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[life on mars]

(Sorry, random I know)
Totally unrelated to this thread, have you seen the film (The Prestige) where David Bowie plays the part of Nikola Tesla?

No I haven't , its a bit of an odd film I believe, loads of big stars in it though , never really though he was that good an actor, felt he was cast as he was odd looking and strange sounding ,for off the wall parts ?

[Mrs Steve R]

No I haven't , its a bit of an odd film I believe, loads of big stars in it though , never really though he was that good an actor, felt he was cast as he was odd looking and strange sounding ,for off the wall parts ?

I came across it mentioned last night when I was reading about Tesla, like you say some quite big names in it, I was surprised I hadn't heard of it before, Tesla was meant to be a bit of an odd character anyway so it might suit him, I might watch it on the weekend just to see what it's like, thanks anyway.


(Sorry for the disturbance Organ, as you were. )

[life on mars]

I came across it mentioned last night when I was reading about Tesla, like you say some quite big names in it, I was surprised I hadn't heard of it before, Tesla was meant to be a bit of an odd character anyway so it might suit him, I might watch it on the weekend just to see what it's like, thanks anyway.


(Sorry for the disturbance Organ, as you were. )

you got me interested now so will have a look myself,it didn't get much publicity

[Blue in the Face]

I came across it mentioned last night when I was reading about Tesla, like you say some quite big names in it, I was surprised I hadn't heard of it before, Tesla was meant to be a bit of an odd character anyway so it might suit him, I might watch it on the weekend just to see what it's like, thanks anyway.


(Sorry for the disturbance Organ, as you were. )

I really don't like the film The Prestige, but I do have a vendetta for the filmmaker Christopher Nolan who I think is a patronising and ego driven director, albeit very very talented. The film suffers from Nolan's achilles heel which is his necessity to get one over on his audience and load the story with twists and ex-machinas. The end result for me is you come out of (some of) his films feeling like the characters aren't real and only there to prop up the hyper active plots. So I never feel there's enough substance. I do like The Dark Knight though!

The Tesla element in The Prestige is interesting and it plays on the mythical element of his character very well. Unfortunately the film doesn't have room to give you anything of his story though. He really deserves a full on biopic in his own right. There's lots of conspiratorial elements to the Tesla story in real life. It seems he was messed over and ripped off by very powerful people. The end of his life is a tragic too. He died, bankrupt and possibly down trodden and crazy....

[Mrs Steve R]

I really don't like the film The Prestige, but I do have a vendetta for the filmmaker Christopher Nolan who I think is a patronising and ego driven director, albeit very very talented. The film suffers from Nolan's achilles heel which is his necessity to get one over on his audience and load the story with twists and ex-machinas. The end result for me is you come out of (some of) his films feeling like the characters aren't real and only there to prop up the hyper active plots. So I never feel there's enough substance. I do like The Dark Knight though!

The Tesla element in The Prestige is interesting and it plays on the mythical element of his character very well. Unfortunately the film doesn't have room to give you anything of his story though. He really deserves a full on biopic in his own right. There's lots of conspiratorial elements to the Tesla story in real life. It seems he was messed over and ripped off by very powerful people. The end of his life is a tragic too. He died, bankrupt and possibly down trodden and crazy....

He needs a thread of his own too yeah it's sad, these super brainy people often end up going a bit mad, I'm expecting to go the same way.

[Blue in the Face]

He needs a thread of his own too yeah it's sad, these super brainy people often end up going a bit mad, I'm expecting to go the same way.

I'll go away and revise and pretend that I've always been an expert on the subject.

I know why you have an interest by the way Certainly the Tesla thread is likely to be infinite due to it's endless energy.....

You won't go mad Mrs. The more sane you get the more a mad world makes you feel nuts

[Mrs Steve R]

I'll go away and revise and pretend that I've always been an expert on the subject.

I know why you have an interest by the way Certainly the Tesla thread is likely to be infinite due to it's endless energy.....

You won't go mad Mrs. The more sane you get the more a mad world makes you feel nuts

Well if it's not the world that's mad then I'm completely insane