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First of all, as we learn at the end, the whole diary was made up to lead Angier on a wrong track. This means we cannot rely on the fact that he didn't know which knot it was to be the ultimate truth just because it was in his diary (and even less if he just tells him from his own mouth). So there are different possibilities and I (as well as the movie, I ...

In some scenes : Yes. The only way we can differentiate these two people is by who they loved. One of them loved Sarah and the other Olivia. At the scene where Sarah tells Borden (the one who appears on the scene) that she is pregnant his immediate reaction is : "We should tell Fallon". In this particular scene Fallon is the Borden who loved Sarah. All ...

Quite a few questions but here it goes: The movie clearly shows 1 Angiers always drowning. He used the machine each time he performed the show to clone himself and then killed the Angiers that stayed on the stage to prevent multiple Angiers from walking around at the same time. This is part of his vanity as he wanted to get all credit. He could have cloned ...

As you say, he told the original story about the sailor to Angier to comfort him after his wife had drowned during the show, in a box very similar to that used by Angier in The Real Teleported Man 'trick'. It is my interpretation that Cutter was disgusted with the lengths that Angier has gone to prove he was the better magician. It is possible (but in my ...

1) Why Borden led Angier to Tesla? Borden tried to mislead Angier by giving his diary, which Olivia acted as she had stolen from Borden, on request of Borden, to make fun out of him proving he (Angier) was no match with Borden. Borden also succeeded Angier to make him leave the town for a long time. Considering Angier was the only tough competitor in ...

The real voice of the character is the British one. Lord Caldlow is a British Aristocrat who changed his name and accent to hide his true origin, in order to pursue his dream of being a stage magician. This choice of this career, effectively in showbusiness, would have severely embarrassed his family. So he pretends to be the American Robert Angier. From ...

I guess he just recognized Borden from the people examining the apparatus while he stood in it and assumed that he will probably walk behind the stage (or maybe even saw him do that). The fact is, that Angier was at that point in time so much sunken in his wrath against Borden and the desire to know how his Trasported Man worked, that he didn't just do ...

The answer is given in the scene following the first time we see Julia performing the trick. CUTTER I saw you drop the knot again, Borden. JULIA I think I had my wrist turned. CUTTER (ignoring Julia) Some nights you just can't get it, can you? If that knot slips when Julia's on the hoist she'll break a leg. Cutter is criticizing ...

I would like to add some more points and try to point which was the Borden who loved Olivia and the Borden who loved Sarah in each scene. 1) I loved Sarah. He loved Olivia. says a lot of things in the last scene of the movie. BORDEN WHO LOVED SARAH loved Sarah and BORDEN WHO LOVED OLIVIA loved Olivia. Now how can we say that the living one is BORDEN WHO ...

Angier moves the bodies to the old abandoned Theatre that he rehearsed the show in, to clear them out of the Theatre he was performing in, and does this nightly after the show. The blind stage-hands will assist with this process, as they have no idea that they are transporting bodies in the tanks. There is no indication from the movie that he had any ...

As @ChristianRau suggests, this could simply be guilt, or suppressed memory. I think it is possibly both, coupled with the fact that Borden/Fallon are twins. From the voice over as Angier reads Borden's diary: BORDEN (V.O.) How often I've fought with my self over that night .. one half of me swearing bling that i tied a simple slip knot... the ...

See on this my opinion is that ANgier did this whole setup - 100 shows of 'The Real Transported Man' to trap Bordon. He knew that one day Bordon will come up the stage disguised in some form and he will go below the stage to see what's happening. This is also evident from one scene when Bordon goes home after he first sees Angier's trick. He says it there ...

Excellent question, you raise here. The only trick Borden knew was using his other twin brother. So it is expected that he used his brother. But it is possible that Borden wanted to pick that girl and so after his performance was over, he instructed his brother to enter her house. But again one can argue then how did he know that heir conversation was ...

I thought the clone just stayed hidden and observed the audience for a few second, to see their reactions. (There was always a pause between the disappearance and the reappearance) Since when Borden found his dead body, he started shouting, which everyone in the audience heard. So the clone just waited and heard if Borden was shouting. If yes, he now knows ...

I think one of the twin brother is not good at tying the knot, which is evident as said by Cutter : "Some nights you just can't get it, can you? If that knot slips when Julia's on the hoist she'll break a leg". So that night the twin brother who is not good at tying simple knots tied the knot. Both of the twin brothers are probably good at tying Langford ...

I assumed that he had arranged with his brother ahead of time that he would walk her home and ask to come in for tea and to then find an excuse not to in order to 'appear' inside. Either she would decline or he would adlib a different reason not to go in through the door with her. Magicians are usually very good at adlibbing under pressure.

Bordon's character resembles a man who wants to get ahead. He doesn't want to keep being an assistant. He wants to be a great magician himself. For this he has to learn tircks. For learning tricks he has to do experiments. In a scene we see him throwing a cage with a dead bird inside it. This proves that he is constantly trying things and failing too. This ...

I think Borden and Julia both were trying to do something new. You see from the very first starting of the movie, Borden speaks one thing again and again in the movie that the tricks they use is becoming overly boring and that they should need a change or a break to let the viewers enjoy a new category of tricks, not the conventional tricks. The way Borden ...

So here is my grand theory (if I understood the question correctly):- Angier was Lord Coldlow from the very beginning. He just pretended to be the American Robert Angier, to spare his family the embarrassment of his theatrical career. So existence of Lord Caldlow is clear. Later on the day of the accident, Angier called spectators to check the machine. ...