‘The Prestige’ Revisited | Hot Nolan Summer

House of R

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Mal and Jo wrap up Hot Nolan Summer by revisiting Christopher Nolan’s 2006 movie, ‘The Prestige’! They discuss all the twists and turns of the movie and give out some superlatives! (00:00) Intro (05:13) 'The Prestige' (01:12:00) Funniest Moment( 01:18:31) Sickest Set Piece (01:25:11) Who Is the Real Villain? (01:33:06) Most Exquisitely Gorgeous Shot (01:35:08) The Scene You Think About the Most (01:45:45) Where Would You Put the One F-Bomb? (01:47:40) Most Baffling Accent (01:48:58) Best Use of a Nolan-verse Regular (01:51:17) Best Stunt (01:54:31) Stealth MVP (01:59:06) Best Dead-Wife Moment (02:01:36) Clearest “Great Man” Moment (02:07:41) Regrettably Miscast and How to Replace Them (02:08:28) Most Satisfying Twist (02:09:24) The Horniest Moment (02:11:13) The Line That Hits Hardest (02:13:04) Most Devastating Moment (02:15:42) Most Unforgettable Sound Design (02:19:29) Should Have Returned to the Nolan-verse (02:20:26) Most Nolan Thing About This Movie (02:22:14) What About ‘The Odyssey’ Are You Most Hyped About? Hosts: Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson Producers: Carlos Chiriboga and John Richter Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome back to House of Art.
0:13.5	I'm Joanna Robinson and joining me today.
0:16.3	I've missed her, but she, you know, it's not a, it's not a true magic trick unless you make someone
0:21.8	reappear. Here she is reappearing in House of Arts. Mallory Rubin.
0:26.5	Joanna, my passion is equal to the task. And I cannot wait to talk about this movie with you today.
0:32.5	I miss you earlier in the week. I'm glad to be back. and I am really glad to be resuming, still technically
0:39.4	according to the calendar in summer. Hot Nolan Summer, what a delight. Hot Nolan Summer,
0:44.0	here we are. It's the third promised hot Nolan Summer installment. This is the prestige, is what
0:49.7	we're here to talk about today. If you haven't seen the prestige, what are you doing? Go watch it. Great movie. It is an incredible film. We just found out right as we were hitting record that it is our producer, Regina Ranga Powell's favorite movie ever. Full stop. Not just favorite Nolan movie. Just favorite movie. This was a reveal. I didn't know this. A revelation.
1:11.2	Yeah.
1:14.8	I should have known when he started dropping Reddit theories in the comments of our notes last night.
1:17.0	It is my favorite Nolan movie.
1:19.6	And it's up there in general for me as well.
1:22.3	So we're really, really excited to talk about the prestige.
1:27.4	Elsewhere, just quickly, some programming reminders.
1:30.6	We're going to continue our alien earth coverage.
1:32.9	That is something that we are doing.
1:34.8	The Midnight Boys, Poo, are checking it on Gen V as something that they've got coming up.
1:38.8	So something to look out for.
1:40.8	Mallory Rubin had such a robust and delightful chat with James Gunn about Peacemaker that she
1:52.6	went well over time.
1:54.0	I heard.
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