Similarities Between Batman And The Prestige

As much as the sun shines on the ground, the world is an extremely dark place. Christopher Nolan, a director for many incredible films notability Batman and the Prestige, puts extreme emphasis on the gloomy evil parts of the planet earth. There is a common theme and pattern throughout his films. In his films, they usually take place in a city, the parts of the city where crime is eminent. Christopher Nolan in most of his films finds a certain gothic element and makes it a recurring motif throughout the film. The Prestige was the symbol of sorcery, the supernatural, while Batman Begins was the bat. During Batman Begins, most of the places Bruce Wayne went were dark alleys and facing criminals. In both films, Batman and the Prestige, the main

characters both were locked in jail, both feeling a sense of entrapment. Christopher Nolan also reuses the action of falling down from the ground, the act of going under earth to a darker place. Bruce Wayne in the beginning of Batman, falls and plunges into a deep hole full of bats, while in the Prestige, Angier plunges into a tank of water. This both share the sense of falling down into a hole. His choice of time when he shoots his movies are usually at night or when gloomy weather. The type of weather and time reveals a gloomy, dark mood. It seems like there are never vibrant colors, life, and light. The weather is usually rainy or storm. Death is always prevalent in his films, especially with a loved one. In the Prestige, it was Rupert Angier’s wife and in the Batman Begins, it was Bruce Wayne’s parents. These deaths drive the main character to do what he does in the film, for example, Rupert Angier wants to get back on Alfred Borden for his wife while Bruce Wayne begins to want to fight crime because of his parents. Finally in both films, both main characters do not care or want a spotlight. For instance, Alfred Borden in the Prestige, only did acts, but did not really care about the spotlight as much as Rupert Angier does. In Batman Begins, Batman carried his actions in the dark and hid away from the light.