own and early on they reflect the fate that's in store for each character.
Angiers wife Julia drowns in a box and this is of course mirrored in the death that the versions of him face if they're trapped in the tank.
One of the Borden brothers die by hanging and this is set up by his wifes death earlier in the film who hangs herself at the mid point.
The film is very much about duplicates and mirrors with Angier creating copies of himself in order to pull off an impossible magic trick. This is mirrored in the Bordens who are revealed to be twins at the end showing how there was a hidden double in the movie the entire time.
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@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Let us know if there's anything we missed in the movie. If you enjoyed this video then please subscribe to the channel kzfaq.info/love/q3hT5JPPKy87JGbDls_5BQ

@AntonioPizza Жыл бұрын

Great work as usual Paul, though I think Nolan's twists my have caught your tongue around the 17:30 mark... I believe you may have mixed Angier's & Borden's names here. No worries. We'll blame your double.

@rmendez6792 Жыл бұрын

Can I get a refund for using your Established Titles code?

@bryanheilman4376 Жыл бұрын

This is a GREAT movie!

@johndavies5582 Жыл бұрын

Yah it came out 15 years ago....I think you missed that.....and David bowie is a God

@johndavies5582 Жыл бұрын

@@rmendez6792 he said message him on Twitter....u might get some.merch if u can show a receipt no refund mate....should have done ur own research lord mendez

@omairmazhar Жыл бұрын

If you watch the movie very closely, you notice that Bale actually shifts personalities while representing either of the Borden brothers. the one married to Sarah is overall more calm and composed with more focus on his family, while the brother who falls in love with olivia is more obsessed with magic, and looses temper easily. He's the brother who is later hanged, so in a way, the one who was the familyman got to be with his daughter, which to me, was very powerful moment in the final scene of the movie

@nilsbengston2700 Жыл бұрын

The family man does indeed get to live, but that same family man stood by and watched his family being torn apart, ultimately doing nothing for the sake of the trick.

@VidManBrien Жыл бұрын

agreed I did notice that after my 3rd watch through lol this is one of my fave movies of all times.

@obgynkenobi9864 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this the first time, and was disappointed with the "inconsistencies" in Bale's acting. Then the reveal happened and I was 🤯🤯🤯

@etherealtb6021 Жыл бұрын

That's what I looked for on my first rewatch!

@dadaplayz6953 Жыл бұрын

Nice eye man

@joey_dangerously Жыл бұрын

At the beginning of the film, Borden says something like "We were two men at the start of a career." You'd think he was referring to himself and Angier, but he is really referring to himself and his brother.

@pxh6129 Жыл бұрын

No. They committed for life and wouldnt slip something like that to someone else.

@wilmawallace3829 Жыл бұрын

Christian Bale has a Twin in real life. Look at the spot in the corner of his eye and the lines in the eyebrows and ask why use an actor with a clear blemish that would show he is not a twin. Twins do not have worts in the same place on their body so why use an actor with a blemish that would distinguish him from his twin. He could brush it out but doesn't. Therefore he is treating the viewer as an idiot by saying everyone in the movie even his wife would not see it or that is the very point. The discipline is emphasised

@Noir0rioN Жыл бұрын

@@wilmawallace3829 bruh. whut?

@wilmawallace3829 Жыл бұрын

@@Noir0rioN Christian Bale has a twin/double in real life.

@chaitanyach6868 Жыл бұрын

@@wilmawallace3829 tf bro?😂😂😂 he had a twin in real life? Nah

@AntonioPizza Жыл бұрын

My favorite of all Nolan's films. He blantanly spoils it several times in each act, and even explicitly tells us that even though he's revealed the twist, we the audience will CHOOSE not to believe it.

@jessicalukram74 Жыл бұрын

The audience wants to be fooled

@grrinc Жыл бұрын

On my second viewing, I couldn't stop laughing at how he did this.

@Iggystar71 Жыл бұрын

It’s sublime genius!

@MELK0R87 Жыл бұрын

The real twist is the machine isn't real but you believe it's magic/science fiction

@abrahamlupercio5621 Жыл бұрын

@@MELK0R87 Wait what please explain

@Aishasiddiqa_ 4 ай бұрын

The entire movie was a trick to the audience. The last line where Cutter goes “You don’t really want to work it out. You want to be fooled.” gives me chills once I spotted the explicit giveaways of the twist in my third watch. It felt like Nolan himself said that to the audience. This film, hands down, is the most brilliant psychological film ever made. He matches the pacing of the movie to the story so perfectly. He did the same with Memento and that was a masterpiece too.

@Bodinho1992 Ай бұрын

👏🏼👏🏼

@markcowley1369 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, this is one of the few complete movies; fully formed, rounded, no obvious plot holes. One of my absolute favourites.

@jayanti2371 Жыл бұрын

i thought the same until i watched this video. it points out that jackman's character could have used Tesla's machine to make himself a twin, and then just do what Bale's character was doing. in fact it's weird that committing cloning & murder EVERY DAY was the solution Jackman arrived at when presented with Tesla's invention.

@ronaldogonzalez6050 Жыл бұрын

@@jayanti2371 he just wasn’t willing to live half a life like the twins did

@agentlongwood Жыл бұрын

For me the only "plot hole" is that how Borden directs Angier to Tesla. Borden didn't know that Tesla could duplicate things. It's just dumb luck, that he wanted to send Angier on a wild goose chase... but that wild goose chase turns out to be the only person in the world who could do what Angier wanted. Which Borden wasn't aware of. It was just dumb luck. That feels a bit silly and contrived. He could have had the code word be Egypt, and send Angier to the far corners of the world. But instead he picked a person, and that person just happened to be what Angier actually needed.

@chiefbologna5719 Жыл бұрын

Who put the water tank under the stage and why? Is it an accident or are the clones purposefully committing suicide? The biggest plot hole for me is the death of the “originals”, being him and his clones. If his consciousness is being passed, then he is willfully committing suicide each time. Even if the consciousness is passed, it’s two different people. If it is not, then there’s quite literally no explanation for that water tank trap to be under the stage. So his consciousness has to be passed, but why would the original and each clone after commit suicide, after showing the character to be willing to murder his clones? It’s either to force the comparison with the bird trick earlier in the movie, which is great and all thematically, but it doesn’t hold up plot wise. It would make more sense for the original to be killing the clones; a trap under the area where the clone appears instead of under the original. I don’t know, maybe I’m tunneling and missing something cause of it, but the original committing suicide the way his wife died doesn’t make sense to me. Maybe that’s the point? He became so twisted from using the machine that he began killing himself the way his love died

@tooleyheadbang4239 Жыл бұрын

@@chiefbologna5719 A gigantic plot hole, if the Tesla machine isn't simply a bluff. (Or a MacGuffin, as another famous director called it).

@ObaREX 10 ай бұрын

I like the "we should've told Fallon" bit. Implying Sarah is talking to the wrong brother and that the one posing as Fallon is the actual father.

@jasonlam8588 7 ай бұрын

Love those little clues littered all over the movie, like the dinner scene with the brothers, Sarah and Olivia. Olivia calls him Freddie and Sarah was like "Freddie"? And Borden says well that's my name

@clemenslischka6111 6 ай бұрын

I totally do not get the Borden/Fallon charade with Sarah. There was absolutely no need for Borden to switch with his brother when being with Sarah. Why did they do that? I mean if Borden loved Sarah, why would he have to make her suspicious and suicidal?

@lessalazar9068 6 ай бұрын

@@clemenslischka6111I believe it shows just how devoted they were to their magic. I mean, Freddie lost Olivia too and didn't tell her the truth which would've probably fixed the problem.

@kinhamid9665 10 ай бұрын

Another thing I love about this film is that all the time we see Borden and Angier compete obsessively against each other, it's hinted that Tesla and Edison might be going through the same thing, in a scientific context. Masterpiece.

@Dom_510 Жыл бұрын

I agree, this one of Nolan’s best movies. It’s a testament to how great it is that it’s so rewatchable

@olik136 Жыл бұрын

I personally think it is the the worst- it is obviously well made and all actors are very good. But the overall motive of sacrificing everything for a stupid magic trick kills the entire movie for me, reminding me of the movie "flash of genius". And revealing both of the absurd ways they get their tricks working doesn't even matter anymore- they already showed that their obsession destroys and kills everything... and on top of that there comes this cloning machine, that undermines the realistic setting of the entire movie. It is also completely out of proportion- imagine someone inventing a laser in the middle ages but then they use it only to play with cats...

@acue1519 Жыл бұрын

@@olik136 oh mama's boy, go cry outside and notice human a bit

@reoxyt8252 9 ай бұрын

@@olik136It’s a movie not a dik dont take it too hard

@mikespearwood3914 7 ай бұрын

@@olik136 It's based on a book you realise??

@lizardog 5 ай бұрын

@@olik136 So, you're saying... you couldn't relate to it. Okay, then.

@vincentchow6448 Жыл бұрын

Something that wasn't pointed out: at the 18:00 mark there's a reference to why Angier shoots the duplicate instead of having two - later in the movie Borden remarks that the 2 brothers were satisfied living half a life each - something Angier couldn't do. I thought it was a nice touch - the reason Angier can't do the trick, even after having a duplicate, is because he can't live that life - Angier and Borden aren't the same.

@arustaj1673 Жыл бұрын

Angier can't have a "partner" basically which could also explain why he and Borden split up. (pluss ofcours the thing with Angier's wife)

@darthpelvis Жыл бұрын

When Angier 1st uses the machine, does the original stay in place OR does he get transported across the room? If he stays in place, wouldn't he have died in the tank of water, so at the end that was another clone?

@PeterParker-vq2cz Жыл бұрын

@@darthpelvis during his monologue he says something about it taking courage to climb into the machine, not knowing whether he'd be the man in the box or the prestige.

@darthpelvis Жыл бұрын

@@PeterParker-vq2cz I believe each clone has the memories of the original up to the point of the show. I think the original died and was shown in the tank at the end, but the clone wouldn't know that he is actually a clone

@whoozyyy Жыл бұрын

Angier never wanted to be the guy in the box

@BigEKc0cwp 7 ай бұрын

This movie has a special place in my heart. It was the last film my mom and I saw in theaters together before she rapidly got sick from cancer. I remember discussing it all the way home in detail, and we were so perplexed by it. Good times, miss you Mom. ❤

@nerd26373 Жыл бұрын

The Prestige had so much to offer in terms of the plot, the characters, and the overarching themes. We appreciate your breakdown of this.

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Ey thank you for the comment

@ross-carlson Жыл бұрын

@@heavyspoilers Agreed, awesome to see you do a breakdown of what I think is one of the greatest pieces of cinema ever created and Nolan's best by a long shot.

@MuscleBound_withDre Жыл бұрын

This movie was my entrance/beginning into the “Plot Twist genre.” It’s been an amazing journey and I WISH I could rewatch this for the first time.

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Yeah me too, such a masterpiece

@earthfirstsammy Жыл бұрын

@Siddharth Sriram You enjoy Arrival by Denis Villeneuve? Im sure you would/do.

@yungshisui0407 Жыл бұрын

@@heavyspoilers for real . Plot twists have been around well before this

@Alipro0077 Жыл бұрын

No problem mate. I'll knock you on the head a couple times and you can thank me later, if you remember 🫠😂

@blacklite911 Жыл бұрын

It used to be the Nolan brother’s thing until they started branching out. It could see how it can be annoying if you don’t wanna get out in a box

@alexanderdumas- Жыл бұрын

I think Angier knows he could never share the spotlight with a copy of himself and neither would the copy. When he looked into his own eyes he literally sees his inability to do so and in that moment they both know one must die for this trick to go on. It’s why the other is immediately afraid of what’s going to happen.

@anthonyzullo Жыл бұрын

Yeah, its a copy where as a twin who you have a bond with. Great movie. Saw it when it came out when there wasnt breakdowns or spoilers. Mind blowing. Masterpiece of cinema.

@turnerjazz7872 9 ай бұрын

Yep, the second he thinks of killing the copy he knows the copy is thinking the same thing.

@blindbrad4719 5 ай бұрын

Makes me feel the same way about the twins, the one is far more dedicated to his family and gets to raise a daughter, the second is obsessed with magic and gets to perform the "ultimate" magic trick by allowing himself to be hung knowing he'll be "brought back to life".

@Dogman262 4 ай бұрын

He lost the coin toss

@Pepe-pq3om 20 күн бұрын

@@blindbrad4719He does not seem very happy about being hanged when he notices Angier is still alive

@Cottn_ Жыл бұрын

Personally believe this is one of the best written movies of all time. Expertly crafted, acted, & executed. Thanks for the video on it, as there’s not many and this move is extremely underrated.

@stevewibble7467 8 ай бұрын

Book’s really good as well, but Nolan was wise to remove the contemporary framing.

@Boyso5407 Жыл бұрын

This is an incredible movie. Nolan did such an awesome job of showing us Fallon and who he was yet at the same time he made sure that you didn’t notice him too much. You’re well aware of him but at the same time you almost forget about him completely. It’s always amazed me how a director knows exactly how much of a character needs to be noticed while not making the twist too obvious. It’s brilliant

@squamish4244 7 ай бұрын

You can compare it favourably with the way The Sixth Sense was shot. Everything is right there but you can't see it.

@moses9647 Жыл бұрын

A real beauty of this movie is that the "twist" is foreshadowed so heavily that it's almost expected, to the point that Michael Caine repeatedly tells Angier what the trick is but he won't listen. But the foreseeable but unknown twist is basically what the theme of the movie is. I think it's represented well when Borden shows his wife the bullet catch and she's like "womp womp". Ppl would rather be tricked, ppl want to believe in the impossible. And that's what makes magic (and film) so enduring.

@Shani1997 Жыл бұрын

My favorite movie broken down so well, seen it probably 20 times and you showed me stuff I never caught. Thank you.

@carpetbilly 6 ай бұрын

he actually made it more confusing LOL

@Gas_Station_Tampons 5 ай бұрын

Pay more attention then?

@savioemc2 Жыл бұрын

Agreed, this is his best film so far. And C. Bale was great in it: if you pay close attention, you can really tell when he's playing one brother and when he's playing the other one. One (Sarah's lover, and the girl's father) is "the brains" of the two, he is the ingenieur, he is the one who invents the tricks and writes and draws the diary, and has a sweeter voice and calm temper, and seems a little more shy; the other one (I call him Freddie because of Scarlett) is the angrier one; it is the "manual" one; he is the one who loves manual tricks such as the bullet-catch, and plays with the red ball, or with the ring, or with his business card in prison; he raises his voice often, gets angry when Sarah asks him to buy the house, and has a huskier, deeper voice; he's the one who asks his brother "the brain"

@GJBedrin 5 ай бұрын

The only thing I think you might have gotten wrong there was the last part. The one who yelled "why can't you out think him" a second later gives up and says theyre done and they don't need the secret and to just let it be. Later on in the jail cell though the one that's in prison tells mr fallon that he should have listened to him when he said to let it be, meaning that the one that was yelling earlier was not the one who's k hanged at the end.

@mirjamheijn5214 Жыл бұрын

17:13 I don't think he was acting mad because he almost lost his brother, I think he was acting mad because he had been buried alive for half a day. After all it is the ambitious/risk taking brother that followed Angier, whereas the calm/family man rescues him.

@hamzamataiche Жыл бұрын

such a great point !

@kingvoho 10 ай бұрын

He's definitely the one in the coffin and the thing he almost lost was his life. No question.

@bekt...6673 9 ай бұрын

@@kingvoho I have a question. If so, then why does ambitious brother appear in front of the Sarah in the restaraunt, like why do so if Sarah is wife of calm brothe? It makes no sense like man, why let your brother argue with your precious wife if you can avoid it by going yourself

@kingvoho 9 ай бұрын

@bekt...6673 because at the end of the day they are humans. He just spent a day in a coffin that was buried. You think he's going to be calm after that? There's no way I'd be "Fallon" after spending a full day in a coffin. Also if he was Fallon he wouldn't be the calm one. "I almost lost something precious to me today". He's talking about Fallon yes, he's talking about the trick, but the tell is how he's raging and Fallon isn't.

@jp3813 8 ай бұрын

@@bekt...6673 If they scheduled their roles based on how much the women spend time w/ them, then one brother would have to be Fallon WAY longer than the other. Being married to Sarah means she gets to see Borden more than Olivia does. The brothers likely switch each day regardless of who interacts w/ them.

@john.f.remedy.237 Жыл бұрын

One of the rare movies where it’s good after the first watch, but even better when you rewatch it…

@quikkill1501 Жыл бұрын

This movie deserved soo much more upon its release at cinemas. I remember while working there ppl leaving angry and talking down on the movie while I sat it disbelief and awe at how they missed such a gem

@alexanderdumas- Жыл бұрын

People go to the movies to escape not think, plus trailers can mislead people into expectations not even a great film can match. I remember when Drive with Gosling came out it was made out to be the next fast and the furious and it was a much more thoughtful movie and I walked out hating it, but then I saw it in a film class and it’s one of my favorites. Perspective is a helluva drug.

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

yeah I've noticed that with a lot of Nolans stuff. Always gets meh reviews when they first release and then overtime it finds appreciation. Outside of the Dark Knight and Inception its happened with all his movies.

@tejas4567 Жыл бұрын

@@heavyspoilers that's cuz people are dumb

@CoCotheTurtle 8 ай бұрын

I think people were angry because the twist at the end turns the movie into some kind of science fiction/fantasy movie, and they felt cheated.

@GeorgeZimmermen Ай бұрын

It’s because the overall twists and turns are pretty stupid and seem to be pulled out of Nolan’s ass. “Oh it’s a double!” “Oh this guy makes copies of himself”. It’s just ridiculous

@masterrserch3971 Жыл бұрын

This movie is literally: ---incredible ---one that DOES get better the more you watch it ---one that if u happen upon it while channel surfing, u just watch it til the end no matter where u catch it ---such a great example of finding more and more "new" stuff with virtually every viewing One of my all time favs too

@kinho1251 Жыл бұрын

Hugh jackman also plays the rich playboy who uses money to buy prestige and will do anything to get it but put in the hard work and dedication that Christian Bale's characters were willing to do. And thus parallels the two roads that people in life have to choose to walk down.

@stanley13579 Жыл бұрын

This movie, like a lot of Nolan's films, found a way of being both fast-paced, and a slow burn. There is SO much detail in his films, it's a miracle they don't implode in on themselves. His ability to jump from past to present is masterful. He did the same thing in Batman Begins, making both that movie and Prestige my favorites of his.

@valmarsiglia Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Fallon was a brilliant demonstration of misdirection, so essential to so many magic tricks. I'm a lifelong amateur magician and am usually pretty good at figuring out movie twists, but I have to admit that Fallon flew completely under the radar.

@louisberry4403 Жыл бұрын

This one of the most underrated movies and one of Nolan's Best. Amazing Details, Twists And Turns, And Performances especially from Christian And Hugh.

@eddysandland58 Жыл бұрын

Plus Bowie as Tesla! Probably His Best Performance on Film For Me! Completely Agree with What You've Said! Cheers

@louisberry4403 Жыл бұрын

@@eddysandland58 Bowie is underrated and great in this with Regina Hall.

@eddysandland58 Жыл бұрын

@@louisberry4403, Defo Mate! It's Rebecca Hall and Yeah She's An Amazing Actor!

@louisberry4403 Жыл бұрын

@@eddysandland58 Caine And Serkis are amazing in this too.

@Madoc_EU Жыл бұрын

How is it underrated? It’s one of IMDB’s best rated movies of all time.

@mightybatillo 10 ай бұрын

Just a few weeks ago, I saw "The illusionist", I remember people were comparing the two films because they were released at a similar time frame and had the same theme but oh boy this movie is so much better in every single aspect.

@pawacoteng Жыл бұрын

17:03 he wasn't happy about almost losing his brother - in that scene he was the brother who was in the box that was buried. He almost lost his own life!

@ncnuggetz3164 Жыл бұрын

Love that you're breaking this down. This came out when I was too young to fully grasp its greatness and as I've got older this movie has become a go to for showing people how good movies can be.

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s incredible, gets better every watch too

@llamalyssa9088 Жыл бұрын

This movie made my jaw drop. It's literally about perfect. This is cinema. This is why I love film. I wanna read the book now so bad. The casting was perfect! So many twists.. god this movie was so fucking interesting

@nerdjournal Жыл бұрын

I've been meaning to read the book for years. Dominic Noble does a series on KZfaq called Lost In Translation where he compares the books to movies to see what they got right and what they changed. From what I could tell from talking to people and watching that video, this is one of those rare situations where the Movie is better than the Book.

@Thurston86 Жыл бұрын

@@nerdjournalI’ve also heard that the movie is the better of the two, which doesn’t seem to happen very often. I tried to read the book when this movie first came out but just couldn’t get into it. Love the movie, tho!

@mikespearwood3914 Жыл бұрын

@@nerdjournal Apparently the book is weird, and leans more towards a supernatural element of ghosts and things like that!

@thedanielstraight Жыл бұрын

This was such a great film. David Bowie was so perfect in this.

@MalindaPC Жыл бұрын

He was just perfect all round.

@thedanielstraight Жыл бұрын

@@MalindaPC Very true^^

@SantiGNR93 9 ай бұрын

Terribly underrated film, I can't find it streaming anywhere, it deserves to be on air on every TV and streaming channel every day

@NeverLetOff Жыл бұрын

Great breakdown! This is one of the very few movies I own physical copies of. It is such a fantastic movie!

@Albitacrazy Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite movies because when I first saw it, I was totally blown away by the plot twists and all the entanglements. How cool that you made a video of easter eggs.

@user-em8fq2ev4b Жыл бұрын

Its batman vs wolverine with natasha as a spy, of course it is a good movie

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Cast is so good

@mikespearwood3914 Жыл бұрын

And Alfred Pennyworth who helps out behind the scenes.

@JaylaPLuna Жыл бұрын

Finally!!!! I am so glad folks are giving the attention this film deserves! When I first saw it in theaters, I enjoyed it immensely.

@idrathernot8459 Жыл бұрын

Saw this when it was released and thought it was the best movie I had ever seen. Im still shocked it’s not much more popular than it is.

@mikespearwood3914 Жыл бұрын

Some people are morons. I went with a few mates and watched it at the cinema, and one thought it sucked, which stunned me because I couldn't believe what a great film it was. That same mate thought shows like Friends & Family Guy were funny shows, and also enjoyed Adam Sandler "comedy" films.🤢

@leegallacher3464 Жыл бұрын

Easily my favourite Nolan movie. Incredibly interesting and a rare example of a movie that is even better AFTER you know the twist. Chuffed to bits to see what my favourite British movie reviewer thinks about one of my favourite movies of all time.

@marcaddow7326 Жыл бұрын

I would love to own every Christopher Nolan movie on 4K Blu ray 😅. I love the Prestige and that fact that Mr David Bowie was in this movie.

@SMSimon Жыл бұрын

Isn't that a dream that can easily come true nowadays? I at least own this and all of his movies I love in 4K. Perhaps some of his older stuff isn't available yet?

@SoulMusic24 Жыл бұрын

@@SMSimonhe has a Nolan 4K box set u can buy wjth never before seen and behind the scenes footage. It ain’t cheap tho lol

@valmarsiglia Жыл бұрын

The source novel is also really good, though very different in many ways from the film. For one thing there's an overall 20th-century framing device in which a journalist, a descendant of Borden, is investigating the Angier-Borden rivalry, which would have way overcomplicated an already complicated film. The characters and plot vary quite starkly at times from those of the film as well. Overall I like the film better, but it's definitely worth a read.

@name_redunded Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%. I think the movie is cleaner and overall better.

@mebeBrianna Жыл бұрын

The first time Tesla tests out the machine it’s on a cat that he brings out in a box. While I was thinking about the concept of Robert having to face death every night, I realized that at the moment he stepped into the machine, he was both dead and alive, exactly like Schrödinger’s cat. I am utterly blown away by Nolan.

@noelyanes2455 Жыл бұрын

That makes no sense

@nerdjournal Жыл бұрын

@@noelyanes2455 Someone isn't much into thought experiments, eh? The idea fgoes to the ideological belief of the consciousness. The one on the stage on that platform seems to fear that he could accidentally kill the copy that held the consciousness and collective thoughts and memories that make the man Angier is. For the brief moment when the machine does it's magic the character is both alive and dead. Metaphorically speaking. One is going to go on from that moment and live till the next trick. The other is going to die. For the briefest of moments he is both Dead and Alive.

@noelyanes2455 Жыл бұрын

@@nerdjournal who cares the movie sucks anyways

@mikespearwood3914 Жыл бұрын

@@noelyanes2455 Why you here then???

@turbo8628 7 ай бұрын

@@nerdjournal it made perfect sense and you are correct. The final angier clone only has the memories of the predecessors who survived: tbat final angier will have guilt for shooting himself once and drowning himself 100 times. By the end of the movie you can see how much he has changed from what we get at the start.

@jimgritty Жыл бұрын

Im so happy you did this. this is one of my top movies of all time and you are a breakdown G! Glad I got to see you talk about it.

@williamlusk52 Жыл бұрын

BEST OPENING LINE EVERRRRRR. Preach it Paul, Prestige is a gem, often mixed up with The Illusionist (Norton/Biel - also worth noting a great film in its own right) but I own both and this one is the superior presentation. Stronger actors, visuals and themes.

@emreityiii6019 Жыл бұрын

I loved this movie so much. I remember seeing it in the theaters when it released. I was watching it, eyes open and attentive. When the ending credits rolled I said to myself "I know I missed something and I'm buying this on dvd." After rewatching it, I can identify which brother is leading in all the scenes.

@breannab7112 Жыл бұрын

I do believe this is one of the greatest movies of all time. Love this movie!!!

@tbobbyelectric Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work, Mang! Really enjoyed this one!

@kujo1372 9 ай бұрын

Definitely my favorite of Christopher Nolan's films. Great breakdown. You're videos help to break up my day. Cheers.

@lio1788 Жыл бұрын

This just made me like you even more for covering this movie! This movie is FANTASTIC. Throughly underrated.

@doxy66 Жыл бұрын

I'm loving these looks at slightly older films. Great stuff!

@etherealtb6021 Жыл бұрын

OMG, finally! Someone doing this movie! I've watched it so many times and always see something new and you pointed out many things I didn't see! This is my fav Nolan movie by a long shot!

@lindsayejoy Жыл бұрын

this is one of nolan's most under-rated movies and in my top 5 movies of all time! i SCREAMED when i saw this in my feed!! this movie is so rewatchable and i catch something new every single time. thanks for the video!!!

@pmcv7 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this movie. Its ridiculously underrated and much like yourself I was rewatching it straight away after first seeing it. Great vid. Cheers

@koolaidfoxdie9847 Жыл бұрын

this is by far is BEST film. It's always been my favorite and I'm hoping he returns to this style of filmmaking.

@mattyboyb523 Жыл бұрын

One of my all time favorites!! Loved this breakdown brother. Thank you very much for this!! Never knew of the Current Wars, now I do. Will check it out this week and you’ve definitely got me planning to watch the Prestige again.

@janef.595 Жыл бұрын

Truly one of the best Nolan movies ever! One of the few movies I'll watch over again and discover something new!

@seanrichardgreen Жыл бұрын

This movie is genius. The book it comes from is vastly different, and it is worth a read.

@mrmtdew2001 Жыл бұрын

This was a great breakdown, I’ve watched this film several times and missed so many of these details. Nolan is so good with weaving all these tiny threads together. Truly a genius.

@dadaplayz6953 Жыл бұрын

Amazing break down for such a bizzare complicated movie, absolutely love this movie, maybe the best rewatch movies I've ever seen.

@jonathanhansen1222 Жыл бұрын

In my top-ten favorite movies of all-time. Absolutely a masterpiece, perfectly directed, acted & executed. Have to re-watch it at least once a year just to be reminded how great it is.

@DCF234 Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more, an absolute masterpiece!

@SaintSteven67 Жыл бұрын

I love this movie. It’s one I catch something new on every watching. In fact, you pointed out several other things I haven’t noticed before. Thanks for the great video.

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Ey thank you for the kind words, much appreciated

@alphajake Жыл бұрын

Favorite movie of all time. Thanks for the break down, you pointed out some symbolism I haven't noticed before.

@linegametogether3255 Жыл бұрын

Here are 2 more easter eggs that i found that weren't mentioned 1. In 12:48 the reason Borden is surprised and says : We should have told Fallon, is because Fallon is the father 2. In the dinner scene where Olivia,Sarah,Fallon and Borden are together Sarah asks : What trick? And Borden says : I am going to bury myself alive today and someone will come along and dig me up, This is a direct hint that Borden speaking here is the one who got buried by Angier

@OGMillyMillz_ Жыл бұрын

My favorite KZfaqr breaking down my favorite movie of all time!!! Letsss goooo

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it

@dianthelion Жыл бұрын

The Prestige is my all time favourite movie! I love this breakdown!

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, that really means a lot

@ff55tfc Жыл бұрын

It's great

@geraldgallagher1191 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely top shelf mate! I love this film, have seen it many times and I always find something new. Christopher Nolan is a true genius and has not made a bad film. I also love Memento

@chaosgeneration Жыл бұрын

Great video! I love this flick. Even after several re-watches it still delivers.

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@sillyhead7441 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great review of a greatly underappreciated movie. First time I saw it I remember thinking how amazing the ending was.

@ravi1sinha Жыл бұрын

I think you missed mentioning that between the 2 brothers, whoever held the rubber ball was the one who "played" Alfred (mostly).

@itskonan69 Жыл бұрын

I think you mean borden and that makes a lot of sense

@mikespearwood3914 Жыл бұрын

@@itskonan69 ? "Alfred Borden" is the one identity. One twin's name is Albert, the other's name is Frederick. They combined their two names: Al + Fred, to create the hybrid identity name "Alfred Borden". Not sure what the inspiration for the "Fallon" name was though?

@sryp3055 Жыл бұрын

@@itskonan69 No, Alfred is considered one or the same person in public. Only us know they're different.

@turbo8628 7 ай бұрын

@@mikespearwood3914 "fallon" means "descendant of leader." Borden had a clone, not a twin. Tesla is the cipher and the method. That lone makes nonsense if borden was a twin, and is too much of a coincidence that he would send angier to tesla, the only person to have the power of cloning technology.

@mikespearwood3914 7 ай бұрын

@@turbo8628 That literally makes no sense. If the Bordens were a result of a cloning procedure, and from Tesla at that, then they would know how Angier performs his trick. The fact that they didn't (and Fred was caught backstage trying to save a clone from drowning) shows that there was no Borden clone. They are legit natural identical twins.

@user-oy7pl5dg2e 3 ай бұрын

This movie was a very complicated but interesting one. I love the back and fourth between the two characters and the references to the end. But the funny part is the fact that there are multiple endings and nobody really knows what’s going on, but that’s just the magic of a Chris Nolan movie. You get an ending that makes you want to know more when there is nothing else to know and there is no need for a sequel

@ericfurlong7642 Жыл бұрын

The Prestige is my favorite movie of all time, pleasantly surprised to see you break it down!

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the video

@sokenna Жыл бұрын

gosh this movie is everything. i wish i could erase it from my memory and watch it again like it was my 1st time just so i could experience that plot twist again 🤩

@batgurrl Жыл бұрын

Excellent breakdown of a film that blew my mind when I first saw it. I adored David Bowie showing up playing Tesla. Brilliant casting choice❤️

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@batgurrl Жыл бұрын

@@heavyspoilers you are very welcome. David Bowie is one of my favorite musicians tied with one other. I always enjoy it when he gets a solid acting role like Andy Warhol in (another ‘27 club’ member) Basquiat

@waanaabe-4795 Жыл бұрын

THANKS YOU!!! It's good to have it all neatly packaged -when I seen this movie I was too busy LIVING it too make a mental copy- your video brings it all flooding back! (time to re-watch)

@MaribethHusmalaga Жыл бұрын

I've lost count of how many times I've watched this movie, really loved it! thanks for the awesome review!

@chalkmuted Жыл бұрын

I could be wrong, but I thought that Borden really did appear in Sarah's home, and it was not the twin brother. Right before the scene cuts away from him, we see Borden looking and heading towards an open window in the stairwell. And when he appears in Sarah's house, he is right next to her window. Presumably, he climbed out the window from the stairwell and climbed into Sarah's house from her window.

@JabroneyDirt Жыл бұрын

I mean, I get what you are saying but I think it's much more of a foreshadowing to the trick that Borden eventually does to make you think he has the ability to do things like that . but I'm pretty sure it's just more trickery.

@w8m4n Жыл бұрын

Good point. It would also mean both brother would have to remain undisguised (I may have made that word up) just for that one trick they couldn't be sure they'd need to pull off

@BrowncoatFairy Жыл бұрын

oh please. they did that trick exactly like they did every other - they used a double. you're like Angier. Unwilling to accept the blatant, obvious truth staring you in the face.

@chalkmuted Жыл бұрын

@@JabroneyDirt I wouldn't be surprised if it is just more trickery, but I do think it is interesting that the camera shows Borden looking up at the window before the scene cuts away.

@chalkmuted Жыл бұрын

@@w8m4n That is a good point too. The brothers probably want at least one of them to be disguised at all times except when they are switching off.

@karenthomas1456 Жыл бұрын

I adore this movie, it’s definitely my favourite of Nolan’s work, though it’s closely followed by Memento. It’s clever, gripping and with a simply brilliant cast. Btw, have you ever done a breakdown of Memento? Cos if you haven’t, that would be an excellent one to add to the list. x

@andrewfitzgerald8554 Жыл бұрын

Your breakdown s of Nolan's films are amazing. Unrivaled in my opinion.

@ScenarioschrijverPlays Жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Top notch story telling through cinematic language.

@petew.7870 Жыл бұрын

Love this movie. Crazy replay value.

@UnleashTheGhouls Жыл бұрын

Absolute banger of a film. A personal favourite Nolan. Not 'show-off' clever, just genuinely smart cinematic unravelling

@heavyspoilers Жыл бұрын

Ey cheers for watching the vid mate

@UnleashTheGhouls Жыл бұрын

@@heavyspoilers Always marra

@CamronWilliams-ii4tl 9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! Love how you broke it down

@Erni3K Жыл бұрын

My favorite Nolan movie! It gets better every time I watch it (and it IS an improvement on the book, which is very convoluted). This AND the Thing!?! Love it!

@notalkaroo5921 Жыл бұрын

My favorite movie, good too see it made it to the channel

@maladavek Жыл бұрын

*Minor spoilers for the book ahead* One of the heartbreaking things about this movie compared to the book, is that both Angier's wife and Borden's wife live. Seeing them both die in the movie is brutal! Still though, great movie! One of my favourites of all time! Glad you did this breakdown.

@jebusgod 4 ай бұрын

It truly is one of the best movies I've ever seen, and a forgotten gem especially when people talk about Nolan movies.

@marcusp8149 Жыл бұрын

My all time favorite movie! Thanks for this!

@YesterdaysMoose 8 ай бұрын

I've watched this film dozens of times and never put together that Borden had a twin brother. I figured that he visited Tesla, made a copy of himself, realized the value of this, and decided to live one life as two people. His sacrifice was knowing he would only live half a life, whereas Angier would rather kill his double than share the spotlight. Now I'll have to view the movie again with this knowledge in mind.

@mikespearwood3914 7 ай бұрын

Apparently, it's based on real 19th century magicians doing "The Transported Man" trick. So it actually happened (in real life) that identical twins were able to perform this trick by keeping their identity as identical twins a secret. So, the scenario of "Alfred Borden" & "Fallon" was essentially a real thing that happened! And, no: Borden(s) weren't aware of Tesla having an actual cloning device.

@billatwal2133 7 ай бұрын

😮

@turbo8628 7 ай бұрын

I think that your original assessment was the correct one. I like this content creator, but he gets a fair few things wrong in his breakdowns, and this is another one of them imo. Tesla is the cipher and the method. That line makes no sense if borden was not aware of it, and it is too much of a coincidence otherwise.

@MeanOldGaffer 6 ай бұрын

I have had the clone theory for years. I've fought hard for it and no one believes me, simply because the book states it was his brother, but I think Nolan wants me to wonder 😂

@theonlylukeman101 5 ай бұрын

I agree with you, it seemed obvious one was a copy from telsa's machine. He just didn't kill his duplicate like you said.

@mullaoslo Жыл бұрын

Nolan really hit it out of the park with his in between batman movies trilogy, prestige, inseption and interstellar..

@JoJoJoker Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you for tackling this film at last!

@LLWoods83 11 ай бұрын

When you started with, "Are you watching closely" omg that was perfect because this is a breakdown in which you have to watch closely. Love it

@peter_tingle Жыл бұрын

Best re-watchable movie of all time 💞

@Ddrhl Жыл бұрын

I think The Sting rivals it.

@Obi_Wil_Kenobi Жыл бұрын

This is brilliant top 5 of all time I think Nolan's best is Memento

@IcemenMike45 Жыл бұрын

This is still my favorite movie of all time. I love all of Nolans movies but this one has been my absolute favorite ever since it came out

@Crestcraig Жыл бұрын

I love your channel the best! Your personality is awesome

@The_True_J Жыл бұрын

I'd love a video talking about the theory that Alley is actually Tesla and Bowie's character is an actor. Once you see the proof laid out it's so insanely clear that that's what Nolan was doing. Tesla is the method but Angier couldn't see it because he couldn't understand living that way. Just like the Chinese magician, Borden saw Alley and knew instantly what he was doing.

@matthewwagner4042 Жыл бұрын

That is interesting.

@The_True_J Жыл бұрын

@@matthewwagner4042 it's my favorite movie theory. A few key points. 1. We never actually see Bowie working. In fact the only person we see doing any technical work is Alley. 2. As soon as a problem occurs, Bowie goes silent and Alley ushers Angier out. Which is exactly what would happen if Bowie wasn't Tesla. Alley (the real Tesla) needed time to figure it out and Bowie wouldn't even know how explain it. 3. As I mentioned earlier, if fits in perfectly with the theme. The 2 scenes (the Chinese magician and the Tesla coil demonstration) mirror each other perfectly. 4. The only time Bowie does in fact do something big is when he takes Alleys cat and tries the machine on it. Alley warns him that he is responsible for anything that happens to this animal. That is a major detail because look at it from the Alley=Tesla theory. The actor (Bowie) is tired of it not working for Angier so he suggests something that Tesla doesn't like. Not wanting to give away his disguise he warns the actor that he's out of line. 5. Going along with point 4, the most important detail, the real Tesla owned a cat.

@matthewwagner4042 Жыл бұрын

@@The_True_J I watched the movie again today. I think it is an interesting idea, but I think Tesla is played by Bowie.