The Prestige is Nolan's Greatest Trick

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  • @dannywalsh2671
    @dannywalsh2671 16 днів тому +2

    Great insights, but Angier was Lord Caldlow in the movie too. This is the family background he was hiding his performative pursuits from, and why - as you stated - he had a great deal of resources at hand.

  • @SoundLad123
    @SoundLad123 3 роки тому +12

    this is in my top 2 films of all time - i follow you guys on tiktok for clips but this is the first time i've watched/listened to a whole pod. really enjoyed it

  • @djdoc06
    @djdoc06 5 місяців тому +2

    Best Nolan movie by a mile. It’s magical realism and it’s just so entertaining, and has just the right amount of food for thought about so many widely ranging topics

  • @Rockstago
    @Rockstago 8 місяців тому +7

    Aprox 10 yrs ago, people on Reddit + Wikipedia thought i was stupid for saying how great i thought this movie was & dismissed the theories & complexities i proposed. I'm glad, with enough time, other people are starting to see some of the points i found as interesting & compelling plot points that require more than 1 viewing to fully understand-

    • @RogueTheology
      @RogueTheology 3 місяці тому

      I understood from first viewing that the machine didn’t actually work. Most people are stupid and easily fooled. Then Michael caine says exactly that. Anyone who thought he killed himself is a fool

  • @haydenpolkinghorne2844
    @haydenpolkinghorne2844 3 роки тому +3

    It honestly amazes me how much you blokes have turned this channel in to what it is now. From watching your earlier videos to what you produce now is unreal. From content and even the editing is a massive step up. How does anyone UNSUBSCRIBE!! 😉 keep it up guys!!

  • @donhickle272
    @donhickle272 2 місяці тому +4

    Angier and his wife drown. Borden/Fallon got hanged and his wife hung herself. I thought that was also kind of cool but heartbreaking

    • @Wolverine359
      @Wolverine359 27 днів тому +1

      Another thing with the mirrored deaths that I noticed: the first Angier gets shot and killed just after he duplicates himself. And the last Angier gets shot and killed by Borden at the end.

    • @donhickle272
      @donhickle272 27 днів тому

      @ right. So many cool details.

  • @hardinsciver5930
    @hardinsciver5930 11 місяців тому +5

    Just finshed watching it.unbelievable what a masterpeice

  • @storm_blessed_
    @storm_blessed_ 3 роки тому +5

    My all time favorite movie! Can't wait to see how you guys analyze it. Big fan!!!

  • @colewiggins6695
    @colewiggins6695 3 роки тому +1

    I’ve rewatched this movie after watching your podcast episode and I can’t thank you guys enough. This movie has so much more depth and meaning than I originally thought. I love noticing things in movies that I’ve never noticed before. I was always so confused with the time jumps and I always saw Angier as the good guy and was sad at the end of the movie. However after I watched this episode of the podcast I realized that it isn’t that simple. Love your content guys. Can’t wait for much more. Bright futures ahead for you both.

  • @nocatsherenope
    @nocatsherenope 3 роки тому +2

    I learn something new every episode, you guys are the best!

  • @greyygoblinn5639
    @greyygoblinn5639 3 роки тому +2

    Y’all talking about one of my favs of all time, I love introducing this movie to people

  • @joesaba1001
    @joesaba1001 3 роки тому +2

    I have been waiting for you guys to do this for like a year. I watched it twice in one week the first two times I saw it it’s such a great movie, I commented on another video about it but didn’t think y’all would do a full episode on it def worth it such a great movie

  • @turnerburner922
    @turnerburner922 3 місяці тому

    Excellent job guys!

  • @pwilson84
    @pwilson84 3 роки тому +2

    its Nolan's best movie.

  • @jordanarbuckle694
    @jordanarbuckle694 3 роки тому +2

    Absolutely loved this film, one of my all time favorites. 🤟🏼 Could you guys do a video on the film, The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)? Feel like it’s a very under appreciated film.

  • @pwilson84
    @pwilson84 3 роки тому +1

    and i love all his movies. the subtext is unbelievable

  • @therealbando
    @therealbando 3 роки тому +3

    Great video as always. A few things that I`d like to add: 1. In the end Cutter probably felt very guilty for encouraging Danton (THE NAME STAYS!) to "get his hands dirty", that`s probably why he helped Borden. 2. Freddy was a dick and almost as bad as Danton. He may not have been a murderer, but he was all for injuring others, not just Danton (breaking his leg), but innocent spectators as well (the woman who volunteered for Danton`s dove trick). Also, I`m pretty sure he tied the harder knot intentionally which led to Julia`s death, and he was also at least in part at fault for Sarah`s suicide. He probably didn`t deserve to hang, but some kind of punishment had to come his way. I`m glad that in the end the better brother got his life and daughter back, a bittersweet ending.

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  3 роки тому

      Thanks for the great comment! Freddie was for sure the malicious twin and being hanged was absolutely was his own doing

  • @RuTube981
    @RuTube981 7 місяців тому +1

    He didn't create Lord Cordlow. He always was Cordlow. He even says it to Bordon in the prison. "I am. I always have been."
    He created the American accent to distance himself from his family as they saw his magician career as an embarrassment. He was always acting like someone else. The difference between his acting and Bordon's acting is that he isn't doing it for one trick. He was doing it for an entire lifestyle change which is more practical.

  • @pwilson84
    @pwilson84 3 роки тому +1

    Sorry to keep commenting but love the comment about Nolans magic trick. He constantly tells you but you don't notice. I love movies that on a second watch its totally different. At first its magic in the second its sacrifice. I love the idea that its a Nolan autobiography about old school film versus CGI. Im sure you mention that soon, i'm only 12 minutes in. Peace xxx

  • @pwilson84
    @pwilson84 3 роки тому +1

    people get annoyed by the supernatural ending, but the intrigacy of the movie is sooooo good

    • @joesaba1001
      @joesaba1001 3 роки тому

      I wouldn’t call it supernatural more sci-fi. It doesn’t have to do with spirituality really in terms of the supernatural.

    • @paulcleveland686
      @paulcleveland686 4 місяці тому

      @@joesaba1001 There is no sci-fi. The tesla machine is a ruse it does nothing. Thats the trick of the movie. Youve been fooled by the magic.

  • @CvpArt
    @CvpArt 3 роки тому +1

    This movie is just awesome! I absolutely love the twist and it’s just set up so well. Been waiting for this episode for a while. Love the channel guys 😄

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  3 роки тому +1

      Enjoy! We had a blast discussing it

    • @CvpArt
      @CvpArt 3 роки тому +1

      @@raidersofthelostpodcast_ halfway through already! Loving it so far 😄. I’m a huge movie fan and I’m having a difficult time finding anyone at my age who really cares about movies and loves them as much I do, so finding this podcast a few months ago was just amazing. I feel like many young people like me don’t really take time to discuss the movies they watch and just kinda go on to the next thing that looks entertaining, instead of keeping movies in their heads for (sometimes) months and thinking about them. So for someone like me who is looking for that discussion about movies this podcast is an absolute joy to listen to. Gonna tune in for anything you guys talk about! 10/10 content 👌

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  3 роки тому +1

      @@CvpArt thanks so much! We made the podcast for people like you! Glad you found us 🙌

    • @CvpArt
      @CvpArt 3 роки тому +1

      @@raidersofthelostpodcast_ so am I! Already looking forward to your next episode 😄

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  3 роки тому

      @@CvpArt awesome! 🙏🙏

  • @tomoisaqt
    @tomoisaqt 3 роки тому +3

    It's my fav nolan film i think, it's flawless imo

  • @sneakernickel
    @sneakernickel 5 місяців тому +1

    You guys are probably too young but people saw Hugh Jackman outside of X-Men. He was in Someone Like You with Ashley Judd and Kate and Leopold with Meg Ryan. He also did Van Helsing which sucked, but that was all before The Prestige. Also Swordfish was an action-thriller with Travolta and Halle Berry.

  • @TheRafferty94
    @TheRafferty94 3 роки тому +1

    I'd love to see Sunshine (2007) being talked about on the Podcast. Could generate some very interesting opinions about it.

  • @JD-jh3mp
    @JD-jh3mp 3 роки тому +1

    Hugh Jackman in the fountain is amazing

  • @srksharma8199
    @srksharma8199 3 роки тому +2

    The following, insomnia, Dunkirk and tenet are the only ones below 8 on imdb

  • @calewitter871
    @calewitter871 3 роки тому +1

    So would y'all say every time Angier makes a copy of himself that he is splitting his soul? Or can I sole not be split but simply resides within the original being? How how many times would it take before he was soulless?

  • @ihavenoname03
    @ihavenoname03 3 роки тому +1

    I was just watching the nolan episode, perfect timing!

  • @ollymcfc8735
    @ollymcfc8735 3 роки тому +1

    I thought I understood it but it turns out I was completely wrong. Thanks for the explanation

  • @MiguelRonilla
    @MiguelRonilla Місяць тому

    1.interstellar
    2.pulp fiction
    3.the prestige
    4.shutter island
    Haven't seen memento,inception,the godfather, Oppenheimer,hateful 8 and iglor bastards lets see whats gonna be my top 10 films of all time

  • @shayneRLC
    @shayneRLC 3 роки тому

    Really loved hearing you guys talk about this movie, have you guys thought about doing an episode on shutter island?

    • @TheRafferty94
      @TheRafferty94 3 роки тому +1

      Yessss! second this. You guys would have a field day unravelling this!

  • @hanlybaker1676
    @hanlybaker1676 3 роки тому +1

    Okay, so which one of you two was the first to go into the machine and which one is the clone? Also, where is the machine? I’ve been looking to create a twin. Love the episodes! You’ve recommended some of my favorite movies

  • @MarioLanzas.
    @MarioLanzas. 3 місяці тому

    best Nolan movie👨‍⚖

  • @rithvik8849
    @rithvik8849 3 роки тому +1

    love ur pods
    if possible try to cover the "micheal bay transformers"

  • @pwilson84
    @pwilson84 3 роки тому +1

    have you read the book its so different and i love Priest, but this movie elevates the material

  • @robertmortimer8288
    @robertmortimer8288 3 роки тому

    Hugh Jackman and Michael Caine did great performances! What did you think about Christian Bales performance? The actresses Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson also did great performances!

  • @peterga3658
    @peterga3658 3 роки тому +1

    yoooo boys !!!!!!

  • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
    @raidersofthelostpodcast_  3 роки тому

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  • @MikePianoMan85
    @MikePianoMan85 5 місяців тому

    The Bordens are not twins.. They are duplicates.. They used Tesla's machine...They weren't laying when they sent him to Tesla...

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  5 місяців тому

      @@MikePianoMan85 they are identical twins. Angier says it. Borden wrote down TESLA on the paper to send Angier in the wrong direction and waste all his money

    • @fsociety010
      @fsociety010 4 місяці тому

      Tesla himself said he made a machine for Alfred but it didn’t do anything. Alfred wanted Robert to go on a fools errand and waste his time and money, but he never counted on Tesla making a machine that actually worked.

  • @leodeveney6722
    @leodeveney6722 3 роки тому +1

    Are you watching closely

    • @nawles1
      @nawles1 10 місяців тому

      They're not

  • @shamsham1515
    @shamsham1515 3 роки тому

    Fine I’ll watch this movie for the 100th time

  • @michaelwhalen5836
    @michaelwhalen5836 3 місяці тому

    Ummm....the machine doesn't work, gentlemen.

  • @T2MARA
    @T2MARA 5 місяців тому +2

    If the machine is real, why wouldn't Tesla just make his own money to solve his financial problems? If the machine is real, why would Angier still try to get the secret to Borden's trick as he awaited execution in prison? If the machine is real, why would Angier, upon seeing Borden at the end, immediately guess Borden was a twin if cloning is possible? The beginning of the movie tells us to pay close attention and then we are told that we want to be fooled. So, if you believe against all reason and logic that the machine truly created clones, then you weren't paying attention and you want to be fooled.

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  5 місяців тому +1

      @@T2MARA cool theory!

    • @fibanocci314
      @fibanocci314 5 місяців тому +1

      How do you think Angiers pulled off his trick then? And the murder frame-up.

    • @paulcleveland686
      @paulcleveland686 4 місяці тому +1

      @@fibanocci314 Thats the point of the movie. Try to work out the trick. And the answer is in the script. "If you know the method to the trick, it becomes commonplace and boring" but if you dont then you are fooled by the magic

    • @McShankos
      @McShankos 2 місяці тому +1

      It’s not a theory thats the point of the movie the trick is making u think there are clones and real magic the scene in the morgue is not root or a clone in the Morgue it’s not Even a morgue it’s a wax doll shop and cutter is nodding in approval of the of the wax doll not confirming the identity of the body.
      THERE IS A WORKER PAINTING A FAKE HEAD IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE SUPPOSED MORGUE ?!?!?

  • @pwilson84
    @pwilson84 3 роки тому +2

    btw love your guys stuff if you ever need an irish additive shout me out.

  • @moisesmansilla3032
    @moisesmansilla3032 3 роки тому +1

    😃

  • @michaelladeliguin4552
    @michaelladeliguin4552 2 роки тому +1

    WOkay we are

  • @ShinzoX90
    @ShinzoX90 5 місяців тому

    Ridiculous to be doing ads readings with under 100k subs. This is the reason you never made it.

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  5 місяців тому

      @@ShinzoX90 we’re both completely full time as podcasters, I think we made it

  • @nawles1
    @nawles1 10 місяців тому

    If you think the machine worked. You were fooled
    ...its OK if you think otherwise. 😉

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  10 місяців тому +1

      No you were lol

    • @nawles1
      @nawles1 10 місяців тому

      @@raidersofthelostpodcast_ you weren't watching closely! 😉

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  10 місяців тому +1

      @@nawles1 the machine worked. It cloned Angiers dozens of times, also cloned the cats and the hats

    • @nawles1
      @nawles1 10 місяців тому

      @raidersofthelostpodcast_ naaah.
      The whole premise of the story was that all the tricks were silly when you knew how they worked. Nolan played the best magic trick of all by making the audience think it was real magic.
      You were shown the hats and an extra cat when angier went outside. You never saw the machine clone anything. They were just piles of hats and another black cat. Theres one outside right now... did it come from the machine???!! :-).Tesla needed the dosh so they scammed angiers.
      You only ever saw 2 angiers...Angier and Root. You never saw more. You only saw lots of boxes, but only one with one dead Angier.(Root). All the rest were covered up. He only had to drown him once.
      Basically, Angiers was bating Borden, with 100 shows and trying to stich him up for murder. Which he kinda did
      There's only one v short scene where you see angier being cloned. But this came from the dodgy diaries they wrote for each other. The premise with those though was that they were written to fool the other magician.
      Every trick had some secret or needed considerable sacrifice to convince you of the act. (Like the Oriental magician pretending to be old and from Japan...he was an American bloke strong enough to carry that massive fish bowl).
      This is what makes this movie so spectacular.
      Nothing in the movie was super-natural. Nothing. But, Nolan made you think there was...
      Enjoy the re-watch! You'll love it even more now! 🤯

    • @raidersofthelostpodcast_
      @raidersofthelostpodcast_  10 місяців тому +1

      @@nawles1 They were cloning everything, they just messed up on the calculation of where they would wind up. They were exactly the same hat, and exactly the same cats, even made the same meow. Also, there are a dozen tanks of cloned Angiers at the end of the film. You’re also forgetting Angiers’s line of, “I didn’t know if I would be the one who fell into the box or if I would be the one who ended up on stage.”