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Primer won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and has drawn repeat viewers eager to crack writer-director-star Shane Carruth's puzzler of a time-travel drama. Carruth, an engineer by training, plays inventor Aaron, whose entrepreneurial partnership with fellow brainiac Abe (David Sullivan) unexpectedly results in a process for traveling back several hours in time. The men initially use these rewind sessions to succeed in the stock market. But a dark consequence of their daily journeys--the creation of Abe and Aaron's own doubles, wreaking havoc in the timeline--eventually preoccupies them with repairing altered realities. If this sounds like a very commercial, science fiction thriller, Primer is anything but that. Shot on 16mm for $7,000, the film has a tantalizing, sealed-in logic, akin to Memento, that forces viewers to see the fantastic with a certain dispassion. One may be tempted to sit through Primer again to more fully understand its paradoxes and ethical quandaries. --Tom Keogh
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By jellison
Format:DVD
This product was shipped to me quickly and exactly as it was described. The disc was in excellent condition and the movie played perfectly without any skipping or audio issues. Great seller, I would purchase from them again.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Paul
Format:DVD
This film, made with only a several few thousand dollars budget, is superbly acted and its main idea carries the very, very complex plot for the whole film. It's not the longest movie (1hr 20 or something), but you don't notice it as being short. The DVD isn't great for things like features since it's sort of an indy movie I guess, but since its now $20, I think it's a pretty good buy just for the great quality of the movie itself! You will definetely re-watch this, if only to try and sort the plot out!
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By A. Cousins
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Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
It's impossible to hate a movie like this, even if you have to stop and rewind a lot and rewatch the movie a few times to sort out what's going on. Zounds, a real movie that makes me think, and think hard! Something that I don't think I've had to do since Memento. Or maybe even 12 Monkeys. And joy of joys, it is that rarest bird of the Hollywood jungle: a GOOD, authentic, science fiction film.
Oh sure, you may say, there's tons of SF out there. You, sir, are wrong. I do not refer to the fantasy drivel with physics and biology from an alternate universe that lets you go "vroom" in space and change people's identity by injecting with them a syringe of someone else's DNA.
Better still, this movie is a shining example of how to make a film with no real budget. It should be held forth as a beacon to all those disenfranchised film students who think they have to either have millions of dollars and connections to make a film... or else they have to make something mind-numbingly artsy and incomprehensible like Wavelength. Yes Michael Snow, I will never get that 45 minutes of my life back.
Long story short, if you like real SF, if you like to think, if you are keen on movies with real stories, or if you want to be inspired by someone who can make a movie for practically nothing, this is worth the watch... though you'll probably have to watch it twice.
Oh sure, you may say, there's tons of SF out there. You, sir, are wrong. I do not refer to the fantasy drivel with physics and biology from an alternate universe that lets you go "vroom" in space and change people's identity by injecting with them a syringe of someone else's DNA.
Better still, this movie is a shining example of how to make a film with no real budget. It should be held forth as a beacon to all those disenfranchised film students who think they have to either have millions of dollars and connections to make a film... or else they have to make something mind-numbingly artsy and incomprehensible like Wavelength. Yes Michael Snow, I will never get that 45 minutes of my life back.
Long story short, if you like real SF, if you like to think, if you are keen on movies with real stories, or if you want to be inspired by someone who can make a movie for practically nothing, this is worth the watch... though you'll probably have to watch it twice.
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BUH?
This movie had a lot of flaws. There was bad camera work, pacing, character development and a lot of geek speak but I loved the story. Read more
Published on Aug 18 2005
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing!
As time travel movies go, this one seems to be unlikely, but Caruth really pulls it off! If you're a fan of independant films and enjoy wrapping your head around the time travel... Read more
Published on July 18 2005 by Benjamin Spears
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