To what extent does Nolan suggest that the pursuit of artistic greatness requires a loss of personal identity and moral responsibility, and could the magicians' sacrifices also be read as a critique of the audience's desire for increasingly extreme illusions?
>>220526814Honestly I think people overthink The Prestige way too much. It’s basically just about two guys trying to one-up each other with magic tricks and getting way too competitive. I don’t think it’s really about "losing identity" or whatever, it’s more like they’re just stubborn and kind of obsessed with winning.Also I don’t see how the audience has anything to do with it, like the people watching the tricks aren’t forcing them to do anything crazy. They could’ve just stopped at any point but didn’t, so it’s more their own fault than some big statement about art or society.In the end it just feels like a story about rivalry getting out of hand, not something that deep.
>>220526875Retard
>>220526814Insomnia is better.
>>220526814it's like a shonen anime dynamic - the grinder vs the asspuller. He seethes and trains 24/7 to match someone's natural ability (twins)
>>220526814it was rivalrya pretty huge theme to completely miss, I dunno how that's even possible unless you didn't watch the film
>>220526814the movie was about two guys that got to experience the tightness of prime scarlet johannson and the lengths they would go in order to keep her. it's quite shrimple.
>>220526814i was hooked until it turned into a scifi flick
>>220526814No, I will not write your 250 word essay for you.
>>220526814>To what extent does NolanThe movie is based on a book.
