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The Prestige is complete fiction that merely uses his name because he is recognisable as a practical genius.
by thret 15y ago
The Prestige is complete fiction that merely uses his name because he is recognisable as a practical genius.
- tomelders 15y agoYeah, but a good film none the less, and for those who know about Tesla, it was a very pleasant surprise to see him turn up. Also, in some weird way, having Tesla as the inventor leant an air of credibility to an other wise ludicrous plot point.
- bane 15y agoRight, I thought the idea of Tesla, as a wizard of science among mere squabbling magicians, a fun plot notion. That they dealt with him, almost alone and in his secret keep, surrounded by the mysteries of his work, a wonderful spin on the mythos surrounding Tesla. It helps that Tesla's personality was bit off in real life, and he did things that even today we think of as a kind of magic. Of course in the movie what he built was impossible, but the notion that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" kept creeping into my mind.