Primer.
Apparently, people are becoming obsessed with this movie .I can see why.
I rented it earlier today and have watched it twice. It's like a glorious puzzle. My fascination with it reminds me of my continuing love of Pale Fire; you think you unserstand the plot, but the finer points of the story still escape you. Just to be sure, just to find out, you have to give it another go and when you do, you notice new things, you hear new dialogue. I think I get it... but my brain is humming trying to work it out.
The setup is... I guess quite simple. Two guys build a machine that does something pretty amazing. As a side effect, they discover it does something else even more amazing and, potentially, lucrative. So they set about... using it.
If you have ever watched a time travel movie and been irritated by the failure to address and explore paradoxes, then the only possible answer is to watch Primer. The writer/director/lead was a physisist and mathematician once. He has it covered.
Actually, despite the brain-melting complexity of some of the ideas, and the speed with which the characters discuss them, the story has simple elements. It's just put together so well. First time film and everything.
I might have to watch it again now.
posted by Memehunter @ 8:06 PM
1 Comments:
I'll have to look into "Primer." I'm always up for a good movie, and we both know that if you surround yourself with nerds, one of them is going to be even more "into it" then you are, thus being able to explain everything.
I surround myself with nerds. Therfore, all is well.
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