Chris Stuckmann reviews The Prestige, starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, Rebecca Hall, David Bowie, Andy Serkis, Piper Perabo. Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" has just about everything I require in a movie about magicians, except. the Prestige. Christopher Nolan's movie is a smart, intriguing tale of deceit and obsession.
This is perhaps the movie where Nolan's broken timelines have enhanced the storytelling in the most brilliant way. The Prestige at the TCM Movie Database. "The Prestige" begins with a death and proceeds through a murder trial and its aftermath, using flashbacks within flashbacks to deepen the Much as he respects the rigor of close-hand trickery based on tried-and-true techniques, this filmmaker, whose other movies include "Insomnia" and. Read the Empire Movie review of Prestige, The.
It's a small film that feels big, a period drama that looks modern Nolan's already been vocal about how he didn't want The Prestige to feel or look like a period movie, and it's certainly steadfastly unconventional. Set in a world of top hats, cravats and disappearing bunnies, The Prestige is a superb puzzle-box thriller. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman star as magicians in turn-of-the-century London, locked in a bitter feud after the death. A century ago in London, stage magicians are afforded celebrity status. Good ones can reach the heights of modern-day pop stars. In a way, The Prestige challenges the very notion of a successful magician—at least of that era.
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As Angier describes it, the audience longs to believe, even. "The Prestige" is a film about two dueling magicians who engage in a rivalry of fantastic showmanship and obsession. When I write this, it sounds cheap, but in reality, it is the very point of the film. Nolan creates a movie about magic by using magic.
Nolan's first period picture, 'The Prestige' shares the fractured chronology common to his earlier work. Explicitly modelled on the pattern of a magic trick, it's also bound to the rules of. "The Prestige" is a dazzling, entertaining, smart, and mind-blowing film. It is a rare combination of a fun, enjoyable, popcorn movie. The film is intelligent, crafted well, and serious, but the typically bored 'Pirate' watching movie goer will be entertained by the stunning special affects, stylization, and twists.