Interesting how the exchanging of money between them is merely a formality. Tesla just needs a reason to continue his obsessive work. Angier similarly obsessed with his "trick" doesn't even care.
indeed because if you think about it, if they both didn't have singular obsessions they would have realized this machine was the key to unlimited riches, place a pile of gold flip the switch few times and walla youre the richest man in the world.
@@jonant8317 Bro the fuck are you actually talking about? Their lack of interest/desire of money has nothing to do with what you stated. They are both filthy rich, and both care about their obsessions rather than money. They both had no intend of being any richer, they both had objectives and aims that they hoped to achieve.
Basically this is Nolan telling us that Tesla was indeed a wizard. He walked through a torrent of electricity, then acted as a power source for the Light Bulb.
Remember this is a more fantastic version of Tesla. What he built is indeed impossible, but the physics of this particular universe allows it. Who knows, maybe this Tesla had a happier later life and death and not died ill, poor and forgotten.
It's sad that when people are alive, you don't quite have a grasp on just how special and unique they are. I have always been a huge fan of David Bowie's music, but I've never really noticed until now what a gifted actor he was too-and I've seen several of his movies!
I think the press created a myth that he was a bad actor. Probably because most musicians who try ARE. Admittedly not all his films were good, but he had such charisma on screen in all his roles and his own style that like most things to do with Bowie was ahead of his time. He was great as Thomas Newton, Jareth and in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. And as Pontius Pilot and Monty in the Linguini Incident. Just A Gigalo was a mess but he was still watchable. And he does a Fred Astaire style dance in Absolute Beginners (which is also not that great) which livens things up!
@@madgemuso7314 He is one of the few musicians that can act. You’re right. Bon Jovi is terrible but Bowie’s friend, Iggy Pop, impressed me in Coffee and Cigarettes.
It took me many years to understand what he means when he says "I've already begun to build it" at 2:12 Tesla had the amazing ability to plan and build complex machinery in his mind before setting out it on paper. What an incredible mind he must have had, how different the world could have been if more people had listened to him.
@@Embrinna when Angier visits the prison for the secret. Borden whites the word Tesla for Angier and tells him that isbthe secret. Remember the chinese man with the bowl early in the movie. Borden has a better eye to see a trick than Angier. So Borden knows Tesla is using a double. Angier thinks it's technology. But if you pay attention to how the assistant knows more about what's going on than Tesla, also the fact that Tesla is being hunted so it would provide an incentive to have a double
Aleatha Vogel an entrance befitting a seemingly other worldly and larger than life artist, performer, and musician who I had the pleasure of seeing live three times. January 10, 2016 was indeed a very sad day for me. David Bowie R.I.P.
truly the greatest mind to have walked this earth he dreamed big, even as meticulous as he was. he stared an empire in the face and didn't back down. this man changed the world and his idea's are still being pursued. I cant praise this man enough... you call him the forgotten wizard its more like he was erased or blacked out of history
That entrance in the first five seconds gave me goosebumps when I happened to watch this movie again after not seeing it for a while. David Bowie himself was magical. Still can't believe he's gone. RIP.
they did. Bowie was just never interested to do a lot of acting and instead rather took smaller parts working with directors he recognized as true artists like Nolan or Lynch. He surely declined a lot of roles.
mark viking for a time yes sadly, he was actually found feeding pigeons in the park and living in a home for the destitute on the night he was awarded the lifetime achievement award. If it helps any the shameful publicity this caused his former companies led to their providing amply for him for the rest of his days, not that they were that many at that point.
He did enjoy it. He spent all of his money making new inventions with some not being so successful. His financial "downfall" was his own doing and at the end he didn't give a shit.
David Bowie is playing a fake Tesla, his assistant is actually Tesla. You can see the repeat of the same themes of misdirection that the main magicians use. The real Tesla is the one who handles the important stuff. Watch closely...
WTF! I'VE WATCHED THIS FILM X5 AND LOVE IT AND IM JUST NOW REALIZING (by the comments) THAT IS DAVID BOWIE WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't even believe it, I thought it was fake until I googled it. My gosh this guy is the best
I wonder if Tesla ever actually said that. The price $$$ can be different from the cost. Interesting perspective, from a man who apparently didn’t care much for money and/or was just really bad at personal finance?
David Bowie's Tesla has got something in common with another historical and more famous protagonist in Nolan's filmography, Cillian Murphy's Oppenheimer: the sadness of a lonely genius who's haunted by his remorse and a world that he knows to have radically changed, maybe on a worst way.
If only Bowie could have appeared in a full length film about Tesla. His Telsa says, "Nothing is impossible." Perhaps one day, people will be lucky enough to see THAT film...
I knew exactly who he was when I first saw him, who can forget the charismatic acting of the goblin king. My only thought after was why did he not become a great actor? he had the hallmarks of one, I can only respect that he poured his focus into the dedication of his craft first and foremost before anything else. This is what made Bowie "Bowie", a man of many talents, king of many trades, and as such a master of many.
I love how David Bowie just acts every so often and does it like he's been doing it for decades.
Well he did act in decades, this wasn't the first movie he acted in ;)
He has been doing it for decades.
When I learned that was David Bowie my mind was blown
+00WhiteBlade same here dude
utkarsh sankrityayan He died today :'(
RIP Starman, you left a legacy of wonder.
+00WhiteBlade my same reaction too, thats what makes his performance good cause you didnt see David Bowie when he played Tesla.
RIP David Bowie
same! I barely recognized him when I saw this
+00WhiteBlade you thought it was Tesla?
The most eccentric musician playing the most eccentric scientist and technologian is perfect casting!
Clever analogy.
Rest in Peace David Bowie.
Tesla. What a fitting character for Bowie to play. I believe this was his last film role. Perfect.
true
I remember watching this movie for the first time and I didn't even realize it was Bowie. RIP
Just rewatched and holyy that's bowie i was like 7 when i saw it first
"They're all your hats Mr. Angier" gives me chills
Is it really a Mr Angier???
Anji er
1st wife, Angie.... "Tell my wife, I love her, very much, she knows '
David Jones
David Robert Jones....
Tesla was a man thousand years ahead of his time, I highly doubt that we will see anyone like him in near future.
You could argue the same about David Bowie. I'm not entirely convinced Bowie wasn't Tesla reincarnated.
Elon Musk.
"a thousand years"? Do you even know what you're talking about?
lotdog18 check out DrGeorgeKing.org
He is also interplanetary in origin.
David Musk is egotistical and arrogant. Tesla was humble
One of the most memorable supporting roles in cinema history, I'll never forget this Nicola Tesla. David Bowie was multi talented
David Bowie immortalized Tesla by his acting. So smooth acting.
That guy playing Tesla looks like he came from space or something.
He did
Bowie and Tesla were just two of many many geniuses who seem to come from another universe. ;)
Well, this is him 😄
ruclips.net/video/CMThz7eQ6K0/видео.html
He's the Starman waiting in the sky
He came to be a hero, just for one day.
Interesting how the exchanging of money between them is merely a formality. Tesla just needs a reason to continue his obsessive work. Angier similarly obsessed with his "trick" doesn't even care.
Insightful comment.
indeed because if you think about it, if they both didn't have singular obsessions they would have realized this machine was the key to unlimited riches, place a pile of gold flip the switch few times and walla youre the richest man in the world.
@@jonant8317 Bro the fuck are you actually talking about? Their lack of interest/desire of money has nothing to do with what you stated. They are both filthy rich, and both care about their obsessions rather than money. They both had no intend of being any richer, they both had objectives and aims that they hoped to achieve.
@@jonant8317 Lord Caldlow was already EXTREMELY rich. Using the machine to produce gold would be a pointless endeavor for him.
They are just two men of passion.
One for illusion and the other illumination (no pun intended)
Bowie always walked in lightning.
There has still not been a movie about Tesla or with Tesla. That is still a sin to humanity. :P
+dan henry Nothing is impossible, Mr. Dan
+dan henry Nikolas Tesla is in the video game called: the order 1886
+dan henry Uh... this is a clip from a movie with Tesla in it...
+dan henry And we got two movies about Steve Jobs that not even important figure. But only head marketing and scumbag CEO of overpriced product
+dan henry there is at least 5 movies, but in croatian
Basically this is Nolan telling us that Tesla was indeed a wizard. He walked through a torrent of electricity, then acted as a power source for the Light Bulb.
Science actually.
Remember this is a more fantastic version of Tesla. What he built is indeed impossible, but the physics of this particular universe allows it. Who knows, maybe this Tesla had a happier later life and death and not died ill, poor and forgotten.
@@1nva0er55 where are his files? Numerous trunks of his work? Wardrobe? What?
@@sidneezingara1976 there aren't any. This is a myth to convince stupid people to buy Tesla cars.
@@factorylad5071 doesn’t explain why people I’ve asked about Tesla have no clue about the man.
It's sad that when people are alive, you don't quite have a grasp on just how special and unique they are. I have always been a huge fan of David Bowie's music, but I've never really noticed until now what a gifted actor he was too-and I've seen several of his movies!
Yea, Bowie was a natural actor. He did a good job.
I think the press created a myth that he was a bad actor. Probably because most musicians who try ARE. Admittedly not all his films were good, but he had such charisma on screen in all his roles and his own style that like most things to do with Bowie was ahead of his time. He was great as Thomas Newton, Jareth and in Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence. And as Pontius Pilot and Monty in the Linguini Incident. Just A Gigalo was a mess but he was still watchable. And he does a Fred Astaire style dance in Absolute Beginners (which is also not that great) which livens things up!
@@madgemuso7314 He is one of the few musicians that can act. You’re right. Bon Jovi is terrible but Bowie’s friend, Iggy Pop, impressed me in Coffee and Cigarettes.
It took me many years to understand what he means when he says "I've already begun to build it" at 2:12 Tesla had the amazing ability to plan and build complex machinery in his mind before setting out it on paper. What an incredible mind he must have had, how different the world could have been if more people had listened to him.
In my humble opinion and seeing how in Orthodox families clairvoyance was and is fairly common, he knew that as soon as he was told Angier would come.
his mannerisms and voice are very much like Pierce brosnan
Omg now i cant hear it any other way
Should be the other way around.
Oh yes I think the same
I just love how he can change his accent ! A master chameleon ;-D
Bowie always did go through so many Ch-Ch-Changes in his life 😂
@@uscman He enjoyed mimicking different accents. He did it a lot in interviews- especially when he was nervous!
It still blowing my mind that it was David Bowie that played Tesla.
Iconic.
That's not tesla
@@GandalftheWise Yes it was
@@Embrinna No the person you believe is the assistant was the real Tesla. Did you forget the tip that led him there?
@@GandalftheWise Wait, what!? Which part!? All this time i though he is the Tesla :o
@@Embrinna when Angier visits the prison for the secret. Borden whites the word Tesla for Angier and tells him that isbthe secret. Remember the chinese man with the bowl early in the movie. Borden has a better eye to see a trick than Angier. So Borden knows Tesla is using a double. Angier thinks it's technology. But if you pay attention to how the assistant knows more about what's going on than Tesla, also the fact that Tesla is being hunted so it would provide an incentive to have a double
0:01 - 0:04 -- I don't think you can get a much better IRL entrance than that.
Aleatha Vogel an entrance befitting a seemingly other worldly and larger than life artist, performer, and musician who I had the pleasure of seeing live three times. January 10, 2016 was indeed a very sad day for me. David Bowie R.I.P.
This is one of the most wonderful and impressive introduction of a character I've ever seen in a movie.
It is *electrifying*
⚡️
So true
That's real tesla coil work perfectly.
Fun fact: there's no VFX in this sequence. They just started rolling camera while Bowie was walking to his mark.
Theomite Reading this a year later and I fucking love it.
@@alxrjames I'm reading this a year later than the year you read it and I still love it
@@radon6317
I'm reading this a year on, and I'm absolutely loving it!!
@@AGrayPhantom I'm reading this a ye...wait, it's only been ten days. Can I still love it?
all of tesla's scenes in this movie were my memorable ones....
truly the greatest mind to have walked this earth he dreamed big, even as meticulous as he was. he stared an empire in the face and didn't back down. this man changed the world and his idea's are still being pursued. I cant praise this man enough... you call him the forgotten wizard its more like he was erased or blacked out of history
2019: God Bless Bowie, He was underappreciated for this role, but holy cow did he deliver!
Bowie plays Tesla
Now Tesla Plays Bowie
But it aint Russia...
Dang...blown mind blown once more.
What
Bowie pulled an Uno reverse on Tesla
Cant believe that was 3 years ago, wish there would've been more falcon heavy launches since
Rest in peace brother :(
I'll pay million to watch Tesla biography play by Bowie. RIP David Bowie
Bowie experience as an actor really shows. His performance was magnificent.
That entrance in the first five seconds gave me goosebumps when I happened to watch this movie again after not seeing it for a while. David Bowie himself was magical. Still can't believe he's gone. RIP.
A genius interpreting another genius... wow...
I only watched this on Sunday. Bowie nails every performance.
Everyone of his characters was as unique as the man who breathed life into them. The film industry didn’t know what they had in front of them.
they did. Bowie was just never interested to do a lot of acting and instead rather took smaller parts working with directors he recognized as true artists like Nolan or Lynch. He surely declined a lot of roles.
Perfect casting of Bowie. The man could act very well. He was especially great at smaller walk on roles like this.
only bowie can play serbian genius brilliantlly and trutfully,......god blees brother david from serbian
David Bowie immortalized Tesla by his acting. So smooth acting.
I thought British English has the best accent, but then I heard David Bowie as Nikola Tesla, so pleasant for listening.
“The world only tolerates one change at a time”
One of the best movies of the last quarter century. Powerful and nuanced.
Also contains Bowie's best film role ever, he plays it to the hilt.
Bowie's pretty good as Nikola Tesla
the prestige is the most complete and most underrated hollywood film ever
"They are all your hat Mr. Angier" is such a powerful in this film because just like the hats, all the copies of Angier are equally Angier as well
How did I miss it, saw this movie a few times and never recognized Bowie, damn fine actor!
Shame that the real Tesla did not enjoy such a retirement. He was feeding birds and living off the welfare of those he made prosperous.
mark viking for a time yes sadly, he was actually found feeding pigeons in the park and living in a home for the destitute on the night he was awarded the lifetime achievement award. If it helps any the shameful publicity this caused his former companies led to their providing amply for him for the rest of his days, not that they were that many at that point.
Tesla enjoyed his retirement. He said his lab is the only place he can fell happy.
He did enjoy it. He spent all of his money making new inventions with some not being so successful. His financial "downfall" was his own doing and at the end he didn't give a shit.
he wanted to give the world free energy, of course the elites wouldnt have it
@@drivingintothedesertuntilt3202 well let him... now how did it work again?
Hundreds of years from now, people will be mindblown that Bowie played Tesla
God, DB absolutely killed this role. Amazing.
Nikola's tesla never die in parallel universe 💗
"Which one is mine?"
This movie is so good! All the twists and hints and metaphors throughout, and the casting was perfect as well.
David Bowie is a perfect Tesla. I was of the mind though that Tesla never shook hands or drank coffee or tea
Tesla was a major germaphobe. He was even repulsed by hair.
He drank a glass of whiskey a day, he said it would increase his lifespan to “150 years”.
@@EnliveningJustice He said quite a lot of things...
David Bowie is playing a fake Tesla, his assistant is actually Tesla. You can see the repeat of the same themes of misdirection that the main magicians use. The real Tesla is the one who handles the important stuff. Watch closely...
I would have given up magic and started throwing gold at that machine lol
RIP Mr Bowie :(
amazed nobody has thought of this
He was an aristocratic, why would he need more money?
Because you wouldn't have been obsessed like Angier (:
Angier wasn't in it for the money. He was already filthy rich. For him it was all about prestige; hence the name of the movie.
R.I.P
David’s Bowies voice real reminds me of Pierce Brosnans here
I watched this movie like 3 times already and I never realized that was David Bowie.
I thought it was perhaps pierce brosnan haha.
It's amazing that of the few films that bowie was in, one was a nolan film.
obsession , what an incredible thing
The best Nikola Tesla in a movie, ever. For me
I feel like a dummy!! This has been one of my favorite films for years and I'm just now learning David Bowie played the part of Tesla!!
WTF! I'VE WATCHED THIS FILM X5 AND LOVE IT AND IM JUST NOW REALIZING (by the comments) THAT IS DAVID BOWIE WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't even believe it, I thought it was fake until I googled it. My gosh this guy is the best
Tesla was really a magician!!
One of the best movies. R.I.P. David Bowie.
Perfect casting choice
How I missed this was Bowie back when I watched this in 2006 I will never know....
The Enigmatic playing the Enigmatic. R.I.P
Two visionary’s roles into one ❤️
RIP to a legend Mr. Bowie
This is one of the greatest movies ever made!
Bowie looks dashing, sophisticated mystical, and humble at the same time. So handsome and majestic. His acting is superb.
I love how you can actually hear that Serbian accent, good job Bowie
Wow!!!! Just seen Oppenheimer on beautiful IMAX!! Today And can't think but thow that out here Einstein reminds me of Tesla in here
“Mister Angier, have you considered the cost of such a machine-“
‘Price is not an object.’
“Perhaps not. But have you considered the cost?”
I wonder if Tesla ever actually said that. The price $$$ can be different from the cost. Interesting perspective, from a man who apparently didn’t care much for money and/or was just really bad at personal finance?
Rest in peace our hero Mr. Tesla
David Bowie was mesmerising! He truly is the only one that could capture the mystical nature of Nicola Tesla.
OMG DBowie is incredible in this movie. Hard to believe that a great pop star has gone RIP. Much missed. Best in 2020😭😭😭😭😭
That last scene with the "They are all your hat" line is so good.
David Bowie's Tesla has got something in common with another historical and more famous protagonist in Nolan's filmography, Cillian Murphy's Oppenheimer: the sadness of a lonely genius who's haunted by his remorse and a world that he knows to have radically changed, maybe on a worst way.
One of my favorite movie moments ever. Thanks, Bowie
RIP David Bowie...
Now that’s an entrance😎
Gollum, Wolverine and David Bowie in the same place at the same time, wow!
If only Bowie could have appeared in a full length film about Tesla. His Telsa says, "Nothing is impossible." Perhaps one day, people will be lucky enough to see THAT film...
"Hold out other hand."
Best entrance in cinema history? Definitely up there
Now, Nolan need to be made movie on life of Tesla alone.
I knew exactly who he was when I first saw him, who can forget the charismatic acting of the goblin king. My only thought after was why did he not become a great actor? he had the hallmarks of one, I can only respect that he poured his focus into the dedication of his craft first and foremost before anything else. This is what made Bowie "Bowie", a man of many talents, king of many trades, and as such a master of many.
Great performance, Great Movie ...RIP
Personally I think the character of Tesla's was one of the best roles ever in cinema.
Bowies accent reminds me of pierce brosnans
Logan, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Gollum, and Kira Yoshikage in a one film..
This is B I Z A R R E
I find it interesting that they didn't use contacts to conceal Bowie's left eye.
A legend playing a legend
David Bowie was a legend! Rockstar and amazing at acting loved him in this 🥰 RIP Bowie ❤️❤️❤️
The tesla intro scene was 💥
"Mr. Angier, have you considered the cost of such a machine?"
"Price is not an object."
"Perhaps not, but have you considered the *cost*?"
1 of the best movies ever made
best pontius pilate and best tesla on film, david bowie
The Prestige is one of the really good, dark asf movies. Its a very dark film haha. And I wish Bowie did more acting!! He's really good in this movie!
after i found out that this was David Bowie it really made me want to see him in more films
Image if Mr Bowie would have played Wallace from Bladerunner 2049 ...I beginning to think it would have been one of those roles...🥺
Panos P. Would of been amazing, as much as. I like the movie it has more problems than Leto
Impressive how Bowie didnt use any special effect, he just do his thing
one of the coolest david bowie roles imo. when he was revealed in this scene I was delighted
I miss David Bowie! He was one of a kind & a very beautiful man!