The Prestige has long been my favorite Nolan, in large part because the scope is limited, letting the structure of the piece (what I think he's best at as a filmmaker) come to the fore without shortchanging the subject matter. But also, of course, Bowie.
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Lauren Wilford
rewatched Nolan’s The Prestige for the first time in over a decade— due for a major reevaluation. Tight as a drum. A dreamlike atmosphere rigorously committed to its own logic. A magisterial sense of symmetry: everything repeats, echoes, doubles back, means two things at once
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