tesla dialoge -- the prestige (2006)

[@flagtheoffense]

I love how David Bowie just acts every so often and does it like he's been doing it for decades.

[@klaskatt]

Well he did act in decades, this wasn't the first movie he acted in ;)

[@briangriffin5701]

He has been doing it for decades.

[@00WhiteBlade]

When I learned that was David Bowie my mind was blown

[@Sankrityayan07]

+00WhiteBlade same here dude

[@00WhiteBlade]

utkarsh sankrityayan He died today :'( RIP Starman, you left a legacy of wonder.

[@ClayBransom]

+00WhiteBlade my same reaction too, thats what makes his performance good cause you didnt see David Bowie when he played Tesla. RIP David Bowie

[@narutofan9tf]

same! I barely recognized him when I saw this

[@madmax1717]

+00WhiteBlade you thought it was Tesla?

[@thejuniorseas7683]

The most eccentric musician playing the most eccentric scientist and technologian is perfect casting!

[@inlandindieP35]

Clever analogy.

[@puterboy2]

Rest in Peace David Bowie.

[@KatiKosta]

Tesla. What a fitting character for Bowie to play. I believe this was his last film role. Perfect.

[@F8Lwrld]

true

[@DougUnfunny]

I remember watching this movie for the first time and I didn't even realize it was Bowie. RIP

[@GamercalledSTYREX]

Just rewatched and holyy that's bowie i was like 7 when i saw it first

[@lotdog18]

Tesla was a man thousand years ahead of his time, I highly doubt that we will see anyone like him in near future.

[@danielwilcox419]

You could argue the same about David Bowie. I'm not entirely convinced Bowie wasn't Tesla reincarnated.

[@Valhallen002]

Elon Musk.

[@ChaineYTXF]

"a thousand years"? Do you even know what you're talking about?

[@patinho5589]

lotdog18 check out DrGeorgeKing.org He is also interplanetary in origin.

[@ElBadriano]

David Musk is egotistical and arrogant. Tesla was humble

[@BlaneNostalgia]

One of the most memorable supporting roles in cinema history, I'll never forget this Nicola Tesla. David Bowie was multi talented

[@pareshmokani]

David Bowie immortalized Tesla by his acting. So smooth acting.

[@omarsolis3311]

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.

[@nicholastrice8750]

Insightful comment.

[@jonant8317]

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.

[@bupsmertozkal]

@@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.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@@jonant8317 Lord Caldlow was already EXTREMELY rich. Using the machine to produce gold would be a pointless endeavor for him.

[@Tigerman1138]

They are just two men of passion. One for illusion and the other illumination (no pun intended)

[@footballerztv2625]

"They're all your hats Mr. Angier" gives me chills

[@loveispatientloveiskind2205]

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....

[@DonVal86]

That guy playing Tesla looks like he came from space or something.

[@obscureentertainment8303]

He did

[@caitlinjane92]

Bowie and Tesla were just two of many many geniuses who seem to come from another universe. ;)

[@HAL.9000]

Well, this is him 😄 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX63ma1tmrZpgZI

[@avidarois5505]

He's the Starman waiting in the sky

[@Yerflua]

He came to be a hero, just for one day.

[@danhair]

There has still not been a movie about Tesla or with Tesla. That is still a sin to humanity. :P

[@warmecanic]

+dan henry Nothing is impossible, Mr. Dan

[@-copycat5786]

+dan henry Nikolas Tesla is in the video game called: the order 1886

[@aaronhinton92]

+dan henry Uh... this is a clip from a movie with Tesla in it...

[@bunnyfreakz]

+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

[@AvusStudio]

+dan henry there is at least 5 movies, but in croatian

[@rockchicknyc6728]

Bowie always walked in lightning.

[@moVwatchr67]

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!

[@AlexJEdits]

Yea, Bowie was a natural actor. He did a good job.

[@madgemuso7314]

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!

[@AlexJEdits]

@@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.

[@mooseg12]

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.

[@giubilanc6469]

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.

[@narcissuspepino6233]

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

[@Kncperseus]

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.

[@SanketSannake]

Science actually.

[@1nva0er55]

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.

[@sidneezingara1976]

@@1nva0er55 where are his files? Numerous trunks of his work? Wardrobe? What?

[@factorylad5071]

@@sidneezingara1976 there aren't any. This is a myth to convince stupid people to buy Tesla cars.

[@sidneezingara1976]

@@factorylad5071 doesn’t explain why people I’ve asked about Tesla have no clue about the man.

[@OAleathaO]

0:01 - 0:04 -- I don't think you can get a much better IRL entrance than that.

[@seamusin1697]

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.

[@cr-cn4ky]

This is one of the most wonderful and impressive introduction of a character I've ever seen in a movie.

[@Tigerman1138]

It is *electrifying* ⚡️

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

So true

[@--Parangaricutirimicuaro---]

That's real tesla coil work perfectly.

[@anarose2196]

I just love how he can change his accent ! A master chameleon ;-D

[@uscman]

Bowie always did go through so many Ch-Ch-Changes in his life 😂

[@madgemuso7314]

@@uscman He enjoyed mimicking different accents. He did it a lot in interviews- especially when he was nervous!

[@JojoBiebah]

his mannerisms and voice are very much like Pierce brosnan

[@je774]

Omg now i cant hear it any other way

[@jdxsr85]

Should be the other way around.

[@andrea76725]

Oh yes I think the same

[@socloseno]

Rest in peace brother :(

[@krishnaprasath]

all of tesla's scenes in this movie were my memorable ones....

[@Embrinna]

It still blowing my mind that it was David Bowie that played Tesla. Iconic.

[@GandalftheWise]

That's not tesla

[@Embrinna]

@@GandalftheWise Yes it was

[@GandalftheWise]

@@Embrinna No the person you believe is the assistant was the real Tesla. Did you forget the tip that led him there?

[@Embrinna]

@@GandalftheWise Wait, what!? Which part!? All this time i though he is the Tesla :o

[@GandalftheWise]

@@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

[@caitlinjane92]

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.

[@jamessky-eaglesmith5304]

2019: God Bless Bowie, He was underappreciated for this role, but holy cow did he deliver!

[@Theomite]

Fun fact: there's no VFX in this sequence. They just started rolling camera while Bowie was walking to his mark.

[@alxrjames]

Theomite Reading this a year later and I fucking love it.

[@radon6317]

@@alxrjames I'm reading this a year later than the year you read it and I still love it

[@AGrayPhantom]

@@radon6317 I'm reading this a year on, and I'm absolutely loving it!!

[@jupiterlegrand4817]

@@AGrayPhantom I'm reading this a ye...wait, it's only been ten days. Can I still love it?

[@esais64]

A genius interpreting another genius... wow...

[@igorjajic6898]

only bowie can play serbian genius brilliantlly and trutfully,......god blees brother david from serbian

[@bunnyfreakz]

I'll pay million to watch Tesla biography play by Bowie. RIP David Bowie

[@carlosvalverde2928]

Bowie plays Tesla Now Tesla Plays Bowie

[@cykablyat7180]

But it aint Russia...

[@liefkeenhart5993]

Dang...blown mind blown once more.

[@جعفرِ-ه4ي]

What

[@sasmitroy5480]

Bowie pulled an Uno reverse on Tesla

[@LittleScientist2011]

Cant believe that was 3 years ago, wish there would've been more falcon heavy launches since

[@milly9897]

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.

[@memento81]

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.

[@lucasdavis1964]

Bowie's pretty good as Nikola Tesla

[@lc9245]

Bowie experience as an actor really shows. His performance was magnificent.

[@d1jal]

I only watched this on Sunday. Bowie nails every performance.

[@nicholastrice8750]

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.

[@-lada4360]

I thought British English has the best accent, but then I heard David Bowie as Nikola Tesla, so pleasant for listening.

[@lucristianx]

“The world only tolerates one change at a time”

[@yasmin9473]

the prestige is the most complete and most underrated hollywood film ever

[@pareshmokani]

David Bowie immortalized Tesla by his acting. So smooth acting.

[@markviking7617]

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.

[@mekelreen9869]

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.

[@bunnyfreakz]

Tesla enjoyed his retirement. He said his lab is the only place he can fell happy.

[@shamelessplug06]

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.

[@drivingintothedesertuntilt3202]

he wanted to give the world free energy, of course the elites wouldnt have it

[@loveispatientloveiskind2205]

@@drivingintothedesertuntilt3202 well let him... now how did it work again?

[@rybrentmannftw]

R.I.P

[@davidwak680]

Perfect casting of Bowie. The man could act very well. He was especially great at smaller walk on roles like this.

[@Tails7212]

Hundreds of years from now, people will be mindblown that Bowie played Tesla

[@evaneubauer4841]

"Which one is mine?" This movie is so good! All the twists and hints and metaphors throughout, and the casting was perfect as well.

[@ath3lwulf533]

I would have given up magic and started throwing gold at that machine lol

[@ath3lwulf533]

RIP Mr Bowie :(

[@wkbassett]

amazed nobody has thought of this

[@UnhappyMerchant]

He was an aristocratic, why would he need more money?

[@asharnk]

Because you wouldn't have been obsessed like Angier (:

[@zakboukhriss]

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.

[@ivangomez123]

Tesla was really a magician!!

[@RockSmithStudio]

"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

[@husq48]

How did I miss it, saw this movie a few times and never recognized Bowie, damn fine actor!

[@HemHem-rz4gm]

Nikola's tesla never die in parallel universe 💗

[@hcayupi9433]

The best Nikola Tesla in a movie, ever. For me

[@fazilhamza1476]

Rest in peace our hero Mr. Tesla

[@xcalabur18]

God, DB absolutely killed this role. Amazing.

[@Jonaythan]

David Bowie is a perfect Tesla. I was of the mind though that Tesla never shook hands or drank coffee or tea

[@EnliveningJustice]

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”.

[@bingola45]

@@EnliveningJustice He said quite a lot of things...

[@YClementines]

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...

[@rushdi34]

RIP to a legend Mr. Bowie

[@Gigantic1000]

Perfect casting choice

[@gabe5525]

One of my favorite movie moments ever. Thanks, Bowie

[@chrislees7746]

obsession , what an incredible thing

[@Locitoz]

The Enigmatic playing the Enigmatic. R.I.P

[@Donbros]

One of the best movies. R.I.P. David Bowie.

[@SnowingAsh111]

I watched this movie like 3 times already and I never realized that was David Bowie.

[@derkhaslol]

I thought it was perhaps pierce brosnan haha.

[@WYJAFAK2]

David’s Bowies voice real reminds me of Pierce Brosnans here

[@AndrewLyons90038]

RIP David Bowie...

[@cr-cn4ky]

This is one of the greatest movies ever made!

[@almamater489]

I love how you can actually hear that Serbian accent, good job Bowie

[@Ravedaze.]

Two visionary’s roles into one ❤️

[@TheNeanderthal051]

"Hold out other hand."

[@TheSayan1990]

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.

[@wjdyr]

It's amazing that of the few films that bowie was in, one was a nolan film.

[@annefeenstra6289]

“Mister Angier, have you considered the cost of such a machine-“ ‘Price is not an object.’ “Perhaps not. But have you considered the cost?”

[@sidneezingara1976]

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?

[@THEKj1972]

David Bowie was mesmerising! He truly is the only one that could capture the mystical nature of Nicola Tesla.

[@aguillen300]

RIP DAVID BOWIE

[@6underground21]

Now that’s an entrance😎

[@smeenasiddiqui2374]

OMG DBowie is incredible in this movie. Hard to believe that a great pop star has gone RIP. Much missed. Best in 2020😭😭😭😭😭

[@noonesperfect]

Now, Nolan need to be made movie on life of Tesla alone.

[@Sasha_TA]

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

[@chesterlampwick8384]

Wow!!!! Just seen Oppenheimer on beautiful IMAX!! Today And can't think but thow that out here Einstein reminds me of Tesla in here

[@threecanal]

Great performance, Great Movie ...RIP

[@AnaTorres-re6bf]

Bowie looks dashing, sophisticated mystical, and humble at the same time. So handsome and majestic. His acting is superb.

[@cutekawaiidemonchan7333]

2013: David Bowie plays tesla 2018: tesla plays David Bowie

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

@4th Chairman Not the video

[@pepehorhae]

best pontius pilate and best tesla on film, david bowie

[@RollinRocker]

How I missed this was Bowie back when I watched this in 2006 I will never know....

[@AGrayPhantom]

I find it interesting that they didn't use contacts to conceal Bowie's left eye.

[@נתקנילי]

1 of the best movies ever made

[@emmettredding1]

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!!

[@checkm8852]

Bowies accent reminds me of pierce brosnans

[@rafidhi3410]

Thor: i have the best entry Tesla: hold my electricity

[@uscman]

Tesla: If nobody has any objections... I believe I might be of service.

[@sssox773]

@@uscman old school rules

[@uscman]

@@sssox773 First magician performs, second magician watches and surpasses. Ok, boys... let’s go to work.

[@Kevinschart]

after i found out that this was David Bowie it really made me want to see him in more films

[@BucsDucs99]

That last scene with the "They are all your hat" line is so good.

[@vashna3799]

A legend playing a legend

[@Kragatar]

0:00 Now that's how to make an entrance.

[@robakooo96]

Personally I think the character of Tesla's was one of the best roles ever in cinema.

[@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435]

Logan, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Gollum, and Kira Yoshikage in a one film.. This is B I Z A R R E

[@T4G0E]

"Mr. Angier, have you considered the cost of such a machine?" "Price is not an object." "Perhaps not, but have you considered the *cost*?"

[@shao19851]

Gollum, Wolverine and David Bowie in the same place at the same time, wow!

[@sowgands869]

The tesla intro scene was 💥

[@glennfleming]

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...

[@cristobalradio]

Impressive how Bowie didnt use any special effect, he just do his thing

[@matthewjimenez655]

This man is a God!

[@tomowenpianochannel]

Best entrance in cinema history? Definitely up there

[@windridr66]

We truly are coppertops.