I have a question about The Prestige

Twin

So was the twin the one that wasn't hung to death? Whose daughter was it?

Borden dies, Fallon lives.

I don't remember the movie telling us which one was the father of the girl.

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Borden dies, Fallon lives.

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Fallon seemed really sincere and interested in that last scene IMO. It almost seemed to me like it was Borden who survived so he could be with his daughter. But then again, one of them was really upset in the prison

They're not the same, though. Borden was obsessed with Angier and his trick, which is why he was caught beneath the stage and found guilty of his murder.

I mean, I get that they both played each part, but for explanation purposes, there is Borden that you meet in the beginning, and his twin that you later meet.

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Borden was obsessed with Angier and his trick

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which is precisely why I think maybe that was him who was talking to Angier at the end. Maybe his twin took the heat for the murder so that Borden could be with his daughter

Also, before Angier was even given the Tesla hint, he captured the twin in the coffin to blackmail Borden. How did he not figure that shite right then and there by looking at the guy.

I did that same google search.

Good Borden Twin - wouldn't tie dry knot, didn't know what knot was tied, went to angiers wife's funeral, didn't go crazy about figuring out the angiers transported man trick,

Bad Borden Twin - tied dry knot, was obsessed with angier, cheated on mutual wife, performed bullet catch, went under stage

The Tesla note was a wild goose chase. Bad Borden never met Tesla, but saw angier at the Tesla show and baited him. Bad Borden never anticipated that Tesla could actually build a cloning machine, otherwise Bad/Good Borden would know exactly how angier was performing the teleported man.

Angier #1 - really didn't know exactly what would happen when the cloning machine worked. Killed "him-self". Knew he would drown and die on the first attempt but was OK with it, as he believed that per cutter "it was like going home". Knew at some point he would bait Borden into the trap.

Angier clone #2 thru #50 - didn't really know what to expect since the clone retained all memory up until the "zap" and the next clone appeared on the balcony without falling into the tank. So in the final clones mind, he's stepped into the machine 50 times and never drowned.