#088 - "The Prestige" - The Insane Amount of Details Christopher Nolan Hides in Plain Sight

In this episode, we break down Christopher Nolan’s hidden details in The Prestige that cleverly foreshadow the big twist involving Borden and Fallon. We dive deep into Nolan’s masterful storytelling and the subtle clues he plants throughout the film that most viewers miss on the first watch. By analyzing key scenes and character interactions, we reveal how Nolan pulls off the magic of misdirection, leading to one of the best movie twists of all time.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro & Post movie reaction

00:02:34 Everything Nolan hides in plain sight

00:12:36 LOL: So how involved were the twins in each others relationship??

00:18:15 Back to the details hidden in plain sight

00:23:57 The darkest reveal of the entire movie

00:25:55 Deciphering which brother is which

00:33:13 How Nolan constructs the movie like a magic trick

00:37:18 Does Borden or Angier make the ultimate sacrifice?

00:42:05 How Nolan gets the audience to believe the characters

00:43:33 Hugh Jackman's American accent sucked... for a reason

00:47:55 One more hint toward the big twist

00:48:41 Proof that magicians are just bad people

00:50:57 Scarlett Jo Hanson is dope in real life... or maybe it's an act

00:51:47 Sidebar: Funniest Hot Ones interview

00:56:45 Sidebar: Scar Jo's Hot One's episode

00:59:14 Christopher Nolan's camera slight of hand

01:01:52 Cool detail showing Angier making sure he feels like the original

01:04:02 Nolan just slipped this between his first 2 Batman movies

01:05:09 Our ratings out of 10

01:10:56 Final thoughts

01:13:56 Cue the music