The foreshadowing of the bird getting crushed in the cage and the kid crying and saying "He killed it" and then asks "but where's his brother?" Brilliant.

@JoseDanielZuniga

2 ай бұрын

Dude what, Nolan always amazes me with new things

@RobertJ-vo4bk

2 ай бұрын

Funny how hindsight works. Especially since foreshadowing isn't foreshadowing if it relies on hindsight.

@diptanshusingh1813

29 күн бұрын

Didn't thought about that.. good work

"We were two young men at the start of a great career. Two young men devoted to an illusion. Two young men who never intended to hurt anyone..." You originally think Borden was talking about himself and Angier, but he was really referring to his brother.

@jonathanimler9745

2 ай бұрын

I’ve watched this movie dozens of times and never caught that one. It makes a lot of sense!

@jeevarj23

2 ай бұрын

Got chills man!!

The movie itself is a literal magic trick! When bordens voiceover in the beginning says, “are you watching closely?” He’s literally talking to us as the audience telling us that this whole movie is a trick! It’s another Nolan masterpiece!!!

@vincentdesjardins1354

2 ай бұрын

So true. This movie breaks the 4th wall so many times without the audience even realizing it. The first watch is just raw pleasure and the thrill of the twists but The Prestige is a film that need to be rewatch a couple times to fully understand the brilliance of it.

@evanwakelin7944

2 ай бұрын

And yet people still miss the ACTUAL trick! Which is that the Tesla machine doesn't do shit. It's just misdirection. Magic tricks are tricks to make you think something impossible (magic) is happening. And isn't it a little convenient / co-incidental for a magic cloning machine to all of a sudden exist?

@davidaltamirano7672

2 ай бұрын

Nolans best one!

@vasanthkumarvkr

Ай бұрын

​@@evanwakelin7944Well..it was some kind of tribute to Tesla and hence the machine was indeed working. But whether really Angier used it in the way it is supposed to or not, not used at all, used it just as a misdirection is still left to the viewers to imagine. We might think he had let his clones die every night but the final scene doesn't clearly show if all the tanks have his clone. We see just one copy. This movie is the biggest mind play on the audie

@NimpanZ

16 күн бұрын

​@@evanwakelin7944 You're the only one in the comments who clocked tesla's machine doesn't work. All those Tesla scenes are in Angiers diary, which we know is an unreliable narration.

I love Nolan's logic behind casting Tesla. He specifically wanted someone who was larger than life to play someone who was larger than life.

@tykjenffs

2 ай бұрын

It was the one and only time Nolan actually begged someone to play the part. He wrote it with Bowie in mind and nobody else.

@hkaayaakuu

2 ай бұрын

I am really surprised

"I don't understand how it can be bleeding again, it's as bad as the day it happened" so many good little hints

Rebecca Hall’s performance in this film is among my favourites in Nolan’s entire canon. She’s so real in this role and yet so criminally underrated.

The fact that Borden doesn’t but also does know certain things is because you don’t know which brother is there! Like when Angier ask him which knot he tied, it’s the other brother who did it so he literally doesn’t know because he wasn’t the one on stage that night! Christian Bale deserved an Oscar for this performance!!

@CosmicCyberYT

2 ай бұрын

It's also possible that his brother isn't telling him upon asking i.e. in reference to his dialogue "I keep asking myself that and...I'm sorry, I just don't know"

This movie is a freaking masterpiece. The way it's seamlessly moving genres smoothly is just brilliant from period drama to mystery thriller to steam punk sci-fi proves how a great master director Nolan is.

"You have to bring it... back." That moment where his daughter runs to Alfred, I burst into tears every time in such a swelling of emotion. It's one of Nolan's most powerful moments and is so much sadness and joy all at once.

My favorite Nolan film! A few of my notes and takeaways: 1) When Angier and Borden discuss the "old" magician and Borden says his life/depiction of himself is the trick, of course Borden can see that. It's the same trick he and his brother use, the idea there's only one of them is the trick. The movie tells us right at the beginning but its so woven into the story it feels organic and natural despite it being massive foreshadowing. 2) Before he's hanged, Borden admits to the brother that he was wrong and should have left Angier alone. Implies that both brothers were obsessed with magic, but the one who tied the knot was more vindictive and probably the same one fucking with Angier every time. 3) There was no original Angier any more imo. The easiest answer is that the clone is the transported one -- the Angier who was transported the very first time was shot. After this, each 100 shows would result in a clone getting the prestige, so the original Angier would have drowned on the very first show. 4) Angier was so self-absorbed that he couldn't do what Borden and Fallon did. Think about it -- all Angier needed to do was *make a single clone*. With two Angiers, the trick would have worked exactly the same! They could have taken turns getting the prestige like Borden and Fallon, but he refused to share it and opted into the absolutely wild conclusion to kill the other every single night. What is wrong with you Angier?! 😂 If you like the obsession theme of the movie, check out Whiplash. Also echo on Denis Villeneuve as another incredible director via films like Prisoners. And a personal favorite I'd love you to consider is Children of Men. No editing notes this time lol. Great job, your channel is going to continue to blow up if you keep this up.

@aaronbeatdown

2 ай бұрын

I think you're right, that the transported one is the clone. Which means technically that clone's "birth" is to applause and "death" is quietly drowning. Angier chooses to kill himself each time rather than share the spotlight, which is a level of narcissism that's almost too much to think about.

@Jamie__1

2 ай бұрын

The thing is though, remember when angier asks tesla which one is his (original) hat, and angier replies they are all his hat, the device literally clones exact replicas molucule for molecule. So when angier first cloned himself and he shot himself, the one who got shot was in the process of saying 'I'm the real Angier' because in fact they both were, exact replicas of each other with the same conciousness/memories/experiences up to the point of cloning, in my opinion they were all 'original' as tesla said.

@inventsable

2 ай бұрын

@@Jamie__1 Sure, I get that. But if a clone weren't an identical copy then it wouldn't be a clone, lol. They're all Angier, but one is physically manifesting out of nothing and that's the distinction.

@Jamie__1

2 ай бұрын

@@inventsable Yes one is physically manifesting out of nothing but my point is to even debate which one is 'the original' is missing the point, we dont know how tesla designed this machine for all we know the 'original' angier could get transported and the 'manifestation' could end up in the box or it could be the other way round, even angier himself admitted at the end he didnt know which one would go into the box. My point is theres literally no way of knowing which one is the 'manifestation' and as they are identical anyway its pointless to ask which one is 'original'. Nolan himself wrote that dialogue in the script that they were all angiers hats when angier asked which one was his which i think is Nolans way of saying its a pointless question.

@SchulzEricT

2 ай бұрын

3 - I would argue that the brother who loved ScarJo was *obsessed* while the brother who loved Rebecca Hall loved magic but wasn't obsessed. Also: I'm not a big Nolan fan, but I appreciate the talent. I'd argue that his most interesting, singular, brilliant movie is "Memento"; his most fun is "Dark Knight"; his *best* written, tightest movie is "The Prestige". Pretty impressive top-3, the order of which is perfectly subjective, even more so than usual. Entirely about what criteria you're using.

I love The Prestige in my opinion this is Christopher Nolan's most underrated movie ever 🔥💯, also I gotta say it's a little hilarious that this whole movie is basically Wolverine and Batman go head to head trying to outdo the other while getting help from Alfred and Black Widow

@LiteWeightReacting

2 ай бұрын

Ha! You’re so right!

@roderick8167

2 ай бұрын

@@LiteWeightReacting I just could never see pass this everytime I watch this movie lol

@vincentdesjardins1354

2 ай бұрын

@@roderick8167 I like this movie as much as you do but calling it "most underrated ever" seems like a big stretch : The Prestige got an IMDb rating of 8.5 and 77%-92% on Rotten Tomatoes. That isn't underrated at all, if anything it's actually praised and acclaimed by both critics and audience. As it should be, it's a masterpiece.

@kelvinmeneely3116

Ай бұрын

@@LiteWeightReacting please give some clue too your tattoo?

@thiagosestini29

Ай бұрын

The writing and direction is as brilliant as Inception, Interstellar or The Dark Knight. There's just one factor separating The Prestige from those movies, and that is Hans Zimmer.

By far one of Christopher Nolan's best films. The Prestige is one of my Top 15 favorite films ever, I saw this 4 times in theaters. That opening line from Christian Bale... masterpiece.

All of the character foils make this film an extra level of masterpiece. Borden is to Tesla as Angier is to Edison. Two are legit geniuses without marketing and stage presence. Two have wonderful marketing and stage presence but depend on others’ genius. Also, Angier dies by drowning as his wife does. Borden dies by hanging as his wife does. Amazing symmetry.

@johnk.gr8esthits753

2 ай бұрын

Furthermore, Borden's trick involves alternating brothers representing alternating current [AC] while Angier's trick uses a lineage of clones representing direct current [DC].

@Venkman406

2 ай бұрын

Just when I think this film has no more new gems to offer me. That is fantastic, thanks for sharing!

This is my favorite Nolan film. There are so many good twists. It's funny how obvious that Fallon is Alfred because he clearly is Christian Bale when you rewatch it.

So happy you are doing this, continuing on the Nolan train 🚂.

@LiteWeightReacting

2 ай бұрын

Woo woo all aboard the Nolan train!

"He came in to demand an answer and I told him the truth. That I have fought with myself over that night, one half of me swearing blind that I tied a simple slipknot, the other half convinced that I tied the Langford double. I can never know for sure." I love this quote because you only fully understand it when you figure out the twist.

Once you know the twist, one of the biggest clues of him living the trick is foreshadowed when he talks about the old man and the fish bowl faking his limp because he carries the bowl 24/7. It's exactly what the brothers do, it's not a trick, it's their life.

Something some don’t remember since it’s at the beginning of the movie - when Borden says he doesn’t know what knot he tied, he ACTUALLY doesn’t know, because it wasn’t him who tied it, it was his brother

“No one cared about the man in the box, the man who disappears.”

I watched it so many times, and I was talking with my friend about this movie, and still, we have new things to discover in it. Insane writing and directing, 10/10 acting.

The "Twins" switched places with each other to give the other a chance to have a life rather than be in hiding. As for Angier, the new clone is always the one that lives.

Angier was Lord (Robert) Caldlow all along. Robert Angier was just his stage name. The Great Danton was a stage name for his stage name. He uses aliases to distance himself from his family name, to protect his family's reputation, and not embarrass his family as a magician. But that's why he has basically infinite money to pay Tesla however much he needs.

David Bowie was awesome as Tesla. Andy Serkis was awesome as Angier's top hat. You don't even recognize him. 😀

Its like you said though; the movie is telling you plain and simple what the brothers are doing, how the trick is done and all that. But ''YOU WANT TO BE FOOLED'' which they say at the beginning and at the end. It really fascinates me how Nolan(s) created this story knowing that the audience would constantly (almost like Robert) look for the trick, or for clues when really it was right there in front of us the whole time.

THE ILLUSIONIST w Edward Norton and Jessica Biel is worth checking out as well

definitely worth watching TENET as well! Underrated.

The layers of the magic trick the movie does on you are what I find especially pleasing. The distraction and misdirection. It lays out the fat trail of breadcrumbs for us to figure out who the mysterious Lord Caldlow is, so we think we've figured out the twist...then WHAMMO, we get the other thing.

"Now, you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it because, of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be fooled." - this monologue right at the end is given with scenes of the "clone" hats on the ground, the silhouettes inside the tanks and finally the "clone" of Angiers. Here Nolan is speaking directly to us, those of us that think the trick has been revealed at the end of the movie are being misdirected. The trick for us wasn't the borden twins. We hear this monologue once more at the beginning of the film too but there's a part that comes right before it. "The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary" - the TURN in this film is Angiers diary. Everything in that diary is a fiction or a ruse, so all of the Colorado scenes, the Nikola Tesla scenes, cloning scenes are made up while Angiers is plotting his revenge. Tesla's machine in Angiers diary is the something extraordinary. - "But here, at the TURN, I must leave you Borden. Yes, you, Borden, sitting there in your cell, awaiting your death. For my murder." Watch the movie again, this time keeping in mind that Angiers diary is a misdirection so all scenes associated with the narration of the diary are very likely fabricated. In the world of magic, everything is illusion. There is no "real" magic and so while you're keeping yourselves distracted, adamant that tesla's machine is "real"....... "you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be fooled."

"it was the look on their faces" also explains why Hugh Jackman's character didn't like being underneath the stage during the first trick using a clone. Because he didn't get to see the look on the audiences faces. It wasn't about pride and getting the adoration above the stage. It was about getting to see the shock on their faces. That's the reason he does magic, and that's the reason he didn't like taking bows from beneath the stage

Batman vs Wolverine: The Clone Wars

In the part where Borden says goodbye to his girl on the date and then appears inside her place the next moment, most reactions just let that scene fly by and self-explain that as of course he could that because he's a magician. This scene is just one great example of the movie's magic themes that it presents so well in the beginning and the end of the film with Michail Caine's voiceover. "Are you watching closely", "You don't really want to work it out, you want to be fooled."

I think you mention most of the big foreshadowing clues that I can think of, but one more I can remember offhand is after the scene where Borden points out the secret of the magician with the fishbowl trick. Angier is practicing holding the fishbowl, and he tells his wife (or possibly Olivia) that "Borden spotted it right away, but I couldn't fathom it". Borden sees it because he's doing the same thing, living his trick his entire life. And just like with the fishbowl trick, Angier can't fathom that.

@chrisadraheim

2 ай бұрын

It's always embarrassing to rewatch this movie and realize that the first time through it never once occurred to wonder what the deal with this Fallon guy is. Never mind the fact that the movie is constantly telling you its own spoilers outright, over and over again.

This one is my favorite Nolan film, I think. Every time I watch it I notice a little bit more. It’s so intricately plotted and endlessly rewarding to mine.

AWWWW HERE WE GOOOOO !!! YUSSSS. The gleeful giggle when the dove was still alive. ❤

My fav movie of all time. 50 views snd im still in awe of it. Nolan always does a perfect job. Ego at the centre. Its one that, when you watch it again... makes so much more sense

I believe that the original is killed every time and the clone is away from the machine. So, when Caine talks about how agonizing drowning is, it means he is dying an agonizing death every night he does the trick.

@lei5962

Ай бұрын

Caine didnt know there was a wharehoue full of dead clones. He wasnt talking about the original or the clones drownng. He had said the sailor told him iy was like going home so that Angier would think his wife didnt suffer when she died. but after he framed an innocent man and took his daughter over a trick he didnt like him anymore and told him it was terrible suffering so that he WOULD feel bad that his wife suffered terribly as she died

One thing to remember is the rigid class structure that existed in England at that time. There were very few ways for normal people to escape a lifetime of poverty. This fact is what drove the Borden twins to share a life in anticipation of pulling off the Transported Man trick. It is why he recognized the trick in the beginning that the Oriental magician was faking being crippled. It is also why when Borden and Fallon are meeting in jail they discuss how the daughter will be sent to a workhouse. Their combined prior experience and desire to save her from that life is why agreed to sell their secrets to Lord Caldlow in the beginning.

Genuine 🤯 reactions! Your statement that the movie itself is a magic trick sums it up best! Looking forward to your Memento reaction.

@LiteWeightReacting

2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the reaction 😊

Masterpiece of a movie. Brilliantly written.

The coin Borden flips to show Sarah's nephew the magic trick is the same coin Harvey Dent flips in The Dark Knight

So you decided to rewatch all my favorite films, thank you!) Excellent as always!

In regards to the genetics and cloning, Komodo Dragons are genetically all identical to each other, their DNA doesn't suffer from degradation like most mammals since they have a few hundred million years of evolution than we do. The process to have babies without a partner is called Parthenogenesis, there's other creatures that are capable of doing it as well.

Yes! Nice, I recommended this from your first video. Thanks for going through with it 👍

@LiteWeightReacting

2 ай бұрын

Nice! Hope you enjoyed it!

Thanks for another awesome movie choice. Another one is Reign of Fire, a Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale pairing. It's a post-apocalyptic movie. Also, since you've played Assassin's Creed games, the movie is really good and I highly recommend it.

your first reaction ("The movie itself is a magic trick") was incredibly insightful. I'm not sure that most people get that even their second time through. you're some kind of genius.

Nolans movies are great! I especially like the one where they kidnap the wrong elephant.

I love watching you react, yet I hate seeing you sad - I don't think I have ever sent so many "mental hugs" to anyone I've never met before 😅 This is such a brilliant movie. Also Bowie! Can't beat a bit of Bowie!

Your next Nolan film should be Insomnia! That is a great film as well. Insomnia & Prestige are my top two Nolan films outside of his DC projects.

The Illusionist, also released in 2006, is another excellent magic/mystery period film.

"Arrival, 2016" is another space movie. Can't reccommend enough. And soundtrack produced by R.I.P Johann Johannsson.

1:32 [Batman voice]: "You've got a lot of hats"

The best foreshadowing is him not remember what knot he tied, because he didn't tie it

Great video as always Lite! This one had so many secrets and twists. It absolutely makes you want to watch it again right away and look for clues. You caught a lot on the first watch to be honest.

There's not just foreshadowing there's Nolan literally telling you how the trick works through the canaries, then showing him "appearing" in her apartment right after he (his twin) was just outside the door. We KNOW its not possible, but we WANT to be fooled. Hands down my favorite Nolan film.

Just wanted to thank you for your genuine reactions. Appreciate the emotions and insight you provide and your in the moment reactions to things. I also think you talk the right amount. Not that you should feel the need to talk a certain amount but I think you have found a nice balance of listening/watching and reacting/talking

The book by Christopher Priest is outstanding! It's alot more complex but Nolan nailed it's tone in the film.

Oh wow, I'm early for once? How did that happen? :D Anyways, THANK YOU for reacting to this - it's definitely my favorite "magic genre" type of movie, if you so will. A few things of note: I love how Borden is the one who figured out the old Asian guy's glass bowl trick immediately, because that's precisely what he was doing himself: living an act, even outside of the show. Also, gotta appreciate the little role they gave to Andy Serkis - the actor who played Gollum (LotR) and Caesar (Planet of the Apes) - as Mr. Tesla's assistant. :)

this movie literally started a magic trick phase in my life and more specifically just card tricks and i will forever love this movie for that. something about magic tricks that creates a strong sense of wonderment for me lol.

Can't wait for Memento!

Knew you would be perfect for these reactions because of your emotions, how you connect and express yourself, and your intelligence! You're not going to miss much and I love hearing your observations and thoughts during and after the movies! However, the welcome addition is how good you are with the editing. You do such a masterful job of showing the right parts to accurately portray the movies eventhough you can only show a small percentage of the movie scenes! You clearly put a lot of thought into it and it shows!

In addition to 'Memento', 'Insomnia' is another great Nolan film to check out.

When they both go and see the old Chinese magician who was living the secret life, and Hugh Jackman says "Borden worked it out right away" that's another hint. Of course Borden worked out that it was a secret life, because he was living one too.

Very excited to watch the reaction :D your videos are great, and you're picking top tier movies

Freakin' Nolan.... what a genius

I think, for understanding character, it's important to understand that both Borden and Angiers wife were in favor of the Langford double knot. She didn't die because he was acting reckless, but because the two of them thought the Langford double was a better knot.

If only they'd known CPR back then, he could've revived Julia and the whole story wouldn't've happened!

Let’s goo!!!! Keep up the Nolan binge

@LiteWeightReacting

2 ай бұрын

I plan on it!

Amazing, Amazing script. Fantastic acting.

Another great Nolan movie and one of my favourite performances by Hugh Jackman!

@LiteWeightReacting

2 ай бұрын

He was so good!!

Yeah the "original" Angiers is long gone. He's just a copy of a copy of a copy, ad nauseum now. The machine can only work one of two ways, either the machine creates a clone and it manifests away from the machine while the original stays in it OR the original is transported away and a clone is left in its place. We see in the first use of the machine the man in the machine shoots and kills the other Angiers that appears. Then every use after that, the man in the machine drowns and the one away from it lives.... so either the machine generates a clone away from it, and Original Angiers killed his first clone, but then drowned the first night he did the trick on stage OR the machine transported the Original Angiers away that first use and his clone shot and killed him.

Some of my own thoughts about this film. (Not those commonly known facts) 01. The Borden who loved Olivia was abit more reckless, meaner and angrier. He tied the knot and probably never told the other one. 02. 'The look on their faces' kinda referred to the audience's reaction at the end of the movie. 03. The whole movie is sorta like a portrayal of 'Edison vs Tesla' rivalry. Angier was like Edison and Borden was like Tesla.

Christopher nolan is a genius. And you're smart too, to find the bird/brother thing. I'd never have thought of that, but im seeing now, that he often hides clues to the conclusion of his films, at the beginning of them. Have you seen Intersteller?

Great reaction (as always 😊) to one of my favorite movies. And you picked up on virtually everything on your first watch. The movie definitely makes you want to watch it again after the first time!

It's amazing how people talk so much about Nolan movie while not talking about "Insomnia". It's amazing!!

I loved your analysis after. This film is set up like a magic trick and points out the truth out to you constantly. I love that you sort of forget about the original transported man and stop trying to figure out he's doing it because you're focusing on the attempt to recreate it

You need to look up a movie called "The Illusionist." I believe it came out about the same time as The Prestige. It stars Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti. It is about magic of course but also plays a lot on societal status around the early 1900s.

Such a great reaction to one of my favorite movies ever! Thanks for doing this one! You definitely need to watch it again. Part of what makes it great is seeing how it's put together. You'll be surprised at how obvious a lot of things are now that you know what's really happening. Can't wait to see your reaction to Memento. It's another Nolan movie that jumps around in time and seems quite confusing at first, but somehow it all comes together and works.

Some of the musical cues during this movie send chills down my spine

Subscribed based on this reaction alone. Tesla's machine seems to transport the clone some distance away. Angier went into it for 100 shows knowing what was beneath him. I hope you've watched it again, it's almost like watching a different movie when you know the trick.

Freaking awesome. This is my favourite Nolan film. I remember I saw this high as kite in the cinema. My friend and I were so paranoid about our red eyes we needed another friend to go into a chemist to get us some Clear Eye but he was so pissed at us he refused to get it so we walked around looking scared the whole time. Ah, 2006... what a time.

The scintillating cinematic slight-of-hand in this movie is amazing!

It's nice to see a reaction that actually understands the movie

@LiteWeightReacting

2 ай бұрын

This makes me feel really good! I really enjoyed this!

@ericholland3178

2 ай бұрын

@@LiteWeightReacting yea i have watched a good amount of interstellar, the prestige reactions and you got nearly understood everything on first watch. theres so many hints and things i actually catch after 10+ times watching. hugh jackman killign kimself the first time he did the trick live with the water tank (so the rest were clones killing themselves). He wanted to make the show a big deal (thats why the 100 show thing its just PR to get bale) so that borden (bale) couln't resist. Jackmans plan the whole time with the trick was to frame bale for killing him. theres a part at the end where bale is talking to Fallon saying his good bye. he mentions that Fallon was right and He should have left him(jackman) to his trick. that line right there gives the reveal away thats its a twin. BUT u gotta remember sometime very specific in another scene. In this scene its alittle earlier in the movie. But its where Bale is yelling at Fallon for not being able to figure out Jackmans trick and to leave jackman alone. BUT fallon didnt leave him alone and he followed him backstage and watched him die(a clone) cuzz all of them were clones after the first time he ever did the trick.

Awesome! Another one of my favorites. Thank you🌹

This is my favorite of Christopher Nolan's movies. It has all his themes in it. Time manipulation, love, all that jazz. But I think the pacing and how it's structured is the thing that separates it from the rest, its simply brilliant film making.

Regarding the “cloning”, there are no clones there. Each event results in two originals. It makes no difference which one survives.

I give you my like now, I'll watch the video later ❤😊 I've just watched the video, as always great reaction!! This was my first Nolan's movie and I love it, I think that's brilliant the broken time narration (a little confusing too 😂) Can't wait to see your next one!

The only Nolan film i've never seen yet, New territory here.

Stellar cast in this Christopher Nolan offering. The overriding theme to me is one of duality because neither magician is portrayed as either being completely good or evil.

It should also be mentioned that Angier's wife was ok with the knot that Borden tied. That is why she nod's to Borden before he ties the knot.

Very well done... You reached good conclusions a lot faster than many others do.

I love love this film....my favourite Nolan film. Great reaction as usual. Which knot did you tie? I don't know Because he didn't tie it!! Genius!!!

"Abracadabra from arabic means "i create what i speak"... while avada kedavra means (in harry potter lore and arabic) means "Let the thing be destoyed"

Another low-key Hugh Jackman movie I'd recommend is " The Fountain". (Disclaimer, one of my favorite movies but not as well known and definitely a bit more "artsy" than mainstream movies)

It takes nothing to steal another man's work... IT TAKES EVERYTHING...

In similar vain - magician and illusions - but not so dark, is The Illusionist, starring Edward Norton, Jennifer Beale and Rufus Sewell.

So it's revealed that he was not transported, only duplicated. So he died right away, and the clone took over until the next trick.

23:53 you ask all the right questions at the right times. Awesome reaction.

One foreshadow that is often missed is one of the earliest: "Two young men devoted to an illusion." It's famed as him writing about Angers and Bordon. But in fact he was talking about him and his twin. And the illusion was the transported man. I guess also the crippled man is a sly relection of the expirence that Bordon and his brother. The way I see it if you make a perfect clone then it really ceases to be just a clone. I guess that's little consolation to the man in the box, though.

It took me maybe 4 or 5 viewings to realize that the movie itself was a magic trick. Though I watched it first when I was a teenager, it just goes on to show you how smart you are! Loved your reaction. Can't wait for Memento

His clone was supposed to die, every show, and he the original, live. But other guy, switched things! They both got what they wanted. One, the ultimate illusion. The other, real magic. And both, ultimate revenge...