THE PRESTIGE (2006)

[version]

It is ridiculous how many hints are dropped throughout the film. You suddenly think back on all these comments and moments like "Of course!".

 

[version]

I found the machine really jarring. It must be a trick, but it isn't.

 

[Corpsey]

I did actually watch it last night. It was decent, but it's all story. There's no flair whatsoever to Nolan's direction. It's so lifeless and grey. The soundtrack's the same.

That's interesting, I've been so focused on the shortcomings of the writing that I've not even thought about the direction.

One thing Nolan does really well is coming up with memorable images,
- or should that be concepts?

Like the fight in Inception where they're crawling and walking along the walls and ceiling. All the Joker stuff in Dark Knight (the burning pile of cash, the hospital exploding behind him). The planet in Interstellar with frozen clouds.

There's images in The Prestige I remember, too. The hats, the water tank, etc.

 

[version]

The bouncing ball.

 

[version]

Jackman's fate's so extreme and so shocking that it overshadows the fact Bale drives his wife to suicide for the sake of his act.

 

[constant escape]

Say what you want about Nolan, but some of his films have taken that sheer blockbuster cinematicity to another level. All the imagery that @Corpsey pointed out. Surely the deeply dramatic scores are a major factor here.

Also, did you guys know Kenneth Branagh was in Tenet?

 

[sus]

I found the machine really jarring. It must be a trick, but it isn't.

Yeah I do like how the machine develops the theme of how, if the audience thought the tricks were real, they'd be horrified. And its intersection with the contention they don't really want to know how it works, that they distract or fool themselves even when the answer is obvious. (Which is what Angiers does, disbelieving Caine's contention that Borden must be using a body double.)

 

[sus]

Realizing that I've spelled "Borden" almost every conceivable way in this thread except the actual way it's spelled. Burton, Burden, Bordon.

 

[version]

 

[sus]

 

[linebaugh]

Version makes 200 thousand dollars a year doing graphic design

 

[luka]

Im close to tears seeing that picture I want to cry

 

[version]

Version makes 200 thousand dollars a year doing graphic design

It's true.

 

[luka]

Version has never made 20p for a pack of happy shopper onion rings that's why we like him

 

[sus]

Grey Owl - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[sus]

Something something about dedicating your life to a performance

 

[version]

Elizabeth Warren.

 

[catalog]

I watched the film spen, dint like it too much sorry

 

[sus]

I'm sorry too...

Spoiler

Sorry you have bad taste!!

 

[Corpsey]

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