The Prestige starts by telling us that we are about to see a magic trick. Not in so many words, but it’s there in the opening sequence with Michael Cane’s smooth voice over, which lulls me into some kind of hypnotic stupor I can’t explain. Come to think of it, isn’t every movie a magic trick? We watch people who aren’t real live in places that are not real doing things that are often impossible. But we somehow let it convince us it’s real, at least for a little while....



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