The Prestige

Episode 4 of the Cinemaniacs Podcast podcast, hosted by Ayush Upadhyay, titled "The Prestige" was published on June 22, 2020 and runs 70 minutes.

June 22, 2020 ·70m · Cinemaniacs Podcast

Summary

The greatest trick an illusionist can pull off is to make you believe that what he did can be repeated multiple times and there's only one way to do it and all the other ways are just misdirections, well it'll eventually pull down your gaurds and you'll stop thinking about other possibilities and at the end of it, he wins! but sometimes he have to do something real and leave just enough to make it look suspicious. Directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, Michael Caine and David Bowie. this movie talks about backstage wizards by showing their obsessive side. in this conversation we discussed about director's unique style, importance of intercutting and inserts in non-linear storytelling, how editing elevates the suspense and overall performance of all the actors in the movie. It was ahead of it's time and that's what makes it special, you just simply can't watch it once and not watch it again and again, this is one of those few movies that requires multiple watches to truly appreciate the craftsmenship behind it.

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