Both Bale and Jackman suit their respective roles perfectly, and pitting these two performers against each other was a stroke of casting genius. With a story that requires actors with a great deal of emotive range, Nolan has assembled what could be described as a dream cast. A tragic series of events pits the two performers against each other in a battle of wits that spirals further and further out of control, consuming both of them and everything and everyone they care about. The second - played by Hugh Jackman - is a master showman who is more entertaining than technical.
The first - played by Christian Bale - is an expert in understanding the fundamentals of any trick, but lacks showmanship. Told in a narrative that jumps between various points along its time line, playing out like a magic act itself, the story is that of two magicians on the rise in their careers. The Prestige only helps solidify his standing as one of the landmark directors of his generation.
From set and production design to cinematography, from script to presentation, Christopher Nolan has once again demonstrated why he is one of the film world's brightest up and coming directors. The secret of the magic is simple, and the reader is in on it almost from the start, but to the antagonists the real mystery lies deeper.The Prestige is a masterful exercise in storytelling with superb direction and powerful performances by a grand ensemble cast. At the heart of the row is an amazing illusion they both perform during their stage acts. Working in the gaslight-and-velvet world of Victorian music halls, they prowl edgily in the background of each other's shadowy life, driven to the extremes by a deadly combination of obsessive secrecy and insatiable curiosity.
A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback - in a fine unclipped dustjacket fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - "Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later.
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