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He said that he didn't know which knot he tied because he never asked Borden , because he didn't want to know the truth or maybe he knew the truth. Borden's character was less mature in the whole movie. Borden saw Tesla at the science convention. He sent Angier to Tesla because he thought Angier might believe that Tesla was capable of building such a machine.

But Borden never actually believed that Tesla could do it. The biggest twist in Dhoom 3 is inspired from Christopher Nolan's The Prestige , with writer-director Vijay Krishna Acharya adding a further twist to it. Dhoom 3 and The Dark Knight Rises He also played Gerald Root, Angier's double, in the film. It's Worth Watching Twice! The Prestige is a film that you need to watch at least twice.

And that's not just because it's a fantastic movie. This is a film that is worth the rewatch, just for all the new things you'll want to see the second time around. Thanks, I get it now. In the finale, it's revealed that Borden's actually a twin , and he and his brother shared a life. They posed as Alfred and alternated as his trick designer, Fallon, using makeup and prosthetics to make the latter seem a bit chubbier and look different.

This machine duplicates any object or living being placed inside and drops the copy a short distance away. Each time the trick is performed, Angier is cloned. So again his conciseness is doubled which ever Angier survives keeps it going from his perspective.

Then the tank is just the setup he came up with to best execute the trick. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

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But some things are made clear when I think about what Angier said, Every night, I did not know if I would be the one in the box, or the one at the prestige.

Improve this question. Jenayah 7, 3 3 gold badges 44 44 silver badges 51 51 bronze badges. You seem to be on the wrong assumption that Borden also got such a machine from Tesla and used it to clone himself, which is just wrong. The movie makes it clear, that his secret had nothing to do with Tesla and this was only to distract Angier nobody knew Tesla could really build such a thing.

In fact Borden 's secret was a rather simple one, but maybe too simple to grasp, since "it's the trick that impresses the people, the secret doesn't impress anyone" His secret was, that he just had a twin brother for all his life. So both of them lived half a life to conceal the trick's secret and, to quote the movie again and draw a connection to the old Chinese magician at the beginning , "that is his real trick and true dedication to his art".

Whereas Angier just went the easy and pretty dirty way. Check this out: quora. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Quite a few questions but here it goes: The movie clearly shows one Angier always drowning. Improve this answer. BCdotWEB Origin Origin 4, 1 1 gold badge 21 21 silver badges 33 33 bronze badges. Yeah, Origin is totally right. I didn't see the one man vanity arc, that's brilliant.

Angier's method may also show that he is overall the lesser magician, because Gordon was better able to live the illusion with greater conviction. Okay, thanks guys! That answers my questions — user Also note the first time Angier meets his first clone.

He's first just talking to the clone, but then very quickly realizes something and kills the clone immediately. He realized that if he can think about killing the other Angier, so can the other Angier think about killing him. Every time he uses the machine after that, he ensures that one of the Angiers immediately dies to prevent having two Angiers who are trying to murder each other.

A couple of points from my understanding: Angier was doubled every time, and every time went into the water. Jozef Woods Jozef Woods 1 1 bronze badge. Hats off to Christopher Nolan for this epic masterpiece. Liam Logan Liam Logan 29 1 1 bronze badge. Not bad for someone from the Caribbean, eh? To top all this off, I've scribed short films and documentaries, conceptualizing stories and scripts from a human interest and social justice perspective.

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That said, I'm on Twitter RenaldoMatadeen. So holler. By Renaldo Matadeen Published Jul 21, Share Share Tweet Email 0. When they first test the machine on the hat, the hat is still under the machine meaning that the original stays right there.

Hence the need for the trap door. The original always falls through the trap door and is the one to always die. The clone is on the balcony. And no they are all not the the original. One of them is a duplication. They may have the same memories and personalities but one is a duplicate personality and has its own soul.

Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Who is the original in the movie The Prestige? Ask Question. Asked 9 years, 5 months ago. Active 10 months ago. Viewed 16k times. Improve this question. KutuluMike k 23 23 gold badges silver badges bronze badges.

Niklas Rosencrantz Niklas Rosencrantz 1 1 gold badge 8 8 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Moot, yes, and still drawing dozens of votes and comments. That's what I love about the internet. It actually is the clone that survives, that's the deep dark secret behind Tesla's device.

KutuluMike KutuluMike k 23 23 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Re the last paragraph, I actually understood the opposite from the film; namely that while Angier is happy to kill others including clones , Borden does the ultimate self-sacrifice by being hanged, making Angier the more callous and less sympathetic of the two.

I now realise that I misunderstood this part completely. IIRC in the original novel the cloning is also slightly imperfect. Stefan Stefan Yes I think I remember HJ saying that in the movie. Good point. It's been a while, but I remember him saying that he never knows which one "he'll" be. Two people come out of the machine; there's no difference that anyone could detect. But it sounds as if Hugh Jackman's character believes that only one of them carries his real consciousness.

If so, it means he's willing to destroy his soul to win. But surely he would know he was a clone if the original always died?