The Prestige is a fantastic film. It's Nolan's best film, and the one which, like Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, binds all his previous works together thematically. It's deeply self-reflexive, riveting, very exciting Cinema, presented in the same vein as the magic tricks within the narrative.

I loved it from the opening shot to the final shot: we've got the same story told from two interweaving narratives, both in flashback, both collected memories in the form of a retrospective, written journal, and bound together by Caine's voice-over.

Nolan is a director growing in confidence and skill. He knows when to cut and what to; with a crescendo of music, and a simple cut from this to that, he'll build to an emotional climax with what seems to be little effort.

Amazing, amazing film.