After doing full career retrospectives on Michael Mann and Quentin Tarantino last year, it didn't take long to figure out whose directorial career the Aftertaste was going to tackle next. An influencer, and someone whose films can be dissected to death, Christopher Nolan is someone who has a firm grasp on what kind of vision he wants to display. From Batman to focused World War II stories, Nolan has certainly run the gamut of what kind of stories he has to tell. But with the only Nolan related things covered in this podcast being his Dark Knight Trilogy, as well as him having a film called Tenet scheduled to come out this summer, we felt it was time to tackle the rest of his career. So join myself, Jack, and Matt as we look at what his career outside of the cowl has consisted of, while leading up to a review of Tenet.
Following a huge film that marked the comeback of a major franchise like Batman would cause most filmmakers to hide a few years until they came up with something they found to be a worthy follow-up. But one thing this retrospective has taught us it's that the career trajectory of Christopher Nolan is unlike any filmmaker we have seen. So he sat down with Warner executives and decided a piece of fiction called The Prestige, written by a gentleman by the name of Christopher Priest, would be the basis for his next project. So he and his brother Jonathan sat down and to rewrite a piece of the book into a two and a half hour film about two feuding magicians. Making magic is kind of what filmmakers do, so this would seem to be right up Nolan's wheelhouse. Would a battle of wits between Christian (Batman) Bale and Hugh (Wolverine) Jackman be enough to make a good film?
Join myself, Jack, and Matt as we look at The Prestige, a movie I originally promised myself I would never visit again, and we see if it not only lives up to their standards, but also if it improved the 1 on 10 rating I would have given back in 2006.
The Prestige (2006) (?/10, ?/10, ?/10)
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