In The Prestige, the opening shot is of identical copies of Angier's top hat in a glade, followed by a shot of caged canaries in Borden's workshop. Thus the film's central conflict is spelled out: (Spoiler in comments)
CrispKhakis on September 30th, 2018 at 05:56 UTC »
Of all of the movies I’ve ever seen that hide the answer in plain sight throughout the movie, this one is the best. Rivalled only by Shutter Island IMO
Borden also tells us the secret to his trick in his opening lines " We were two young magicians at the beginning of our career, we never meant to hurt anyone" It's assumed he's talking about himself and Angier, but he's talking about himself and his twin
egoshoppe on September 30th, 2018 at 04:24 UTC »
Clones vs. Twins.
CrispKhakis on September 30th, 2018 at 05:56 UTC »
Of all of the movies I’ve ever seen that hide the answer in plain sight throughout the movie, this one is the best. Rivalled only by Shutter Island IMO
outlaw7 on September 30th, 2018 at 06:32 UTC »
Borden also tells us the secret to his trick in his opening lines " We were two young magicians at the beginning of our career, we never meant to hurt anyone" It's assumed he's talking about himself and Angier, but he's talking about himself and his twin