(Note: The word Rivalry is another way to to discuss/say Adversary).
And parallels can be made with 'the rivalry' Ford has with Delos Board Members and his partner Bernard with Angier and Bordan/Twin. Ford is similar to concepts presented in the Prestige, as Ford has "recreated" his whole family (including a child version of himself) as androids hidden in the park ("The Adversary"). The ideas (and even some terminology) of Dr. Ford, that they are androids and begin to "wake up". Westworld is about "androids" in a theme park, whom discover by a narrative written from the Park's creator, Dr.
Ford)- "Everything in this world is magic. You want to be fooled."Ī Line From Westworld (Dr. But you won't find it because of course, you're not really looking. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. The second act is called the turn, the magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. The first part is called the pledge, the magician shows you something ordinary. It is revealed in the final chapter that some form of Angier has continued to survive to the present day."Īlthough this is not the exact narrative, the wikipedia entry explicitly sites the words duplicate & clones in relation to a "corporeal" Angier, but it does sound like the novel version may offer more of an astral projection as opposed to to a flesh and blood duplicate, although seemingly one is made at the end of the novel.Īs a side note, Jonathan Nolan (Christopher Nolan's brother) whom often co-writes with Christopher on many films, is now an Executive Producer and writer of the TV remake of HBO's Westworld.įamous Line From The Prestige: "Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. Shortly afterwards, the corporeal Angier dies and his ghostly clone uses Tesla's device to teleport himself into the body, hoping that either he will reanimate it and be whole again, or kill himself instantly. They obtain Borden's diary and publish it without revealing the twins' secret. It is implied that this particular Borden dies a few days later, and the incorporeal Angier travels to meet the corporeal Angier, now living as the 14th Earl of Colderdale. However, Borden's apparent poor health and the duplicate Angier's sense of morality prevent the assault from becoming murder. He attacks one of the twins before a performance. The Prestige is based the novel of the same name by Christopher Priest.īlockquote "The duplicate Angier, alienated from the world by his ghostly form, discovers Borden's secret. This doesn't necessary prove that there are clones, but as source material, it may help someone be swayed in that direction.
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