Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:29:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Neil Ottenstein <nottenst at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Waldrop (& Lawrence Person)  on The Prestige
To: wsfalist at keithlynch.net, wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com
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--- Michael Walsh <MJW at press.jhu.edu> wrote:

> "Go see it and watch very closely. (Indeed, you
> might want to see it
> twice, and then read the book for good measure.) If
> there's any justice
> in the world, this should be a strong Oscar
> contender for Best Picture.
> At last, a movie not for dummies. Two Van de Graaff
> generators up, way
> up!"

<http://locusmag.com/2006/Features/WaldropPerson_ThePrestige.html>

I just saw the movie and agree with most of what
Waldrop and Person say.  It definitely "keep[s] the
essential nature of the book intact" and "explicated
things that were merely implicated in the book."  It
works very well, though to my eyes things are a bit
nastier than in the book.

Neil