![]() There are a surprising amount of people who believe that the real trick to The Prestigeis making the audience believe that a machine capable of cloning another human actually exists. Those who follow that thread point out that Angier's "clones" should have had the same limp that the Angier Prime had, from a brutal fall earlier in the film. When the government got too close to Tesla, the inventor left, leaving Angier with a broken machine. However, that would mean he never could have framed Borden for "murder."Īnother prevalent theory online states that Tesla's machine never worked, and that he was stringing the wealthy Angier along so he could fund his next project. Still, without a natural twin, Angier could have cloned himself once, then performed the trick from now until infinity with Borden never being the wiser. That dialogue is in the movie for a reason. And Cutter has a line where he told Angier how drowning was like "going home," only Cutter lately reveals that he was lying. For example, if Angier really wants to perfect The Disappearing Man, why doesn't he just clone himself once, use the clone in the trick night after night, and never have to drown anyone? There's the fact that Angier dies symbolically this way because it's how his wife died. Fans of the film raised a lot of fantastic questions and points that film either doesn't address, or doesn't answer well enough. And I tumbled down a spectacular Reddit hole of alternate theories. But you won't find it because, of course, you're not really looking. Of course, as Cutter says in the final bit of narration: ![]() There wasn't a lot of room for interpretation, and the reveal of the Angier body in the floating tank of water was just confirmation that the illusionist was "killing" himself night after night, but creating a fresh clone who would live until the next performance. Revisiting The Prestige, the ending struck me as clear cut, as far as Nolan's conclusions go. But even through that, he is reunited with the daughter he believed would end up in Angier/Caldlow's care, and he's finally rid of his rival. Why is Borden victorious? I mean, he has lost a ton in his life, including his brother and his true love, Sarah (Rebecca Hall), who hung herself because she believed her husband was cheating. seemingly stopping the cycle of Angier clones and, finally, emerging victorious in the battle of the two men. He shoots Angier/Caldlow in the chest and leaves him to die. Borden confronts Angier/Caldlow in the abandoned theater where the bodies of the "Angier" clones are left. Cutter, upset by the betrayal, tips off Borden - who is able to reunite with his daughter. This final deception is revealed to Angier's longtime associate, Cutter (Michael Caine). So at the end of the film, we see "Angier" assuming the role of the wealthy Lord Caldlow - who actually is the last created Angier clone. Earlier in the film, Angier reveals that his family is wealthy, and that they are embarrassed by his pursuit of magic. He drops a "clone" in the tank, allows Borden to be captured at the scene of the crime, knows that his rival will be charged with murder, and then chooses to disappear. We see Angier's blind assistants taking tanks of Angier "clones" out of the theater each night and dumping them in a deserted theater, where Angier and Borden will have their final encounter.Īngier, as you see, survives his final act. Meanwhile, the "clone" emerges in the balcony seconds after, completing the trick. The "original" Angier drops into a tank of water waiting below the stage. Each night, he clones himself on stage by stepping into Tesla's machine. ![]() ![]() Finally, Angier can pull off his magic trick. Tesla finally relents, and creates a machine that allows Angier to clone himself. In a nutshell, Angier believes that Tesla built a machine for Borden, and he demands that the inventor replicate it. This means that the one brother, the one who loved Olivia ( Scarlett Johansson), is the one who is behind bars for Angier's "murder." And the real Borden - the man who got his fingers blown off earlier by the "Catch A Bullet" trick - is left on the outside while his sibling hangs for a crime that didn't happen.Īngier, meanwhile, followed a red herring left by Borden that sends the struggling magician to Colorado, and the workshop of unconventional inventor Nikola Tesla (David Bowie). Bale, the actor, plays both characters throughout The Prestige, and the siblings go to incredible lengths to hide the identity of the twin so as to protect the integrity of their stage trick. Obviously, if you have made it this far, you know that Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) had a twin brother, and the two siblings took turns playing both Borden and his manservant, Fallon.
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