The Prestige (2006)

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that they first met as young magicians on the rise, Robert Angier and Alfred Borden were competitors. However, their friendly competition evolves into a bitter rivalry making them fierce enemies-for-life and consequently jeopardizing the lives of everyone around them. Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London.

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*Tagline: A Friendship, That Became a Rivalry...A Rivalry, That Became a Battle.
*1995年出版的小說,十年後拍成電影...作家是英國的Christopher Priest;小說的出發點是Alfred Borden和Robert Angier的曾孫,藉由2位曾祖父各自留下的日記本,一窺當時的激烈對戰~
*小說和電影不同之處,就在於結局吧,小說裡的2個Alfred Borden去世後,複製出來的Angier才去找原版的Angier,兩個人合力將Borden的日記出版(當然刪掉了雙胞胎的祕密囉);之後,逆向操作機器,將2個Angier,又變回1個~
*Cutter: Every great magic trick consists of three acts. The first act is called "The Pledge"; The magician shows you something ordinary, but of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn"; The magician makes his ordinary some thing do something extraordinary. Now if you're looking for the secret... you won't find it, that's why there's a third act called, "The Prestige"; this is the part with the twists and turns, where lives hang in the balance, and you see something shocking you've never seen before.
*abracadabra: exclamation said by someone who is performing a magic trick, in order to help them perform it successfully 翻成天靈靈地靈靈,真貼切~
*很有娛樂性的片子,想了半天才知道那個神祕的盒子是具有複製功能=.=跟那個時代的背景根本不合嘛~
*對於魔術,我覺得靜靜的欣賞就很舒服了,巴不得想知道訣竅,就失去箇中樂趣了~