Episode 109 - The Prestige

Are you listening closely?

Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, and Ethan (We made Georgia disappear in the Turn) as we're heading to London and Colorado Springs in the industrial era magic rivalry, The Prestige, brought to us by Ethan. We're saying abracadabra in our 109th episode as we discuss:

• The labour of love that the script for this film was
• We discuss our general feelings towards Christopher Nolan
• We decide to review while avoiding the big idea of the film until the end
• Which actor claimed they changed their voice and posture in order to play this part
• What are our own histories with magic?
• A member of the panel reflects the pod has changed the way they emotionally engage with films these days
• Which piece of stunt casting may have felt surprisingly underwhelming
• We're interrupted by a little bit of a tease for future content
• Whether or not The Prestige is the Best Film Ever.

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Rev Bruce
• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
• Hermes
• Lina Oberholzer
• Ensign Ian Davies
• Chris Pedersen
• Katie McRae
• Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
• Randal Silva
• The Yeetmeister

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  15:50 - Shoutouts
  21:45 - Deep Dive
  2:04:10 - Endgame